Ken Schmidt Maui Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Escondido, California USA

Bottle. Pours dark brown, nearly black, and almost no head. Aromas of coffee, roasted/burnt malt, and hazelnuts. Flavor is sweet, nice and roasty, with some alcohol present, and notes of nuts and espresso. It’s smooth with medium carbonation, and leaves an aftertaste of bitter coffee. I like it, really good stuff. Thanks Dan!

Dark black with big brown thick head. Nose of roast, chcolate, and roast. Flavor is much the same with a wonderful nutty taste that just hangs on. Good bit of hops that round out this fine porter!

Courtesy of jdubFL. Pours deep mahogany with thin off white head. The aroma has dusty dark coffee, burnt malts, some black strap molasses and coconut. The taste has up front coconut moving into coffee, chocolate and black strap molasses. Pretty nice porter.

Bottle. Aroma forward with nuts, followed by coffee, coconut sort of sneaking up as a surprise, and an ample amount of pine and hops. Flavor roasty with coffee notes and more than balancing hops. Tasty stuff.

Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet macadamia, espresso and dark chocolate aromas. Slightly thin with upfront coconut and macadamia and a lasting bitter chocolate and espresso finish.

bottle 10/17/2009. pours thinner than expected from an 8.5% imperial porter... seems clear as well. it is a nice looking walnut stained blackish brownish with a light tan head. the nose is really buttery... almost overwhelmingly so... macadamias and coconut aromas dominate over coffee, chocolate, toast, roasty grain, cinnamon-like spiciness and noticeably numbing hops (maybe alcohol but it is far too cold for that to be a factor?). the palate is fairly sweet but bitterness on the finish helps dry and balance. toasted coconut leads to way in the flavor also... followed by chocolate, toast, mild coffee, porter-like woodiness, nuts and a bitterness which lingers to become more pronounced. the body is medium, perhaps a bit thinner than to be expected. that fact helps keep the creamy texture and buttery slick mouth feel in check. 7/3/7/4/15/3.6

12 oz, bottle from Pike Street Beer and Wine. Not a very viscous pour. Fluffy head at first that fades away rather quickly. Black opaque body that looks pretty good. Strong roast and robust coffee aroma. Wow, a very pungent beer indeed. Not very much coconut in the aroma, but still a fairly decent aroma. A lot of roast on the nose, but kind of an old roast aroma. I have a mixed feeling about this. Coconut comes in at the very end. The old coffee flavor is there the entire time. Roast is present at first, but doesn’t develop until the very end of my "tasting experience". Kind of an odd coffee flavor, but there are some good things going on here. Not very creamy, and not one of my favorite imperial/strong porters, but worth the try and not the money.

Thanks to JaBier for sharing a bottle. The beer pour an opaque brown-black color with a thin tan head that dissipates slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted coffee, nuts and chocolate. Medium body with a roasty character and flavors of malt, coffee, dark chocolate and nuts. The finish is a sweet at first, with a moderately bitter coffee aftertaste that lingers. Overall the macadamia and coconut takes a back seat to the coffee in this brew, but it is pretty enjoyable either way.