Coco Loco Porter
NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.28
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Deep, rich and delicious. This robust porter has a base of Chocolate and Brown malts for a stunningly deep rich color with ruby highlights. The slight bitterness from American chocolate is balanced with the sweet notes of organic coconut we toast onsite at the brewery. It was even awarded the Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal in 2012.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds leaving some light lacing sliding into the beer.
The smell started off with a sharp roasty to bitter coffee leaning towards a nice cocoa. As it warmed, a little bit of coconut rolls in to balance.
The taste was mainly roasty and bitter and sweet through a nice combination between the coffee and cocoa. Once again, the coconut is subtle, still sweet. A quick roasty sweet aftertaste leads into a dry roasty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability to sipping quality about it. The carbonation seemed good for the style and for me. Bitterness is there to impart a nice dryness rolling over my tongue.
Overall, wow, what a wonderful American Porter. I didn’t mind that the coconut is milder than expected. Still, I would definitely have again.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds leaving some light lacing sliding into the beer.
The smell started off with a sharp roasty to bitter coffee leaning towards a nice cocoa. As it warmed, a little bit of coconut rolls in to balance.
The taste was mainly roasty and bitter and sweet through a nice combination between the coffee and cocoa. Once again, the coconut is subtle, still sweet. A quick roasty sweet aftertaste leads into a dry roasty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability to sipping quality about it. The carbonation seemed good for the style and for me. Bitterness is there to impart a nice dryness rolling over my tongue.
Overall, wow, what a wonderful American Porter. I didn’t mind that the coconut is milder than expected. Still, I would definitely have again.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2015
at 21:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Bad Parenting Club (plus a few dirty aunt/uncles?!): NC Beer Edition on 03/28/2015. Brownish-black color with a medium tan head that dissipates gradually to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and mild coffee. Light to medium body with with flavors of chocolate malt, coffee and subtle coconut. The finish is roasty with a chocolate and coconut aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 15:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473ml can from Secret Santa, thanks rayg1!
Canned 12/22/14 - Pours dark brown, almost black with a smooth white head. Aroma of cocoa, roasty malts, vanilla, hints of coconut and chocolate. Taste is smooth, roasty and slightly hoppy with some notes of chocolate, coconut, cocoa and vanilla. Finish is roasty and robust with some cocoa, coconut and coffee notes. Quite smooth and balanced.
Canned 12/22/14 - Pours dark brown, almost black with a smooth white head. Aroma of cocoa, roasty malts, vanilla, hints of coconut and chocolate. Taste is smooth, roasty and slightly hoppy with some notes of chocolate, coconut, cocoa and vanilla. Finish is roasty and robust with some cocoa, coconut and coffee notes. Quite smooth and balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2015
at 12:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
47,3 cl can @ lusikka, BBE 22.12.2014
Aroma has toffee typical to british ales, coffee and licorice. Flavour has somewhat salty licorice, sweet and deep roasted tones, cold coffee and some ash. Quite pleasant for this ABV, I like the sweet cocoa notes here.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2015
at 12:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear reddish black, medium creamy tan head, great lacing. Aroma is roasty, cocoa, tobacco. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter, almost a chocolate liqueur thing going on, interesting. Roasty and a bit bitter on the finish. Medium body. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2015
at 15:27
6/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2014
at 07:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a large fluffy tan-brown head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was chocolate, vanilla, wood and coconut. The flavor was bitter with toasty malts, chocolate, vanilla, wood, coconut, a hint of coffee and crisp floral hops. Long finish. Medium body.Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2014
at 12:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half pint at the Good Bottle Co. Pour black, with a small, tan head. The aroma is coffee, bitter chocolate, some light smokiness, and just a hint of coconut. Sweet flavor up front, but with an abrasive, roasted bitterness in the finish. Medium to heavy body, thick, and smooth. Overall, this has the aroma and mouthfeel to be a nice porter, but the flavor is just too unpleasant for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2014
at 20:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at A Taste of Carolina, CLT. Poured an almost black brown color with coffee, chocolate, roasted malts. Flavor was a bit nutty, malt forward, some toasty notes. Very flavorful, quite an enjoyable porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2014
at 09:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap @ NoDa with jcnielsen. Pours a hazy orangish brown appearance with a brown head. Fair amount of ash and pecan in the nose. Some molasses and toffee as well and some chocolate. Moderate bitterness. A touch woody / organic. Chewy malty. Chocolate. Vanilla. Fairly nutty. Finishes a little too bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Feb 2014
at 13:29