Coconut Tree
Highland Park Brewery in Los Angeles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.49
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This Coconut Tree is stuffed with so many tropical flakes that a Mounds bar would be jealous!
To make it, Highland Park created a blend of three different BA Stouts. One part aged for 11 months in Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels, a second spent 11 months in Brown Forman Rye Select casks, and a third matured in Woodinville bourbon barrels for a year and a half. After mixing the boozy infusions, the crew conditioned the brew with 21 lbs per barrel of toasted coconut — a third of it double-roasted for extra nuttiness.
To make it, Highland Park created a blend of three different BA Stouts. One part aged for 11 months in Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels, a second spent 11 months in Brown Forman Rye Select casks, and a third matured in Woodinville bourbon barrels for a year and a half. After mixing the boozy infusions, the crew conditioned the brew with 21 lbs per barrel of toasted coconut — a third of it double-roasted for extra nuttiness.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Nice chocolatey base, with a lot of creamy coconut in there. Rich and delicious.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2025
at 23:09
8.6/10
LCI. Bourbon, chocolate, coconut, toasty. Thin next to Eunoia
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2025
at 16:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
27th April 2023
Scopey returns tasting at Kernel. Thanks to Nathan. Opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Palate is smooth and pretty light for the 13% abv. Smooth rich dark malts, good rich dark chocolate liqueur. Smooth and well integrated coconut. Boozy spicy bourbon fruits. Smooth light finish. Rather good.
Scopey returns tasting at Kernel. Thanks to Nathan. Opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Palate is smooth and pretty light for the 13% abv. Smooth rich dark malts, good rich dark chocolate liqueur. Smooth and well integrated coconut. Boozy spicy bourbon fruits. Smooth light finish. Rather good.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 07:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottled 2023, drunk 9/29/23. Dark, possibly clear. Small, tan head, low retention. Nose is coconut, rich, mellowed and fruity. Cakey malts and soft bourbon. No edge here, very coconut forward. Soft, lighter bodied for the style and well attenuated with light roast and big caramel. Clean and fruity with lots of coconut. Doesn't have the richness and depth of the top tier stuff, but if you like a lighter, slightly drier impy it's perfect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2023
at 15:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at the Soapy returns tasting, Mother Arch ii, thanks to Nathan, 27/04/23. Black with a tan cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is rich roast, chocolate melt, coconut shavings, fruit cake, dark malts. Taste comprises toffee fudge, brown sugars, molasses, bourbon, coconut, dried fruit rinds, spice. Full bodied, oily mouthfeel, warming alcohol in the close. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2023
at 08:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Kernel share, thanks boyos! It pours oily darkest brown to black with a small khaki head. The aroma is heavy and sweet, vanilla, toasted coconut, touch of spice, chocolate, bourbon soaked and some praline. The taste is slick and thick, oily, heavy with plenty of sweetness, rich roasted malt, toasty, toffee, vanilla fudge, toasted coconut, some spice, treacle, chocolate cake and plenty of warming boozey boost with a slick, sweet finish. Fulsome body, fine carbonation and oily mouth feel. Sits a bit heavy and sweet, but fun stuff in small measures
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2023
at 11:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at scopey homecoming tasting at kernel. many thanks. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is salty roast, alcohol, brown sugars, cinnamon, hot alcohol. Flavour is composed of thick chewy, brown sugars, peanut butter, salty, savoury, alcohol. Solvent. Palate is medium sweet, sticky, salty, hot alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2023
at 19:44
7/10
Tried
on 27 Apr 2023
at 19:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Big sweet flavour, some dark fruits, cocoa. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary finish, cocoa, light roast. Simple gear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2023
at 19:38