Catawba Valley King Coconut Porter

Brewed by Catawba Valley Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Glen Alpine, North Carolina USA

Date: 04/12/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory, NC

Muddy brown, toasted cocoanut aroma, big toasted cocoanut flavor on top of a nice chocolate malt base, no bitterness but not too sweet, made with cocoanut toasted in the pizza oven

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4
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Brown with no head. Chocolate and coconut aroma. Strong chocolate flavor. Dark palate.

Draught at Barley’s in Asheville, NC. Dark brown with creamy, lasting, tan head that laced the glass. Light malty roasty chocolate nose. Distinctly chocolatey and nutty with hints of toasted bread. Reminded me a bit of Nutella, actually. Definite coconut flavor as well, especially at the end. Coconut is a great way to dress up a porter.

Growler courtesy of tpd975. Pours a nice clear mahogany with tan head. The aroma has a mild level of coconut, sweet malts, faint metal shavings and some nuttiness. The taste has full bold notes of coconut, coconut milk and skin, wow!, mixing with malts, some mild chocolate, a thin layer of highly roasted malts and mild nuttiness. It ends on the dry side. Tasty stuff.

Deep marroon, with a beige head. Nice smoky, chocolatey aroma. Traditioanl chocolatey porter flavors up front, with surprisingly potent coconut flavor in the finish. Very tasty - the roasted coconut flavors blend surprisingly well with the porter flavors, and it doesn’t really seem that gimmicky. Draft at Barley’s, Asheville.

Brewgrass 2009 Pours clear brown, much lighter than I expect for a Porter. Very little coconut aroma, some malt. The flavor is also very light on the coconut and the Porter is weak. Thin, disappointing.

A hazy brown pour with a light tan lace and almost no head. A vrye light hint of coconut on the nose wth a trace of coffee as well. A very light hint of abv all the way through. I just didn’t pick up on the coconut. A tad of bittter on the finsih w/a hint of sweetness. Platate is smooth carbonation is good byt htis baby is thin. Spare the coconut spoil the king coconut ale I’ll say.

growler courtesy of tpd975. Pours copper, beige to mocha head Aroma light coconut, hints of roasted malts Flavor, coconut is there, not overpowering, some light bitter hop finish with some mild roast. Nice and up there with the Maui Coconut Porter.