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Maui Coconut Hiwa Porter

Also known as

Maui CoCoNut Porter

Maui Brewing Company
Kihei, HI, United States of America


Vital Statistics

Type: Porter
Release: Year Round
ABV: 6%
Bitterness: 30 IBU

From the brewer

A robust dark ale with hand-toasted coconut & hints of mocha

Average Scores

Overall: 73 (logged 11 times)
Draft: 75 (logged 3 times)
Can: 73 (logged 8 times)

Who's been drinking this

Was excited to try this on nitro. I remember thinking the Hiwa was quite roasty but this was nice, light dark chocolate notes. But my first sip had a big blob of mucousy slime that was wildly unpleasant?? Out of fairness not rating it.
Yeah this is nice. The coconut is not too overwhelming, it’s quite drinkable. Not too heavy.
Roasty toasty coconut cereal taste, yum.
Can
Smell of coffee with a hint of coconut, same on the palate.
Can at Home
On draft this is a big improvement over the cans you can get in WA. No acrid aftertaste, you get a nice smooth coconut flavor on top of a thin porter. This suffers somewhat from the memory of the awesome Imperial version of this from the brewpub, but it's still tasty.
Smooth taste, the coconut is mostly (and really only) present in the coconutty sheen on the tongue but that's preferable to a beer with strong coconut flavor.
Better on both negative points from last time. Higher!
Unpleasant texture on the head, like a root bear float, and a strange acrid bite on the back end, but I like that it isn't noticeably sweet (think: bittersweet chocolate) and the coconut, while not subtle, doesn't seem tacked on. Also: I'm a sucker for coconut.
Can at Home