8 Cocoa Stout
Tale African Beer Craft in Nsawam, Ghana 🇬🇭
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.38
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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.
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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6.5/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2026
at 05:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Fles gedeeld door Tomhendriksen.
Diep donkerbruin bier met een matig beige schuim.
Aroma van gebrande mout, cacao en een beetje koffie. Volle smaak van gebrande mout, chocolade en koffie.
Diep donkerbruin bier met een matig beige schuim.
Aroma van gebrande mout, cacao en een beetje koffie. Volle smaak van gebrande mout, chocolade en koffie.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2026
at 23:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fles gekregen van ThijsG, geprobeerd met Inoven. Het is een diep donkerbruin bier met een medium beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van gebrande mout en cacao. De smaak is vol gebrande mout, chocolade en koffie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2026
at 22:41
5/10
Tried
on 11 Jan 2026
at 19:52
5.5/10
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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
5/10
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 21:23
7.5/10
Pretty darn good
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 00:01
5/10
Thanks Bruno V. via Dan!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2025
at 18:41
7/10
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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
5.8/10
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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