Toña
Industrial Cervecera S.A. / Compañía Cervecera De Nicaragua
- From:
- Industrial Cervecera S.A. / Compañía Cervecera De Nicaragua
- Nicaragua
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #217 - ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 66
Ranked #39,588 - Avg:
- 2.8 | pDev: 22.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 182
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Monday at 07:04 PM
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2004
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 26
SCORE
66
Poor
66
Poor
Toña is a 4.6% lager introduced in 1977 by ICSA as a direct competitor of the Victoria brand. After the 1996 merge, CNN relaunched the Toña brand as a traditional Nicaraguan beer, often associated with the local culture and customs.
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Ratings by jonphisher:
Reviewed by jonphisher from New Jersey
3.44/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This looks like beer I’d want in a humid environment. Crystal clear and super light gold, not much head or retention but it doesn’t bother me. It’s color says drink me, you’re thirsty.
This beer has a an almost cornbread like smell to it. It is sort of sweet and sort of grainy.
Taste is slightly sweet and again like the nose, grainy. It is almost like a white bread with some grains thrown in. That’s about it, it is very simple and non complex.
Mouthfeel is super light, prickly carbonation feel, and very easy drinking clean finish.
Aug 09, 2021This beer has a an almost cornbread like smell to it. It is sort of sweet and sort of grainy.
Taste is slightly sweet and again like the nose, grainy. It is almost like a white bread with some grains thrown in. That’s about it, it is very simple and non complex.
Mouthfeel is super light, prickly carbonation feel, and very easy drinking clean finish.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
2.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Pours a straw color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight malt and floral hints
Taste has a slight malt and floral flavor
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A decent lager
Apr 22, 2026Aroma has slight malt and floral hints
Taste has a slight malt and floral flavor
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A decent lager
Reviewed by Father-of-two from California
3.31/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Presentation: 12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass.
Look: straw yellow color. Relatively small head that evaporates rather quickly. Decent amount of lacing.
Smell: maltiness, bread, grains, sweet honey, mowed grass, veggies, floral hops. Pleasant smell overall.
Taste: similar to the smell, maltiness, bread, grains, sweet honey, mowed grass, veggies, and floral hops. There is more hops in the taste than you’d expect.
Feel: slightly creamy but light mouthfeel. Quite bubbly. Carbonation is above average.
Overall: this beer is better than average for an adjunct lager. No offensive flavors or aromas. The taste kind of reminds me of Red Stripe, which I personally like. I imagine this type of beer is ideal for the hot and humid climate of Central America. It’s worth trying if you run across it, but not a must have.
Mar 19, 2026Look: straw yellow color. Relatively small head that evaporates rather quickly. Decent amount of lacing.
Smell: maltiness, bread, grains, sweet honey, mowed grass, veggies, floral hops. Pleasant smell overall.
Taste: similar to the smell, maltiness, bread, grains, sweet honey, mowed grass, veggies, and floral hops. There is more hops in the taste than you’d expect.
Feel: slightly creamy but light mouthfeel. Quite bubbly. Carbonation is above average.
Overall: this beer is better than average for an adjunct lager. No offensive flavors or aromas. The taste kind of reminds me of Red Stripe, which I personally like. I imagine this type of beer is ideal for the hot and humid climate of Central America. It’s worth trying if you run across it, but not a must have.
Reviewed by fourtwenties from Minnesota
4.77/5 rDev +70.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +70.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
favorite cerveza of all time. it tastes like toasted coconut, but is still really refreshing. i wish it was easier to find in stores here in the us because it's actually incredible.
Feb 05, 2026
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
1.59/5 rDev -43.2%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
1.59/5 rDev -43.2%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
(review from July 2022) Extremely light, delicate, gentle lager with barely-there malty flavor, bordering on thin, but it's certainly slammable! Your mileage may vary.
Dec 28, 2025
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.73/5 rDev +33.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev +33.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Clear amber brew with plenty of foam in the snifter, darker than than typical light Lagers. Modest aroma of grain with musty nuts. Taste is cereal, cornbread, and slightly sweet. Fizzy and decent mouthfeel. Overall this is a pleasant light Lager of no distinction, but better than many others in its class. From the 12 oz can purchased in the Northwest. Number codes on the bottom.
Aug 27, 2025
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
2.25/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.25/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
RB transfer
Aug 14, 2025
Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.29/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
12oz green bottle poured into a pint glas
A- pours a crystal clear straw color with a one-finger foamy white head that reduces quickly to leave nothin behind
S- bready malt, grainy, light floral hops, clean & non-offensive
T- slightly sweet up front with with both bready and grainy malt notes. Mid-palate gives just a whisp of floral and grassy hops. The finish is slightly sweet with more grainy malt on the linger
M- light body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into a crisp finish
O- not bad at all, I'd take this over BMC lagers
Aug 06, 2025A- pours a crystal clear straw color with a one-finger foamy white head that reduces quickly to leave nothin behind
S- bready malt, grainy, light floral hops, clean & non-offensive
T- slightly sweet up front with with both bready and grainy malt notes. Mid-palate gives just a whisp of floral and grassy hops. The finish is slightly sweet with more grainy malt on the linger
M- light body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into a crisp finish
O- not bad at all, I'd take this over BMC lagers
Reviewed by Foxbush from Virginia
3.05/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
12 oz bottle from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA. The beer poured a clear gold color with a small white head that quickly dissipated to a white collar on the beer. The aroma of bread and hints of grain. The flavors are smooth with no hop bitterness. The beer has a medium body nd light carbonation. Good for a pale lager.
Jul 16, 2025
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev +25%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +25%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. From my favourite The Beer Store on Goyeau St. in nearby downtown Windsor. My first beer from the Managua, Nicaragua brewery.
Apr 28, 2025
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.06/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12oz bottle. Stamp on bottle neck is '102225 L4296 0232'.
Clear, pale gold colored body. Two fingers of white head with the pour quickly collapses, leaving a minor surface storm and a bubble fed thin ring. No lacing.
Aroma is bright with malty grain and a definite sweetness.
Taste introduces more dusty hay but still malty with grain. The sweetness continues. Very slight floral hops.
Medium mouthfeel. Minor tongue sting. Clean with a touch of melted caramel feel in the mouth. Carbonation is very good.
Not skunked. Drinking this beer cold stays away from a slide to any cardboard flavors.
Apr 01, 2025Clear, pale gold colored body. Two fingers of white head with the pour quickly collapses, leaving a minor surface storm and a bubble fed thin ring. No lacing.
Aroma is bright with malty grain and a definite sweetness.
Taste introduces more dusty hay but still malty with grain. The sweetness continues. Very slight floral hops.
Medium mouthfeel. Minor tongue sting. Clean with a touch of melted caramel feel in the mouth. Carbonation is very good.
Not skunked. Drinking this beer cold stays away from a slide to any cardboard flavors.
Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
2.34/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.34/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
"Clean" , mass lager. Clear, golden color with a nice white head. Light aroma of malt and hay. Malty taste without signs of hops. Drinkable in summer.
Feb 02, 2025
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