Roots Organic Toasted Coconut Porter

Mild chocolatey porter with some creamy, bitter and roasty characteristics. The coconut is very light, almost adds more mouthfeel, and has a slightly lactic and nutty-toasty character.

Dark brown pour with little to no head. The aroma is a touch roasty with some sweetness and a touch of toasted coconut. Coffee too. Roasted malt flavors, some sweet-ish dark malts. A light coconut presence. Really nice sweet/roasty finish.

Draft. A dark brown beer with a red shine. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee and coconuts. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of chocolate and roasted malt, as well as lighter notes of coconuts, leading to a dry roasted finish.

On tap at Roots and at Bailey’s Taproom in PDX--Poured an opaque black-brown with a thick off-white head. Nose of tasted malts and slight hint of coconut. Flavor is sweet and robust-almost more a stout. NOt heavily carbonated but decent. I appreciated the inventiveness of this brewer.

Very dark, almost stout like. Rich dense head. Slight aroma of coconut/toasted grains on nose, pleasant note. The taste is of dark fruit, chocolate and mocha. Somewhat sweet and cloying in the finish. Seems a bit low on carbonation. An interesting offering that happens to be organic.

Draft at Roots: Pours a dark brown but definitely lots of brown highlights with not even a full head. Not off to a good start for me. But then the aroma changes my mind with some carmel malts, lots of chocolate and some toasted coconut. Flavor is light maltyness and a nice semi butter and sweet chocolateyness and a nice toasted coconut flavor. The coconut is nicely subdued which i enjoy since i am not a coconut fan but it really works here. There is a slight bitterness from the hops at the finish where this ends crisply. A really nicely balanced tasty and easy drinker.

Their fall seasonal. Pours a very dark mahogany, close to black, with a light brown head. The coconut wasn’t as strong as I thought it would be, but I guess it’s really not that strong of a flavor normally. What it adds to this beer is really nice though. This porter is kept sweeter in the finish and trails out to a nice roasty chocolate aftertaste with a light cooling hint of coconut that adds a subtle sweetness that leaves you waiting for the next sip. Very smooth on the palate and goes down so easy for a sweet roasty porter. Very well made beer.

On tap at Roots, Portland. Deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Really not keen on this. Moderate coconut. Malts are like a porter, are coffee and some choc. Could work, but doesn’t quite. Coconut milk is too strong. Quite lactic. I can see people liking it, but I don’t like coconut milk.