White Mountain Porter
Big Island Brewhaus in Kamuela, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.08
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Rich dark brown coloured body with a thinnish light brown head. Aroma of grapes, macadamia nuts, roasted malt and a touch of cream - nice and strong. Medium-bodied; Strong sweetness up front from the macadamia nuts, toasted malt, chocolate, coffee and even some from lactose noticeable. Aftertaste shows some good body with the roasted malt standing out along with a bit of the coffee. Overall, a nice and rich beer that has a lot of layered sweetness and finishes with some tropical fruits like coconut and light coffee. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Tamura’s Market in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 31-December-2015 for US$8,99 (I wouldn’t pay ~$12 in Waikiki) sampled in my condo here in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 02-January-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2016
at 03:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle. Opaque dark brown color, beige head. Aroma has coffee, burnt coconut. Taste is toasted Mounds bar. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2015
at 12:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Safeway in Honolulu. Nose is bitter coffee and very light coconut, not nearly as apatizing as the Maui CoCoNut and Waikiki Black Strap Molasses Porter I had yesterday. Very dark brown with a big tan head. Flavor is coffee with some coconut and a hint of chocolate.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2015
at 20:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
Thanks to TimE for sharing the bottle at the tasting! Poured into a taster showing a finger of latte colored foam and coffee brown all around. The nose shows a lot of light and easy coffee brightened significantly by the coconut. Probably closer to a latte. The palate is extremely carbonated with hints of coffee, a lot of coffee tartness and a mid palate of coconut shavings. The carbonation is just too overwhelming on this beer to be enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2015
at 01:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours nicely dark, bit of foam. Aroma is smoky, leathery, some acidity, not much of it though. Taste is quite spritzy, high carbonation. Some cocoa, chocolate, bit of sourness. Quite highly carbonated, makes it feel very light. Aftertaste pretty short. Easygoing porter, I guess it’s complexity falls prey to high carbonation.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2015
at 00:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Dakr brown color. Some toasted coconuts with coffee and a bit of roasted malt but not too chocolately. It’s a bit too much carbonation. A bit sweet chocolately finish.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2015
at 06:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Mother Arch, picked up from a supermarket in HI, 03/01/15. Light black with a decent tan covering that retains well. Nose is dark malt, lactic tang, nice toasted coconut strokes, cocoa rub, toffee, nutty. Taste comprises more lactic soured fuit notes, Bounty Bar, dark fruit rinds, toffee, chocolate, light charr. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. The other two beers I picked up from this brewer were pleasant surprises in terms of quality, this one was just OK, a touch too much lactic/fruit tarteness - perhaps a mild infection?
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2015
at 15:43
8/10
Tried
on 12 Jan 2015
at 09:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Kernel tasting thanks to Colin. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate aroma. Coconut. Nice. Good smooth chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 06:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Kernel. Thanks to Colin. Clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose light tan head. Aroma is nice toasted coconut, nutty, lactose. Flavour is composed of nutty, toasted coconut, milky, milk choc, coconut milk. Palate is semi full with moderate carbonation and some milky. Little hint of sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 05:57