Tale African Beer Craft 8 Cocoa Stout

8 Cocoa Stout

 

Tale African Beer Craft in Nsawam, Ghana 🇬🇭

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
6.41
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 26
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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5/10
Thanks Bruno V. via Dan!
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 18:41

7/10 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 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

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2025 at 20:43

6.6/10 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

6.9/10 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

5.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
330ml bottle @ Belgian Beer Geeks Winter Gathering. Pours dark brown, loose off-white head. Initial sniff brings hints towards an odd adjunct sweetness, continuing to taste.. a little grainy and dusty. Strange stout really.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2025 at 18:27

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Belgian Beer Geeks Gathering. Very dark brown. Roasted malts, licorice, earthy, soft cocoa, dead leaves. Over light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 19:15

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
1/III/25 - 33cl bottle from Dranken Marlou (Zonhoven), shared @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (2025 Winter/Spring edition), BB: 9/IV/26, bottled: 9/IV/24, lot 030.N (2025-189)

Little cloudy brown beer, practically no head, a few unstable bubbles, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, caramel, good roast, not too bad! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very malty start, soft acidity, wet grains, hay, pretty bitter, and this weird sourness lingering in the back. Aftertaste: bitter, dry, acidic, meh. Not very good, albeit drinkable.
Tried from Bottle from Marlou Dranken Prik & Tik on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:50

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 17:45