Ken Schmidt Maui Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter

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

12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with medium head. Beautiful aroma of fresh roasted coffee and almond joy. Taste is deep malt with chocolate, soy and espresso. The soy is a bit overbearing for me. Coconut comes out as it warms. Not sure what it is, but this just doesn’t come together for me. I think I’d rather have a porter with more substantial coconut, or more substantial coffee flavors on their own. The mix compliments well enough, but doesn’t blow my mind. Beautiful aroma though.

Bottle: Deep brown pour with a khaki well retained head. Toasted malt aroma- mild coffee roast with some chocolaty qualities and a toasted coconut hint. Unique. Slick and creamy body. Toasted yet rich and dry. Toasted coconut notes mesh with mild coffee roast- soft and balanced. The macadamia nut is subtle- blind I wouldn’t detect macadamia, but I would say it’s nutty. Interesting stuff.

Bottled. Too much cold roast coffee, some vanilla. Fizzy body, way too much carb, with dull coffee throughout. I’m not sure what the macadamia nut is doing here -- it seems it is doing absolutely nothing -- they should have just left the little gimmick out.

Bottle from Blacklick Wine & Spirits. Black pour with a medium tan head. Nose of coffee, cream and nuts. Flavor is coffee smoothing out to nuts and creamy cocounut before a semi-dry finish.

12oz. Bottle from VBM in Buffalo. I was told this was one of a limited amount of bottles released in Buffalo, so I had to grab at least one. Pours an opaque black body with a small tan head and some light lacing. Aroma is full of coffee, roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate and slight alcohol notes. Flavor is strong coffee, cocoa,, bitter, burnt malts, and roasted coconut. Super smooth, sweet finish. Medium bodied, easy drinking, really good beer.

Opaque black with a small dark tan head. Coffee, semisweet chocolate aromatics, some nuttiness. Heavy coffee flavor components, with toasty, earthen malt. Tinges of sweetness and nuttiness. Roasty finish with vestiges of caramel and coffee. Mouthfeel is a heavy medium, somewhat drying.

Courtesy of blutt59. Clean brown color/ tan head. Nice coconut sweet milk chocolate aromas. Smooth medium body. Coconut meat, semisweet chocolate flavors with some drying blackened malts. tasty treat.

12oz bottle. Good coconut and coffee aroma that is good on the nose. Black body with tan head leaves some foamy lace on glass. Flavor had more coconut to it which was fine with me. Some nut and coffee too. Good bleand here good on the palate.