8 Cocoa Stout

Tale African Beer Craft in Nsawam, Ghana 🇬🇭

Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular

Score

6.25

ABV: 8.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 21

Stout beers are a variety of Porter, which were first brewed in London around 1730. Porter beers were always dark and the name refers to its popularity with street and river porters. It quickly became popular with the working classes. Porter was the first beer style that conquered the world by the end of the 18th century. Somewhere along the line, porter drinkers added the adjective ‘stout’ to Porter when ordering, referring to the strong Porter beer. Eventually, the name Stout became slang for strong dark beer.

The Tale version of this historical beer is extraordinary, as it is the strongest found in the region and the only one in Africa using Ghana cocoa in the brewing process. Adding in rice alongside with roasted barley and malt, this top fermented Cocoa Stout is much more drinkable than typical bitter stouts.

Tale 8 or Black Tale has a surprising aroma and invites you to discover its delicate chocolate and coffee notes followed by a touch of sweet bitterness.

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arvidspiny (5151) ticked 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 1 month ago

Tried on 11 Jan 2026 at 19:52

5.5

omhper (44752) reviewed 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Sample, thanks Robin Svensson. Black, quick beige head. Aroma of cocoa and black malt. Mid sweet with surprisingly light body and clean mouthfeel. Somewhat acri black malt, some cocoa. Mid bitter finish.

Tried on 11 Dec 2025 at 21:12

AndySnow (19631) ticked 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 2 months ago

Tried on 06 Dec 2025 at 21:23

7.5

kurtthomsen (3611) ticked 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 2 months ago

Pretty darn good

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2025 at 00:01

kangareuben (5049) ticked 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 2 months ago

Thanks Bruno V. via Dan!

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 18:41

Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cremiger Kakaobeginn. Wenig herb, Schokolade, weich, sehr süffig. Spritzig, weiterhin Kakao, würzig, zunehmend bitter zum Ende. Nett. 9/11/10/11/8/11

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 20:22

5.8

Nisse666 (17733) reviewed 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 4 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle BeerViking 2025-10-03 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, baking chocolate AP: dark brown, no head F: roasted malt, baking chocolate

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2025 at 13:52

Robin Svensson (13124) ticked 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 4 months ago

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2025 at 20:43

6.6

Zlotta (9960) reviewed 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 6 months ago

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

0.33 l bottle from 'Mr. Hop', best before May 2027. Pitch black with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty and minimally fruity aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted hazelnut and hints of blueberry. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, quite roasty and minimally fruity taste of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted hazelnut, burnt bread crust and traces of blueberry, followed by a short, quite roasty-bitter finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent stout, nice for the tick.

Tried from Bottle from Mr. Hop (webshop) on 07 Aug 2025 at 18:05

6.9

Benzai (24515) reviewed 8 Cocoa Stout from Tale African Beer Craft 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at Brewver Belgian Winter Gathering. Opaque black color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, soft roast, cocoa, decently bitter. Quite alright actually. 8-6,5-6,5-7-7

Tried on 03 Mar 2025 at 10:15