Coconut Porter
Swans Brewpub in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.49
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Light roast and dark chocolate with toasted coconut. Dark brown with a decent light brown head. Lots of coconut and light chocolate. Long finish. Tons of coconut notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2016
at 23:29
7/10
Toasted coconut, bit of smoke, tinge of sweetness.
Tried
on 07 May 2013
at 13:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
I’m usually partial to coconut but this is more like processed coconut flakes than real coconut. It’s an idea that could work with fresh coconut water but here it doesn’t - the coconut just overtakes the badly brewed porter. Every beer they have tastes the same with minor adjustments. Getting near unpalatable. On tap at brewpub - this was the ’brewer’s choice.’
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2013
at 01:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours a deep dark red/black with light head. Aromas of coconut and light roasted malts. Tastes like a coconut chocolate bar. Neat.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2012
at 20:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Dark brown color; almost no head. Very nice aroma, mildly roasted malts, chocolate, a bit fruity too; new leather, very light phenol. Smooth mouthfeel, good mild chocolate flavor; there is something more, maybe the coconut, subdued but nice, and some coffee; the final is drier; correct bitterness, with a fairly good hopping. Very good session beer.
Dark brown color; almost no head. Very nice aroma, mildly roasted malts, chocolate, a bit fruity too; new leather, very light phenol. Smooth mouthfeel, good mild chocolate flavor; there is something more, maybe the coconut, subdued but nice, and some coffee; the final is drier; correct bitterness, with a fairly good hopping. Very good session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2011
at 09:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I’m an avid disliker of coconut flavoured products of all types, and yet when presented with a coconut-flavoured beer my masochistic side jumps to the fore and demands to know what it could possibly taste like. Has a decent black body and barely any head. The aroma is all subdued barley. The flavour - well, there’s the coconut, almost entirely coconut, with some vague porter notes in the back. It seems well balanced, and the coconut isn’t as awful as I would have expected; the chocolate-coffee barley notes and the coconut tend to work all right together, and I find it drinkable, even as an avowed hater of coconut.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2011
at 19:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Dark brown. Subtle and well put together. Chocolate, light coconut - like a dry bounty bar. Chewy body, mellow mouthfeel. Pleasant sessionable porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2010
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at GCBF '10, pours dark brown. Aroma and flavour of dominating coconut, with undertones of roasted malt. Decent. 6 3 6 3 12 3.0/5
On tap at Swans Hotel, pours jet black with a small tan head. Nose brings out toasted coconut and medium roast. Flavour is very smooth, with lots of toasted coconut and toasted malt. A coconut bomb, with subdued cocoa. Quite nice stuff, much better than when I had it 6 years earlier.
On tap at Swans Hotel, pours jet black with a small tan head. Nose brings out toasted coconut and medium roast. Flavour is very smooth, with lots of toasted coconut and toasted malt. A coconut bomb, with subdued cocoa. Quite nice stuff, much better than when I had it 6 years earlier.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2010
at 10:41
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Dark brown. Not much head - coconut oil perhaps? Light chocolate nose and vague coconut. Fairly bland porter - cheap coffee, vague chocolate but not much of either. Very limited coconut. This idea has been done much better.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2010
at 16:12
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle@UDRM. Dark color, big brown head. Sweet sourish aroma, artificial fruity, apricot. Bit sourish malty taste. Slight sticky palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2009
at 12:56