Tonka Shake
Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.53
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Tonka Shake 'An imperial stout supersized with tonka beans, cacao nibs & vanilla. Flavours of coconut, almond, bitter cherry & chocolate, all balanced together with a smooth & sumptuous body from a mixture of speciality grains & lactose.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
11th November 2022
Opaque black brown beer, a few tan bubbles don't form anything like a head. Smooth palate, modest fine carbonation. Rich dark malts, not that heavy but redolent with dark chocolate and that somewhat odd Tonka vanilla chocolate vibe. Smooth finish shows a little spice. Very much a Tonka beer but as much as I am wary of this element, this isn't awful.
Opaque black brown beer, a few tan bubbles don't form anything like a head. Smooth palate, modest fine carbonation. Rich dark malts, not that heavy but redolent with dark chocolate and that somewhat odd Tonka vanilla chocolate vibe. Smooth finish shows a little spice. Very much a Tonka beer but as much as I am wary of this element, this isn't awful.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2022
at 00:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33cl. Black, with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate and berries. Sweet with a soft but nice berries and vanilla end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2019
at 20:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, tonka, vanilla. Taste is sweet, rich, chocolate, tonka, vanilla, subtle coconut, roast malts, a touch of booze. Full bodied, thick, smooth, creamy. Beautiful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2019
at 22:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Cloudwater tasting; opaque brown pour with a beige head, aroma has coconut and chocolate, taste has coconut, chocolate, vanilla, ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2019
at 16:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
330ml bottle from Vinmonopolet City Nord. The oily pour reveals a bubbly, tan-coloured, dissipating, head. Spotty lacing. Pitch black body. Appealing smell of vanilla cocoa and berries. Well blended taste of grainy liquorice, coconuts, dark bread and cherry on a backbone of lactose. Mid-sweet malt-driven end, long lived and warming down the swallow. Full bodied. Enjoying slow sipper. (Bodø Panorama 04.03.2019).
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2019
at 16:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tap & Bottles, Southport. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and tonka beans. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish. 110219
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2019
at 00:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Tap & Bottles, Southport. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, vanilla, cocoa, chocolate nd hops. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2019
at 00:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Café Beermoth, 40 Spring Gardens, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M2 1EN. [ As Hawkshead Tonka Shake ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, tonka, cocoa beans, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, tonka, perfume - cherry, chocolate, cocoa bean, rich malt. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20190122] 8-4-8-4-16
Tried
on 29 Jan 2019
at 08:10