Tonka Black Forest Gateau
Vault City in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Low Key Barrel ProjectSour / Wild Beer - Smoothie / Pastry Special
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Score
7.29
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Our pals at Low Key paid a visit to the Vault City brewery to collaborate with us on something very special. We both wanted a big beer but a sessional ABV, so that’s exactly what we did.
Expect sweet flavours of chocolate and vanilla layered with delicately tart cherries in our Tonka Black Forest Gateau, Session Sour. The addition of Tonka beans creates an amazing aroma, amplifying vanilla and cherry notes.
With every sip you can almost picture the irresistible black forest gateau that inspired this decadent, but sessionable, pastry sour.
Expect sweet flavours of chocolate and vanilla layered with delicately tart cherries in our Tonka Black Forest Gateau, Session Sour. The addition of Tonka beans creates an amazing aroma, amplifying vanilla and cherry notes.
With every sip you can almost picture the irresistible black forest gateau that inspired this decadent, but sessionable, pastry sour.
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7/10
Tried
on 30 Jul 2022
at 13:28
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2022
at 21:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Bootleggers, Copenhagen (16/07/2022) - Tart and sweet cherry fruity, cherry skin, light spices, some cherry tunes, medium body, light vanilla sweetness coming in, cherry lingering fruity finish, nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Tonka Black Forest Gateau Session Sour on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:46 - Score: 7. Original review text: Tart and sweet cherry fruity, cherry skin, light spices, some cherry tunes, medium body, light vanilla sweetness coming in, cherry lingering fruity finish, nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2022
at 07:46
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Third, draught at North Bar. Patchy, pinkish surface to a deep dark reddish body, clingy lacing. Moderate smell of berries and malts. Lightly spiced taste of berries and pale malts, slightly jam-like.Ends on the sweet side of a tart and sweet finish. Approved. (Leeds 05.07.2022).
Tried
on 15 Jul 2022
at 13:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Boutilliers Taproom Ashford . Hazy raspberry colour. Cherry chocolate. aroma. pretty good sour beer.. decent dark cherry sour. some lactose but not too sweet. not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2022
at 11:42
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a murky cherry red with minimal white head and good lacing. Plenty of cake in the aroma plus chocolate and cherries. There’s an initial sourness in the mouth, but it isn’t overpowering, and cherries, red wine gums and raspberries can still be made out. After a while plenty of vanilla comes through as well. This is OK but not really my sort of beer at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jun 2022
at 17:21
Tried
on 26 Jun 2022
at 12:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery. Hazy burgundy colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are chocolate and tart cherry. Smooth full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2022
at 16:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg Dead Crafty Beer Company 2022-06-15 Liverpool AR: Tonka, currants, wee sour, sweet, cake AP: ruby, pinkish head F: Tonka, currants, wee sour, sweet, cake
Tried
on 15 Jun 2022
at 21:11
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the wee vault. Pours deep reddish orange, nose is chocolate, cream, funk, tonka spice, taste is similar, tart juicy fruit, some sweetness
Tried
on 08 Jun 2022
at 18:26