Advent #30 - Cuckoo for Coconut Porter

[mikeorr]

Style: Robust Coconut Porter

Estimated OG: 1.055
Estimated Colour: 31 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.5 IBUs
Boil Time: 60 mins

Ingredients:
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7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US - 58.3%
2 lbs Munich Malt - 10L - 16.7%
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L - 8.3%
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt - 4.2%
8.0 oz Black Patent Malt - 4.2%
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt - 4.2%
8.0 oz Honey Malt - 4.2%
0.75 oz EKG - Boil 60 min
0.5 oz Challenger - Boil 60 min
1.0 oz EKG - Boil 20 min
1.0 oz Challenger - Boil 5 min
0.5 oz Tettnang - Dry hop 7 days
600g Unsweetened shredded coconut flakes, toasted at 300F for 10-15 mins
American Ale yeast (Wyeast Labs 1056)

Mashed at 154F for 60 mins

Actual OG: 1.052
FG: 1.012
ABV: 5.25%

[evanisnor]

[Keith]

yea the arsehole had me over a few times teasing me with it.
Smelled great on brew day.

[mikeorr]

I cracked open a bottle today early for quality control - don't be fooled by some coconut particles floating at the neck, it's not infected lol. That being said, the coconut has definitely faded since I last tried a bottle


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[LiverDance]

Haha I was really worried that mine was bad. Good to know Mike

[GuingesRock]

I really like/liked this. It went down right away. Great aroma and very chocolaty. Delicious!1!

Thanks Mike.

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[Jimmy]

Drinking this right now. Tastes great. Good job, Mike!

[pet lion]

Enjoying this right now. I like how the coconut works with the porter base. Almost like a Bounty bar.

Great job Mike!

[Woody]

Great beer! Love how the coconut is perfectly balanced. Thanks.

[jmacdonald]

I am not a fan of coconut at all. I am not going to lie, I was dreading this from day 1. I also had to check here first as the floating coconut made it look infected somehow. Thanks for pointing out that it was how it should be.

Well executed, I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. When I got to the bottom I wished there was more. Thanks!

[jeffsmith]

Really enjoying this one. May have to brew it myself this winter.

[mikeorr]

I am not a fan of coconut at all. I am not going to lie, I was dreading this from day 1. I also had to check here first as the floating coconut made it look infected somehow. Thanks for pointing out that it was how it should be.

I wouldn't say that's how it should be - I had some difficulty in keeping the coconut out of the final product. I'll try something different next time.. This time I learned that cold crashing shredded coconut flakes doesn't work lol

[LiverDance]

Catching up on my Advent beers, this is great Mike. Big coconut nose with a nice balance of flavors

[GillettBreweryCnslt]

Finally got to this one last night. It was a very well done beer. I thought the body was perfect (I find that a lot of porters suffer from too little mouthfeel) and the balance was there too. However, as predicted I couldn't get past the coconut. So while it was definitely a very well brewed beer, it wasn't my cup of tea.

Thanks Mike!

[CorneliusAlphonse]

In contrast to Dave, I thought it couldve used more coconut! Just had it on tuesday, quite enjoyed it.