Alley Kat HeatSeeker Coconut Curry Porter

Brewed by Alley Kat Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Edmonton, Canada

Why? oooohh why? Interesting idea - but who really wants to drink this of free will? Poured out the standard thin white lead that sticks to the rim, mahogany brew, minimal silty lacing. K, this starts out ok for aroma as the aroma is quite mild and comes across as acceptable but this changes as it warms - no surprise there. Sweet, curry, coconuts (as per the description), lame beer added. The taste is of soft but obvious flavoured curry and coconut, comes across dry and has some heat. The coconut part and all that is ok and mild enough to enjoy but I don’t know what cheap ass beer they used. The mouthfeel is pretty good considering - weird dryness and finishes forgettable. A decent experimental beer as I still don’t find this gross at all but do they really expect people to purchase this multiple times?

"Not one single conceivable reason for this beer to exist. Beer pored a surprisingly dark brown with a noisy short lived crown only a small bubble ring remains after 5 seconds. Smells like taco’s. Why does it smell like taco’s? aroma is luckily very mild and not too much to it thank gawd. I’m not enjoying the taconess of the smell. First sip is strangely drinkable with a very earthy flavor. Mouth feel is very thin and the carbonation is through the roof. The taco aroma is starting to turn into curry now the longer I drink. I can only seem to pick out the coconut in the finish and that is very faint. Mostly just a dark bitter flavour with faint hints of coconut and curry. Uggg…. Spoke to soon curry is starting to dominate the flavour now when warm. This turned out to be way more drinkable then it should have but still vile. Brew might have been better if the base beer what I think was a dunkle of some kind was of higher quality. This beer is shit.

Bottle. Very interesting labels on some of Alley Kat’s special beers. Two monkees with a coconut shooting bazooka. The monkees’ tails are on fire. Fair noisy head. Reddish brown with good carbonation. Unique aroma. of mild curry and coconut. First sip is WTF. Second sip is more traditional porter (roasted malt, chocolate) with a finish and aftertaste like a plate of Indian food. More curry than coconut. Not sure where these ideas for beers are coming from but Alley Kat is developing a reputation for unique adventerous beers. More and more drinkable with each sip but still a beer for a unique occasion.

Bottle: Poured a medium clear black color ale with a large soft brown color ale with good retention and some lacing. Aroma is a weird mix between some coconut, light curry and some roasted malt. Taste is dominated by a well balance mix between some curry spices mix some coconut and some roasted malt – tis mix should not technically work but surprisingly generate some great results. Body is a bit with good carbonation and no alcohol was detectable. I am not sure I would try this one on a regular basis but a very interesting experiment that I would like to have again.

Dark copper brown with a chunky almond coloured head. Enticing rich chocolate and toasty breadcrusty malt aroma with a faint beef broth quality. Chocolate and toasted breaddcrust and caramel in generous quantity with a pleasant vegetal earthy note in the finish. I get no coconut whatsoever but I loved this beer regardless. A terrific porter that is really very approachable and fairly true to the style despite the interesting name.

Aroma: Coconut and a low curry note. Not much, if any, aroma from the underlying beer, but that’s to be expected for a spiced beer. Appearance: Deep brown with garnet highlights. Good tan head upon pouring, but dissipates rather quickly. Flavor: Changes with every sip - weird! Lots of coconut, changes to all curry, which changes to a nice coconut/curry balance. Underlying beer can be discerned - caramel, some nutty character - overally quite malty sweet. No bitterness to speak of. Mouthfeel: Rather thin and disappointing. Carbonation is rather high, which augments the curry a bit. Overall: Very interesting, and really quite good. Strikes a nice balance between coconut and curry without being too spicy - easy drinking. Only major issues are the thinness and the lack of a lasting head.