Pipeline Porter
Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.88
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Pipeline Porter is smooth and dark with a distinctive roasty aroma and earthy complexity from its diverse blends of premium malted barley. This celebration of malt unites with freshly roasted 100% Kona coffee grown at Cornwell Estate on Hawaii’s Big Island, lending a unique roasted aroma and flavor. A delicate blend of hops rounds out this palate-pleasing brew.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours virtually black from the bottle and leaves a creamy, tan head. Aroma is used coffee grounds. Taste is mildly bitter with both coffee and dark chocolate notes. The overall combination left an odd peppery note in the mouth - as though I was eating a raw bell pepper on the side. Medium bodied. Was served to me a bit colder than I would like and thus a rerate candidate. Rerated 05/17. Tasted plenty of coffee, less bell pepper. Overall score and impression unchanged.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2017
at 05:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared 12 oz. bottle. Pours almost black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate. Bitter coffee finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 22:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle from the Wine Boutique in Felixstowe, and shared at the 3rd Ipswich bottle share. Pours a deep purple brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma of blackberry, coffee, winter berries and dark fruit. Curious sweetness and no descernible bitterness. Medium body but weak texture. Soft carbonation. Bitter finish, with some light roasted coffee. Didn’t enjoy this one much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2016
at 03:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Almost Pitch Black Color with Shades of Red, Huge Head, Light Spotty Lacing. Lightly Toasted, Barley Aroma. Lightly Toasted, Barley, Light Coffee Notes. Semi Sweet. Body On Lighter Side. Easy Drinker. Pretty Decent. Worth A Shot.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2016
at 00:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Inky dark brown with small beige foamy head, coffee aroma, low carbonation, thin body, bitter roasted malt taste, long roasted finish. Very nice, but a bit on the burnt side.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2015
at 16:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. A- Black coffee. A- Black color, black liquid, tan head. T- Watery coffee, cocoa, roasty, slightly dry. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- Not near as much coffee as I thought there would be. Very roasty and a tad watery. It’s not bad, but in my opinion it’s not where it should be. I loved Koko Brown and thought this would be a step up. It’s the other way around. Good beer but some fine tuning and more coffee would make it great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2015
at 20:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Aroma is roasted malts with cocoa/coffee. Appearance is dark brown with small head. Taste is mild combination of sweet cocoa and roasted coffee bitterness. Palate is light bodied with creamy texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is a pretty mellow beer. Not knock your socks off but a chill, relaxing, smooth, slow porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 22:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a deep dark brown from a bottle. Surprisingly, the nose is full of roasted coffee. Flavor is similar, some chocolate malt. Quite thin in the mouth. Okay beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 22:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lots of coffee in this to be sure. Pours black without much head or lacing. Some roast. Finishes bitter. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2014
at 18:16
7/10
Tried
on 05 Jun 2014
at 12:53