Roots Organic Toasted Coconut Porter

Brewed by Roots Organic Brewing
Style: Porter
Portland, Oregon USA

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, 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.

Thought this was called Toasted Coconut Porter. It’s a brown porter style, and actually fits style better than most of their brews. Deep brown color with some light at the bottom, and a light brown head. Lactic yeast and past coconut flavors are noted. A bit harsh on the palate, unrefined ans raw tasting. Some sweet maple and chewy, dusty and chalky creame flavors. Mildly toasted nose - overall a bit sour.

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.

This was not the greatest porter that I have ever had, but what a great idea to add coconut. It works really well and is just subtle enough in the flavor profile that you get it as an afterthought and you think to yourself, that really adds to the flavor. Other than that, standard fare porter flavors, but it does add that tropical flavor to it, and that give it points in my book

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.

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.

Tap at Hood River Hops Fest. Deep brown in color with not a lot of head formation. Aroma is nicely roasted, nutty with just a hint of coconut. Lighter side of medium bodied. Flavor is a bit nutty with a taste of coconut. Bonus points for blending in the coconut but just lacks body and flavor.