Kakawa

Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular

Score

6.71

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 24

The term ‘Kakawa’ is the Mayan origination from where cocoa bean derives. This beautifully balanced stout combines decadent chocolate with rich, roasted malt body. The addition of lactose gives a silky, almost creamy texture which perfectly complements the undertones of coffee and vanilla. Brewed exclusively for Lidl UK

Join Us

Show

All Activity

Only Reviews

5.5

Boozehound74 (463) ticked Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 3 months ago

Tried on 08 Nov 2025 at 11:22

6.6

dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

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

Can from Lidl. Pours black with good looking beige to tanned top. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, char, lactose aroma - good. Taste follows with bolder flavour than expected- I like the fact that you get a good balance between the dark malt/chocolate and the sweeter lactose. There is a slight dusty-lactose aftertaste which could be better. Nonetheless its a good milk stout for the price.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04

6.8

Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

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

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:14

5.8

DavrosIX (1291) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Good pour that results in a poor chocolate stout. It doesn't really work and I have to say it tastes cheap. I have had much better.

Tried on 21 Sep 2024 at 16:35

7.2

ianwelby (4686) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Black beer, thick foamy head. Light coffee and malt aroma. Flavour has coffee, some bitter chocolate, decent body to this. A great malty base. Super sessionable stout.

Tried on 24 Aug 2024 at 18:30

cagarvie (40076) ticked Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

can at Davids ... dark black ...soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ... heavy sweet chocolate Roast malts ..heavy dark black chocolate roast malts

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2024 at 18:41

eurosoba (18570) ticked Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54

6.5

Hanoi (1998) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

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

Can. Nose is light chocolate and coffee. Taste is milk chocolate, lactose, Easter eggs and, ash and a hint of treacle in the finish. Good for the price point I guess.

Tried from Can on 01 Jul 2024 at 19:42

7.1

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago

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

440ml can from Tiverton Lidl: BB 16th October 2024. Poured into a Westmalle chalice at home on 15th February 2024. Very dark brown body, tanned crown that thins pretty quickly. Coffee, vanilla and chocolate esters and flavours ooze out of this, smells and tastes much stronger than 4.5% ABV; the body would be richer and silkier maybe, but it's still a lovely Sweet Stout.

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2024 at 16:48

5.5

minutemat (16258) reviewed Kakawa from Thornbridge Brewery 2 years ago

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

440ml can from Lidl. Pours black with a large tan head. Not great, quite thin, mild flavour profile, chocolate malts, soft roast, brief creamy vanilla shades. So so.

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2023 at 20:49