Palo Alto Brewing Barley Legal Coconut Porter

Palo Alto Brewing Company
Brewed at Hermitage Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Palo Alto, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Super dark brown with huge fluffy khaki head. Bitter coffee flavor with slight chocolate undertone. Don’t really get the coconut, but it’s a solid porter nonetheless.

Bottle thanks to a trade! Pours a clear deep amber brown with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a decent amount of coconut with roasted malts and dark chocolatey grains. Flavor starts with roasted malts and has a bit of bitter chocolate with a touch of coconut.

A - Pours a dark black-brown with a finger of frothy khaki-chocolate colored head. The head fades down at a normal pace leaving behind some nice lacing. S - Aroma is a mix of roasted dark chocolate, coffee, toasted coconut, some vanilla, and a bit of molasses. T - Starts off with a mix of sweet dark chocolate malts with vanilla and lactose sweetness, molasses, and a touch of dark fruit. Through the middle, the toasted coconut comes through with some roasted coffee. The finish is a mix of sweet chocolate malts, coconut, vanilla, coffee, and a bit of molasses. M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a sweet and roasty finish. D - Very drinkable. Nice overall balance with a good mix of chocolate and sweet coconut.

Bottle: dark brown to black pour with medium sized tan head. Aroma is of vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Flavor has a roasty coffee and chocolate bittersweetness with a slight vanilla and nuttiness toward the end. Overall, I found this beer tasty and rather easy to drink. I did not pick up any coconut other that a vanilla-like note but the beer was smooth I would drink more.

Bottle. Pours clear deep black/brown with a medium brown head that dissipates slowly with nice lacing. Aroma is coffee and dark roasted malt. Flavor is strong coffee, plus a bit of coconut sweetness, medium sweet, light bitter coffee finish. Mild astringence. Medium body. Surprisingly not that bad.

Bottle. Dark brown with a fizzy head. Coffee syrup and roasted grain aroma and taste with a sweet maltiness and a hint of coconut to the finish with a thin palate.

Bottle shared by beerboxer. Pours black with a pretty tan head and a treacle and coconut aroma. There is a chocolate and coconut flavor with a dry finish. The flavor is a bit thin, but it is otherwise pretty good.

Color is a really dark brown with an off white head. Dont pick up much for aroma. Taste is clean with a dark roast malt. Slight chocolate. Has a roast coconut flavor to it too.

Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours black with white head. Nose/taste of dry coconut husks, roast chocolate malt, coconut milk and dry barley. Medium body. Finishes slightly dry.

Bottle at a tasting at Paul’s. Pours a deep black with a thin beige head. Very faint coconut and a bit of roast on the nose. Medium bodied, cocoa and coconut, sweetness. Cocoa and malt. Long sweet chocolate and malt, cocoa and roast. Malt. Tasty enough.