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Kona Pipeline Porter

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RATINGS: 744   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.5   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 23   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.3%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Pipeline Porter is smooth and dark with a distinctive roasty aroma and earthy complexity from its diverse blends of premium malted barley. This celebration of malt unites with freshly roasted 100% Kona coffee grown at Cornwell Estate on Hawaii’s Big Island, lending a unique roasted aroma and flavor. A delicate blend of hops rounds out this palate-pleasing brew.


2.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
jimthechap (634) - Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND - FEB 9, 2012
Deep, almost impenetrable brown with russet notes. An off-white head that didn’t hang around. Coffee notes abound with an almost floral character. Smells like so much more than overpowering coffee. Flavours are initially of dark chocolate and then coffee, brown sugar and coffee grinds. The flavour lingers and as it does becomes soapy. Seriously soapy. This beer is tasty enough, but that soapy note doesn’t do it any favours.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
deusax (139) - - FEB 7, 2012
Really pleasant to drink. I had this one a long time ago. If I have the chance to drink it again, I’ll update this rating

2.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Idiosynkrasie (156) - Bielefeld, GERMANY - FEB 4, 2012
355ml bottle. Clear black with macropored, quickly fading beige head. Leather, dark and milk chocolate aroma, some sweetness therefore, nougat, vestiges of alcohol. Ugh! Taste is cold insipid coffee, grandma’s nougat reserve from 1963 stored near a cleaning powder forbidden for environmental protection reasons since then. Infected? Exhausted?

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
jjgmd (167) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Pours pitch black as night, small creamy head. Aroma is malty, coffee and sweet. Taste is a coffee implosion, full of joe, malt with hints of chocolate. Well balanced ! Flavor abounds ! Very enjoyable and drinkable, on the light side secondary to its ABV, but nevertheless a fine light porter. Quaff Score (drinkability with heart enjoyment ) 8 / 10

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
zgaier (158) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Pours dark brown with a light tan head and aroma of roasted malts. Flavor is sweet, heavy on coffee, with notes of roasted malts and chocolate and a nice smooth, dry finish. Drinkable, great tasting coffee porter.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Gary (1012) - London and Rochester, Kent, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 3, 2012 (33ml Bottle)Wake up and drink this every morning ; a lovely beer to drink with your corn flakes & one-night-stand. loads of coffee dimension but still keeping beer tendancies . Great fun

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
SJL_ (8) - New Jersey, USA - JAN 22, 2012 does not count
Poured from a bottle and drank from a standard pint glass. Pours a deep dark brown almost black color with a thin tan head. Flavor is all mocha and the mix of chocolate and Kona coffee beans is outstanding. A very enjoyable porter. SJL \m/

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Livid (49) - - JAN 21, 2012
Growler from draft. Pours thick and black, with a tan head, slight lacing on the glass. Smells roasted with chocolate notes. Lighter body, strong roasted malt flavor, chocolate, sweet notes and just a lingering hint of coffee.


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