Thornbridge Brewery Cocoa Wonderland

Cocoa Wonderland

 

Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
7.15
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 22 Ticks: 189
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.
 

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle at the Salisbury Arms. A malty aroma and a deep dark brown in the glass. The flavour was malt and bitter chocolate with a very smooth and chewy mouthfeel. It was however very rich and one was enough.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2018 at 08:54

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear, dark brown beer with medium but quickly vanishing head. Very sweet aroma has milk chocolate, coffee and roast. Taste has milk chocolate, cocoa, roast and coffee. Dry end. Medium body, sweet chocolate feeling overall.
Tried on 17 Feb 2018 at 19:05

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 18th December 17. Pours black, some head. Aroma is chocolate milkshake. Taste is chocolate milkshake, bitter cocoa, and sweet milk chocolate, good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2017 at 14:50

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Opaque deep brown to black colour. Moderate ivory-coloured head. Aroma: chocolate (a bit over the top), toasted malts, dried fruit. Mrdium body. Medium dry taste. Rich maltiness. Chocolate. Hoppy ending. Light bitterness. Well-balanced. Good.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2017 at 06:11

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
330 ml bottle, shared with Affensteve. Pours with a deep, dark brown color and a small tan head. Nose of roasted nuts, cocoa, milk chocolate, malty. Taste follows the nose. some Vanilla flavors. Wasn´t a good idea to have the Omnipollo Noa first...
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2017 at 07:12

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle from ŽižkOFF. Darker cola body, tan head. Soft, dry cocoa aroma, slightly sweetish. Well balanced taste, very light for the ABV, cocoa, some background maltiness, a bit dusty. The cocoa notes are classically lovely, but I'm missing some coffee touches myself and some body, but I would gladly try it again.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2017 at 18:23

7/10
Tried on 11 Oct 2017 at 17:09

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Ce qui est certain c'est que la promesse est tenue! Cette cocoa Wonderland est bien sur le chocolat. Mais j'ai beau apprécier la bière, j'ai beau apprécier le chocolat, cela n'a pas été le cas de ce porter qui devient très rapidement écœurant. En verre nous sommes sur un brun limpide très foncé. La mousse beige claire n'arrive cependant pas à napper entièrement la surface. Le nez est simple mais soyeux et laisse dévoiler des arômes de muffins au chocolat très prégnants avec un complément de café. L'attaque ne présente quant à elle pas une intensité et une densité aromatique importante. la texture est très aqueuse avec des arômes encore léger de chocolat. La deuxième bouche se renforce quelque peu en intensité avec une arrière bouche plus amère sur un chocolat quelque peu épicé. La troisième bouche monte d'intensité sur l'amertume (celle-ci restant modérée) avant le final où les arômes de cacao deviennent très présent, envahissant le palais à en devenir désagréable. A mon sens il y a clairement un déséquilibre aromatique sur cette bière. Cependant en terme de structure, celle-ci est plus que correct, même si l'alcool (6;8 % Abv) aurait mérité d'être un peu poussé. Peut être question de goût, mais je n'ai clairement pas pu terminer cette Cocoa Wonderland.
Tried on 16 Sep 2017 at 08:46

8/10
Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 20:31

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beer Dock, Crewe Like drinking liquid chocolate this. Comes through strongly on the nose, along with hints of ginger. Pours almost black with a lively pale cream head that soon dissipates. Mouth feel is chocolate again, plus coffee, molasses and raisins. And the finish - well chocolate yet again ! All in all very nice, but slightly disappointing in that the porterishness doesn�t come though. [ It could be any (darkish) beer with added chocolate ]
Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2017 at 16:21