Hawaiian Lion Coconut Coffee Porter
Big Top Brewing Company in Sarasota, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.16
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Our Hawaiian Lion combines bold flavors from the finest ingredients in a majestic way. It starts with a proprietary blend of local Java Dog Coffee, roasted the moment before going into the brew to maintain the fresh flavor released from the beans. This custom coffee blend is then paired with over 150 pounds of fresh coconut to create a roaring aroma with a rich and smooth flavor.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Sanford Brewing. Pours dark brown with tan head. Big coconut aroma with some coffee and roasted malt. Coconut, coffee, and roasted malt flavors. Medium body with average carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2018
at 18:07
6/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2018
at 20:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at WDW Epcot Food & Wine Festival at Block & Hans pavilion. Translucent dark brown color. Small beige head. Obvious notes of coffee and coconut in nose. Flavor follows nose wit additional notes of cocoa and roasted malt. Very flavorful and complex. Quite nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2018
at 17:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at The House of Brews, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is loaded with fresh coconut and coffee upfront, with a dry toasted malt base. Flavour is loaded with coconut upfront, with subdued coffee. The coconut dominates and is quite tasty. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2018
at 19:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pretty nice stuff all around. Roast and coconut like bbqs with pina coladas. Black pour with good head and lacing. Caramel. Bittersweet finish. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2018
at 21:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This beer is a dark brown color with a medium thin beige head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Small patches of lace. Roast malt, coffee and coconut in the nose. Medium body with a roasty coffee and malt character, and coconut in the background. The finish is coconut and espresso. Decent overall.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2017
at 22:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. A- Coffee, cocoa, roasty, coconut, candy bar. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Almond joy, coconut, chocolate. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Really good stuff here. This is the type of beer I expect from a well known brewery. Very much candy bar like and well balanced without being too crazy sweet. Would love to try more of their stuff now.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2017
at 17:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Argh, c’mon Big Top, don’t fall for this kitchen sink beer trend. So this is well executed: its a good porter base, light roast, a little too acrid/tangy but OK. Coconut flavors are true, as is the coffee, which is well mixed with the porter. if this was just a coffee porter, I might love it. But the coconut is just too much. I sip and say "that’s neat" but then it’s just sweet, candyish, and something I don’t want to drink. Beer should be more than a few sips of "oh that’s a neat treat" and more like "this is something I want to drink". I drank about half the serving and dumped the rest. Give me a good porter, not a can of bullshit.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2017
at 18:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz can poured into a tulip. Courtesy of markwise, cheers Mark! Dark brownish black with about a finger of beige to light tan head. Aromas of coconut, some coffee, cocoa, a little vanilla. Tastes of coconut, some coffee, chocolates, a little malt. Medium to slightly light body with a dry finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2017
at 23:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Canned, from Lueken’s in Dunedin, on Sunday January 29, 2017.6-pack for $10.99.Hazy dark brown color, tan to light brown head. Malty, coffee, coconut, cacao scent. Coffee, chocolate, coconut, sweet taste. Coconut, chocolate, alcohol aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Warming alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2017
at 15:15