Ken Schmidt / Maui / Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Escondido, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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12 ounce bottle. Served in a Sam Adams BL glass, the beer pours dark brown with about a half inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both decent. Aroma is very nice, it smells like coffee, coconut, roasted malt, chocolate and some nuts. The taste is the same as the aroma, with a great mix between the sweet and bitter flavors (although I do think the bitter flavors are stronger than the sweet ones). There’s also a slight lingering bitter coffee finish. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it’s thicker than most porters, not that I’m complaining! It’s rich and coating, and has above average carbonation. Drinkability is pretty good, but it would be hard to drink more than a couple bottles of this at a time. The alcohol isn’t noticable in the taste, although it does hit you after a while. I think this is a good overall brew, if you get a chance you should definitely try this one.

Black, with a little white head. Strong coffee scent. A nice sequence of flavors: coffee, the coconut.

GLASS: Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass TEMP: Cellared @ approx 50 degrees This pours a very dark brown color with a tiny hint of ruby highlights. The head of foam is a medium brown in color, almost two-fingers thick and creamy and dense looking. Retention is excellent and the lacing is thick and sticky. Roasted malts and a definite presence of dark roasted coffee beans dominate the nose. There is a slight hint of coconut sweetness. Very nice notes of medium-dark roasted coffee beans. Not in-your-face, but highly tasty and enjoyable. A mild level of coconut sweetness, along with a hint of toastiness. Solid roasted malt base. The beauty of the flavor is the macadamia presence, which brings a mild nuttiness to the profile. It also seems to provide a nice level of smoothness to the whole thing, not unlike oats can do. Very, very good. This has a full body and a great, medium, level of carbonation. It is smooth, rich, and quite creamy. More than silky, but not quite velvet yet. This is a very tasty beer and I hope that they produce it again, hopefully in a larger scale, which would make it more accessible to more people. The 8.50%abv is quite well hidden, only showing up as a light hint of warmth, in the back of your throat. Very drinkable.

12oz bottle from Pacific Park Market, Aliso Viejo. Black pour with a tan head, Nice coffee aroma and flavor accompanied by the roastiness of the macs and coconuts. I also got some chocolate hints in there too. Great beer. Please put this in six packs.

Bottle from bhensonb. This opaque brown beer poured with a rich tan head and a fragrant coffee aroma. There is a complex flavor comprised of chocolate, coffee coconut and roasted malt. All the tastes blend very nicely to create a dessert-like drink that is an absolute pleasure to imbibe. Thanks Bill.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with honey highlights and a dense brown head. Rich aromas of fresh darkly roasted espresso beans, milk chocolate, and roasted nuts. Flavours of intense fresh ground coffee, char, chocolate, roasted nuts, molasses, and earthy wood. There is a vague vegetal character that comes into the finish, presumably from the coffee. Finish is nice and bitter. Exceptional!

nice brown pour with a medium sized medium brown head that fades fairly quickly and leaves some spotting and lacing. aroma is not bold, nor is it subtle. the notes of all three coconut, coffee and macadamia all present themselves nicely and in equilibrium. the roast and toast of all three meld together to make a very nice, very easy flavor and aroma. the taste is nice, the coffee is in the lead here, followed closely by coconut, with macadamia off in the back. super roasty, nice and smooth, easy drinker. this would be a great session beer for the island of the bay alike, i wish it were a lil easier to get. this is my fave stone collabo thus far, great stuff!

Sampled at GABF, then a bottle from K&L Redwood City. Pours darkest brown with a large, thick tan head. Aroma is awesome, really roasty with coffee, chocolate, nuts, and coconut. Flavor is similarly amazing, with dry roasted malt, fresh Kona coffee, a nice not overdone coconut flavor, macadamia nuts, and bitter dark chocolate. Palate is dry yet smooth with medium-body and a lasting coffee bitterness. Wow, this is a really great beer.

12oz bottle courtesy of LtDan poured into a snifter. The pour is dark brown/black with no light on the sides and no way to see through it. The aroma on this is immediately big Kona coffee, which if followed by sweet malts, creamy chocolate, a dash of nuttiness, and subtle coconut. Despite the ingredients, the flavor at the start is characteristically big porter - sweet malts, a subtle sourness, various chocolates, and coffee. It just so happens, however, that the coffee is more pronounced and there is a distinct but subtle coconut flavor that fades in the mouth to nuttiness. The neatest part about it is the smooth, creamy, almost silky/oily mouthfeel. I really enjoyed that aspect of the brew. Overall, this is good stuff, but I was really hoping for more pronounced coconut, as I love coconut, especially in beer!

Thanks to bmanning for bringing a bottle of this to a recent tasting. Poured near black with a nice tan head a good lacing. The initial scent is definitely strong coffee, followed by some nice chocolate. The coconut comes through afterward, and really makes this one fantastic. The taste is quite similar, with everything blending together really, really well. The coffee and coconut make an excellent combination. Moderate to fairly heavy body, and dangerously drinkable. This one definitely did not disappoint. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-17-2010