Cocoa Wonderland
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.15
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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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8.4/10
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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
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
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Аромат легкие нотки какао бобов, совсем чутка красного вина, немного нежные и сладкие вения шоколада. Цвет темный, даже очень, пенка неплохая, пористая. Вкус очень сбалансирован, ощущается некая кремовость. Чувствуются какао бобы, совсем немного кофе и легкий молочный шоколад. Послевкусие больше кофейное, даже немного карамельного солода. В целом хороший и питкий портер, не хватает все таки глубины.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle, pours dark brown with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, caramel, vanilla & malt. Medium to full body. Mild bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 14:56
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
EIn schön gestaltetes Stout, das seinem Namen alle Ehre macht. So hat es im Kern einen wirklich intensiven Ton nach schwarzer Schokolade hat. Dazu kommt ein leichter TOuch nach Pfeffer und ein schön runder karamelliger Abgang.
Wirklich nicht übel.
Wirklich nicht übel.
Tried
from Can
from
BeerLovers (Heineken)
on 15 Jan 2025
at 18:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16