Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Beers of the World country 168: Tonga 🇹🇴

"This is actually only the fourth stout being reviewed here on the blog. The other three are Sri Lanka, Israel and Malaysia. The beer is dark black in colour with a thin boozy dark brown lacing on top. It smells of coffee and chocolate. Mouthfeel is slightly thin due to the lower ABV. The taste is sweet and roasty with a hint of coconut. Some bitter roastiness towards the end before it finishes on the sweet note." - beersoftheworldproject.wordpress.com

Date: 29/11/2024

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Panda at home thanks to Cloin. Pours very dark red brown with a light tan head that fades. Aroma chocolate, roast malt, coconut, dried fruit. Taste is chocolate, coconut, caramel, dried fruit, roast malt. Bitter roast finish with a hint of sweetness. Decent enough and nice it's not a pale lager.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, thanks again for another country tick and a stout at that, 19/12/23. Mahogany brown with a fast collapsing beige head. Nose is dark malts, cocoa powder, toffee, brown bread. Taste comprises light roast, charr, chocolate biscuit, light spice, dark malts, dried fruit rinds, light sugar scattering. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Competent enough stout.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

18/11/2023. Bottle from magic Maciej. Pours clear dark brown with a frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, coconut, caramel, soap, wax, tropical fruits. Medium sweetness, light to moderate roasted bitterness, very slightly tart. Medium body, oily, light frothy carbonation. Pretty decent.

Country #146 - Tonga 🇹🇴 Fruity, tropical stout - quite nice. Thanks Bruno V.

21/193 Tonga 🇹🇴
World food and beer tour. Reuben B. playing super host for an awesome dinner!

Country 147, Tonga 🇹🇴 huge thanks to Bruno V. and cheers to beer friends!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Has nice medium beige foam on top of a good black body, smells strongly of good oily barley and sharp brown sugar. Flavour is brett yeast and a strong roasted barley with coffee components. Crisp mouthfeel, the alcohol is well hidden. A nice stout, surprisingly good.