Cocoa Wonderland
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.19
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Cocoa Wonderland is a full bodied, robust porter with natural mocha malt flavours from the complex malt grist, complementing the decadent additions of real cocoa beans to the maturation process. A truly wonderful, award winning Chocolate beer.
Initially brewed in collaboration with the girls at Cocoa, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
Initially brewed in collaboration with the girls at Cocoa, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
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8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can: Poured a black color stout with a nice large brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate notes with some cocoa notes. Taste is a mix of roasted black chocolate notes offset by cocoa notes and light residual sugar notes. Body is about average with a creamy feel and good carbonation. Enjoyable chocolate forward stout.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2026
at 20:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Wild Swan, Holborn on 14th April 2026. Deep ruby black with shallow yet dense tan foam and full lacing. Dark chocolate aroma. Some cake fruits. Rich and intense earthy chocolate in-mouth and a long finish of coffee and exquisite chocolate. Velvet smooth mouthfeel and a full body. Superb.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wild Swan
on 14 Apr 2026
at 17:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance: dark brown in the pour leaning towards black in the glass with a big sturdy frothy khaki head which dissipated fairly slow and left a great deal of messy lace
Aroma: big milk chocolatey tones with some vanilla sweetness with a light sweet wafery malt backbone
Flavor: meshes all those prior noted aromas into a pure decadent sweetness; finishes chocolatey sweet and an ever so slight touch of bitterness seemingly working to nip the sweetness from being overly done
Texture: medium bodied; between being a sipper and being sessionable; good endurable smoothness but not becoming sticky as I thought it would after smelling that aroma (guess that messed with my mind a bit)
Overall: what an English chocolate porter! Rich and decadent in aromas & flavors and doesn't effect the texture! Well daggum! I would definitely return to this one!
Aroma: big milk chocolatey tones with some vanilla sweetness with a light sweet wafery malt backbone
Flavor: meshes all those prior noted aromas into a pure decadent sweetness; finishes chocolatey sweet and an ever so slight touch of bitterness seemingly working to nip the sweetness from being overly done
Texture: medium bodied; between being a sipper and being sessionable; good endurable smoothness but not becoming sticky as I thought it would after smelling that aroma (guess that messed with my mind a bit)
Overall: what an English chocolate porter! Rich and decadent in aromas & flavors and doesn't effect the texture! Well daggum! I would definitely return to this one!
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 04 Apr 2026
at 00:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A good porter before to sleep, subtle notes of cacao, brown chocolate, malt, vanilla, more sweetvthan the young's, some hop, 24.09.19, at Epalinges purchased at Wittisch, Olten.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2026
at 18:40
7/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:46
9.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
440ml can from Waitrose, in Bath, England. Pours a very dark brown color with dark ruby highlights and a large, thick, light tan head and excellent retention. Very good lacing. Dark chocolate aroma. The taste follows the nose, with sweet milk chocolate and dark bittering chocolate notes mixing together. Creamy texture. Super smooth and clean. Almost a dessert beer. Medium body. Medium-light carbonation. Low bitterness. And the 6.8％ ABV is invisible. Great beer
Tried
from Can
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 21 Sep 2025
at 22:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.44 l can from 'Beyond Beer', canned in March 2025. Clear, very dark ruby to black with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, gently roasty aroma of chocolate, caramel, vanilla and some coffee. Quite sweet, malty, moderately roasty-bitter taste of chocolate, coffee, roasted hazelnut, vanilla and caramel, followed by a short, gently roasty-bitter finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty Porter, quite rich, not excessively sweet .
Tried
from Can
from Beyond Beer
on 21 Sep 2025
at 17:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a tall, light beige head. Chocolate and light roasted malt burst forth from the glass. Medium bodied. Has chocolate, deeply toasted malt, coffee, earth and a little bit of dark red fruits. Finish is sweetish but with burnt malt notes. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2025
at 19:20
7.5/10
Also quite nice, lots of chocolate but it's not my favorite chocolate taste profile
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 16:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Aroma of milk chocolate, cocoa powder, slightly roasty malt, some vanilla. Flavour is sweet. Well made but not for me, too sweetish and thin for my taste.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:04