Tonka
Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.38
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A deep, dark, velvety beer, aged with tonka beans, cacao nibs & vanilla to produce luscious layers of chocolate, vanilla, coconut, almond and bitter cherry, rolling into rich dark malts – a sumptuous beer
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6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Smithfield Tavern, Manchester. Black with a thick creamy-frothy head. Has mildly milky, mildish dark malts throughout its character. Its strength is not overly evident to begin with, but does come through after a while. Roasted malts can be found here.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jun 2016
at 11:20
8.5/10
Chocolate, nuts, berries, lots of complexity here.
Tried
on 15 May 2016
at 19:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog clerkenwell. As chocolate ale and tonka bean imperial porter, 8.5%. Aroma is chocolate orange, spicy chai tea, solvent alcohol, toasted coconut. Opaque black / dark brown coloured pour with a thin mid tan head. Flavour is composed of smooth chocolate malts, toasted coconuts, desecrated coconut. Hint if orange rind. Some warming / hot alcohol in the finish. Served way too cold. Palate is medium full, velvety, smooth, moderate carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
on 03 May 2016
at 14:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Birmingham; dark opaque black pour with a creamy tan head, aroma has some milk chocolate and coconut, taste has red berries, milk chocolate, bitter, desiccated coconut, earthy hop, a hint of vanilla.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2015
at 08:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at What’s Brewing 2015, Stavanger. Pours black with small beige head. Aroma of lime, coffee, perfume, chocolate. Taste sweet and bitter-fruity.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2015
at 08:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
24.10.2015, tap @ What’s Brewing:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is kind of neutral, grass, dark roasted grain, minerals, weeds, sour coffee, burnt caramel, hints of unripe banana. Taste is slightly harsh mineraly, weeds, roasted grain, minerals, alcohol, burnt caramel, bark, hay, sour coffee. Medium to longlasting bitterness, dry and slightly harsh mouthfeel. Boring.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is kind of neutral, grass, dark roasted grain, minerals, weeds, sour coffee, burnt caramel, hints of unripe banana. Taste is slightly harsh mineraly, weeds, roasted grain, minerals, alcohol, burnt caramel, bark, hay, sour coffee. Medium to longlasting bitterness, dry and slightly harsh mouthfeel. Boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2015
at 15:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at IMBC 2015... Dark brown black . Thin tan lacing.. Soft chocolate.. Odd nutty chocolate roast malts nose.. Dark chocolate malts.. Odd roast.. Nice but odd.. Soft nutty malt.. Dark chocolate roast.. Dark malts... Nice Cask at the hanging bat... Dark black.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet vanilla tonka nose... Juicy sweet chocolate roast.. big sweet malts.. it's that odd tonka.. Big sweet chocolate roast 3.9
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2015
at 07:09
8/10
Nice!
Tried
on 05 Sep 2015
at 15:10