Toonilla
Dark Horse Brewing Company

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From:
Dark Horse Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
89
Avg:
4 | pDev: 9.75%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
83
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 20, 2021
Added:
Jun 11, 2016
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  13
Cream stout brewed with coffee from Dark Street Roasting Company and vanilla beans.
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Ratings by psmith161:
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Rated by psmith161 from Indiana

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jun 13, 2016
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Rated: 3.73 by nmann08 from Virginia

May 20, 2021
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Reviewed by bushbeer75 from Michigan

3.93/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
poured from a 12 oz brown bottle – not dated

Dark Horse Toonilla is black in color with a slight red cast when held up to the light. The chocolate 1-finger head reduced to a collar of foam and some spotty lacing. The smell was dominated by black coffee and some chocolate sweetness. The nose also picked up some smoke. The taste matches the smell with the flavor of burnt toast, light vanilla and light hops towards the finish. Mouth feel is medium to high-medium bodied, smooth and a little sticky.

Overall, a balanced and drinkable English Sweet/Milk Stout.
Sep 06, 2020
 
Rated: 2.81 by clager from Michigan

Mar 25, 2020
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4.11/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with half a finger of dark caramel-colored foam that borders on used motor oil darkness. Head retention is okay. Aroma is rich with chocolate, toffee, vanilla bean and roasty and toasty malts. It smells dark, but with a pleasant sweetness underneath. Flavor profile takes the darkness and depth a step further, interlacing chocolate, toffee, vanilla bean, coffee and roasty and toasty malts together, displaying bits of bitterness and fragments of of sweetness. It doesn't present a cohesive, sequential flavor profile, instead hitting spurts of flavor here and there. Mouth feel is medium-thick with a velvety texture that carries a little graininess across the middle. Overall, great depth and darkness with this one drinking like a bite of bitter dark chocolate, and that's in a good way.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 12oz bottle.
Dec 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.94 by robotic_being from Illinois

Aug 19, 2019
 
Rated: 1.86 by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

May 04, 2019
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Reviewed by PicoPapa from Connecticut

4.1/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On nitro at Rocky Top Beer BBQ. Pours a dark black color with 2 inches of creamy light brown head. Lots of lacing. Aromas of vanilla, espresso, coffee, roasted malts and dark chocolate. The taste is roasted coffee, dark chocolate, espresso and vanilla. Creamy mouthfeel from the nitro. Roasted coffee and butter dark chocolate finish.
Apr 05, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by HungarianCount from California

Jul 07, 2018
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.67/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I'm trying this at the brewery. It poured an opaque dark with tan head that isn't leaving any lace. The scent had hints of roast. The taste started with dark chocolate that eventually turned to a coffee finish. The mouthfeel is lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's a decent beer....worth a try for sure.
Apr 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4.18 by AuntBea from Illinois

Apr 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by SaisonRichBiere from Michigan

Mar 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.91 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Feb 23, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by Rostie from Michigan

Feb 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.58 by 2beerdogs from California

Jan 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.83 by cwkash from Kentucky

Jan 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by AyatollahGold from Indiana

Dec 13, 2017
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Reviewed by unlikelyspiderperson from California

3.61/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a rich black with a brown head that dissipates swiftly. Smell is pleasantly chocolatey with a good hit of vanilla and a muted coffee note. It dissipates quickly with the head though. Flavor is muted, very creamy, little to no coffee but a strong vanilla. Reminds me of the flavor of an irish creme drink i used to get out of a coffee machine in a warehouse i worked in. Not unpleasant but surprisingly thin for such a complicated beer. Very smooth on the palette, not as full as one might expect from a stout. Not a bad beer but probably a let down based on all the words on the label. There are other places i would go for a bourbon barrel vanilla coffee stout.
Dec 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.26 by Fusebuddy from Wisconsin

Sep 28, 2017
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a pint glass from draught at Firkin on September 1, 2017. A nicely balanced milk stout. Not too much sweetness from the vanilla. Not too bitter from the coffee.
Sep 04, 2017
Toonilla from Dark Horse Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 83 ratings