Stewart Coconut Porter

Brewed by Stewart (UK)
Style: Porter
Edinburgh, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle from Deeside Drink Emporium. It pours dark brown a medium beige head. The nose is roasty, earth, chocolate, coconut, oily and hint of vanilla. The taste is soft roast, earth, cocoa, coconut, dark choc bounty bar and light toast with a pretty dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Well balanced, thankfully coconut is not overdone. Rather tasty stuff indeed.

Bottle at home from alesella
Pours hazy chestnut brown with fluffy beige head. Bounty coconut and milk chocolate on the nose. Metallic notes at first,but as it warms chocolate and coffee appears. Fairly light in body and carbonation but enjoyable.

Bottle from Spirited Wines Edinburgh cons 2013-03-28 Uddingston AR: heavy roasted malt, chocolate, white sugar AP: dark brown body, stouthy steady sand brown head F: dark chocolate, coffey, sugary feeling, medium bitterness, rich carbonation, great porter!

Bottle from Coppers, Newcastle. A black beer with a very quickly disappearing tan head. It has rich chocolate and sweet coconut flavours followed by slight liquorice on the finish.

I must have missed something, because this didn’t do anything for me. Thin (granted it’s only 4.5), not a great deal of coconut and the traditional porter roast was benign and ineffectual. Easy drinking, but the slightly sour finish put me right off.

Black colored pour. Small off-white head that quickly falls and leaves minimal lacing. Smells of malt, and...that’s pretty much it. Some slight chocolate notes, but really faint. Tastes of slight chocolate and malts. Not bad. No coconut aroma or flavor whatsoever. At least I’m not getting any, and I love coconut.

Aroma: Mild aroma of plain chocolate, milky coffee and coconut. Smells more boozy than it’s 4.5% ABV suggests.

Appearance: Dark brown body with ruby highlights. Tiny, light brown head than quickly fades. Very little lacing.

Taste: Rich, dark malts with a subtle coconut flavour. The finish has a burnt/bitter taste. Tastes better as the beer warms.

Palate: Medium body with a sticky mouthfeel. Lively carbonation - possibly overcarbonated.

Overall: This is a really interesting beer. I’d really like to try a stronger, more flavoursome version.

Cask (Gravity dispense) at 7th Bexley Beer Festival on 12 April 2012. Very dark colour - inky and almost opaque. Certainly a good looking beer. Toasty coconut is certainly evident. Also something a bit rum-like. Dry and tasty. A delicious drop.

Bottle 500ml. @ home.

[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coconut, perfume, light yeasty. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, coconut and artificial coconut. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120718]

Received 500 ml bottle via summer Secret Santa. Pours an opaque dark brown colored porter with an average sized beige head that slowly disappears and leaves behind some nice lacing. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some mild floral hops, hint of coffee and some light cream tartar. Taste is light to medium bodied, soft carbonation with flavors of dry English dark malts, a hint of floral hops and a little ash. Finish as a solid English style porter that is not overly chocolate per American varieties and finish with a mild short lived bitterness. Coconut presence is minimal if any.