Chocolate Stout
Chocolate Stout
FREE Baron Hasselhoffs chocolate block with every 24 pack case order.
This non alc chocolate stout is cocreated with the team at Baron Hasselhoffs artisan chocolate makers in Wellington. Since February we have brewed stout micro batches and got to work building up this tasty brew with ingredients from all over the pacific.
Cacao from PNG, vanilla from Tonga, and a heady mix of spice to heat up your next beer tasting. In full strength beers the alcohol blends all the flavours together - not our beer - all the flavours play a distinct role in this brewlicious stout.
Contains Milk.
Tasting Notes
Chocolate Stout
Co-created with Baron Hasselhoffs artisan chocolate makers in Wellington, built with ingredients from across the Pacific. With no alcohol to blur them together, every flavour plays a distinct role.
| Cacao | Rich chocolate depth from Papua New Guinea cacao |
| Vanilla | Smooth, sweet roundness from Tongan vanilla |
| Spice | A heady mix of spice to heat up the finish |
Contains milk.
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FULL MEDAL RECORD - 17+ Medals Won
FULL MEDAL RECORD - 17+ Medals Won
AIBA — Australian International Beer Awards
IPA — Bronze '23
IPA — Silver '24
Nectaron Pale Ale — Bronze '24
Sunbreaker Ale — Silver '24
Nectaron Hazy Pale Ale '25
Golden Lager '25
IPA '25
Sunbreaker Ale '25
IPA '26
Golden Lager '26
Sunbreaker Ale '26
Chocolate Stout '26
NZ Beer Awards — Brewers Guild
IPA — Bronze '22
Nectaron Pale Ale — Silver '23
IPA — Bronze '24
Nectaron Pale Ale — Bronze '24
Sunbreaker Ale — Bronze '24
New World Beer & Cider Awards
Nectaron PA — Highly Commended '23
Top 25 / Highly Commended '25
State of Play Brewing Co.
Customers are saying
THE SOP GENESIS
After 25 years in big beer our founder Grant Caunter got bored with the booze (and being 50kgs overweight). He still loved beer but his affair with alcohol was over. Hello to a world of non-alc! In NZ back in 2022 there was not a lot of choice, so who better to start NZ’s zero alcohol brewery.
THE ANYWHERE BEER
We’ve seen State of Players enjoying our brews under waterfalls; while bike-riding in the forest; next to rivers and lakes; up mountains and while relaxing in mineral pools. And we asked ourselves – have we just invented ‘The Anywhere Beer’?
60% LESS CALORIES
Low sugar – 2.2g/100ml
59 calories a can
Naturally brewed to <0.5%
No alcohol removal
No added sugar
Taste above all else
A very tasty and unique stout. The foam has improved since the it first came out, and produces a solid collar. It's my goto beer at the end of a day. I love it.
Harmless enough flavour, but more of an odd chocolate beverage. Quite chocolatey initially with a weak and watery finish.
This is by far the best New Zealand brewed non-alcoholic or low alcoholic beer beverage
The chocolate notes are delicate and not too punchy it has a lovely overturn of dried fruits are very delicious brew indeed no matter what the weather….: in in my opinion the only way you could improveis to use nitro to give it that extra creaminess in aeration that you get from beers that useless process
Love the taste. Great drop and I'm telling all my mates to get on this train.
I thought it was a bit on the thin side, it had a fair aroma.