Catawba Valley King Coconut Porter

Brewed by Catawba Valley Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Morganton, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Draught from the Chocolate Lounge in Asheville, which is, in fact, a place to buy shit-tons of chocolate. Luckily, they also had this available, which I opted to have for dessert. Great coconut and chocolate and vanilla on the nose, really strong at first, but then much more mild as the pint went down. Maybe because I was also sampling friend’s chocolates, but this ultimately tasted more like a gourmet drinkable chocolate. I loved it.

Barley’s Taproom Asheville NC. A solid looking near black pour, adequate light tan head. Aroma has a nice blend of roast malt, chocolate, light coconut and "earth". Taste has good roast malt and coffee, some chocolate and vanilla that is probably present from the coconut. The coconut is really just barely present throughout. Finish with a nice bitterness. Solid medium body. Pretty darn good. Better than the Pisgah porter, but not quite as good as the Foothills People’s porter I had in the same sitting.

Sampled at the 13th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Brown-red with a beige head. Big coconut aroma, roast. Taste is more coconut sweetness, chocolate, roast.

Looked good... wasn’t a bad porter in all, just wasn’t coconut. That was a bit disappointing to me. Also a bit weak..

UPDATED: SEP 26, 2009 Brewgrass 2009 Pours clear brown, much lighter than I expect for a Porter. Very little coconut aroma, some malt. The flavor is also very light on the coconut and the Porter is weak. Thin, disappointing.

growler courtesy of tpd975. Pours copper, beige to mocha head Aroma light coconut, hints of roasted malts Flavor, coconut is there, not overpowering, some light bitter hop finish with some mild roast. Nice and up there with the Maui Coconut Porter.

Nice robust porter. Coconut was not overpowering so the balance was good. Sampled from a growler.

Growler courtesy of tpd975. Pours a nice clear mahogany with tan head. The aroma has a mild level of coconut, sweet malts, faint metal shavings and some nuttiness. The taste has full bold notes of coconut, coconut milk and skin, wow!, mixing with malts, some mild chocolate, a thin layer of highly roasted malts and mild nuttiness. It ends on the dry side. Tasty stuff.

Thanks to tpd975 for the share. Pours dark amber with an off-white head. Nose is coconut, malt, roast, and some coffee. Flavor is very similar, but very sessionable. Coconut is unobtrusive, and really complimentary after all is said and done. Very enjoyable beer.

Growler courtesy of tpd. Pours a dark brown with an off white head. Nose is hints of wood, vanilla, rich malts, roastiness, and mild coconut. Flavor is a very rich roasty malt, some coffee, some wood, faint coconut, toffee, mild earthy hops, caramel. Damn fine porter.