Kona Pipeline Porter

Brewed by Kona Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Kailua Kona, Hawaii USA

[Bottle] Pours fairly dark brown with a very small brown head. Very strong coffee aroma that is enjoyable, but very one dimensional. A little chocolate did show up as it warmed. Taste once again is dominated by coffee, with little else really showing up. Fairly thin, with a long, (big surprise) coffee finish. I wasn’t terribly impressed with this.

Had this in Honolulu and then back on the continent. Pours a dark brown with a small, dark tan head that sticks around with some fair lacing. Aroma is ground coffee, roasted malt, unsweetened cocoa powder. Taste is a little watery upfront- sort of like seltzer water and then there is a sudden tang of ground coffee. This feels a little forced to me. Whereas great porters have subtle or powerful coffee and espresso notes, this tastes like inhaling some motel quality instant coffee grounds. Aftertaste is dry and unpleasant with a feeling like some of that ground coffee is stuck in the back of your throat. Overall tastes like that bad pre-ground coffee you find in a motel with seltzer water. Very disappointing. When I first tasted this in Hawai’i I was spellbound, but this tasting is either ruined from the long journey from the islands or I have become spoiled for porters.

Pours dark and sits black in the glass. The head is frothy and light tan. the nose is malty, lightly roasty, bitter chocolate and coffee. The flavor is smooth, mildly grainy, light roast, chocolate, smooth coffee, very little hop character. enjoyable.

Poured from a 12oz bottle - a nice dark brown almost black with a tan head that dissipates fairly quickly. Aroma is a nice chocolate, coffee and even a slight nuttiness. Almost reminds of opening a fresh container of coffee - but doesn’t overpower you. Nice smooth taste and very drinkable. Enjoyed this sitting in front of the fireplace listening to some good music - all went well together. I would buy another six pack of the Pipeline.

This is a really enjoyable beer. I say that upon drinking the sixth of a six pack. Beer pours dark brown with a modestely retained tan colored head. Aroma is rich chocolate, coffee, and earth. Flavor follows the aroma with lots of coffee and goodness as well as some nice roasted toasty flavors. Very good accessible beer.

The aroma is pleasant with coffee, toasted malt, cola, and hops. The appearance is dark brown with a thin head. The flavor is bitter and almost sour with an overcooked coffee taste. The palate is smooth and much to my liking. Overall I am not impressed with this beer save the aroma and mouth feel.

12 oz. bottle from Pristine Liquors in Spring Hill, FL. Aroma of coffee and chocolate, nice scent. Pours color of black coffee with almost no head. Nice flavor of black coffee. Very easy on the palate. Overall I like it alot...Im a coffee lover as well as a beer lover and this is the ultimate best of both worlds...I love it.

Medium dark chocolate and coffee aroma, slight hint of smoke. Color is black with a deeply hidden crimson hue, dark tan smallish soapy oily head. Chocolate syrup in coffee sweetness, solid bitter balance. Full carbonation, silky full body, smooth roasted coffee and chocolate finish. Nut just a solid Porter in its own right, but the coffee element takes this to the next level.