Koko Brown - Kona Brewing Co.

SamN

Colorado

3.7/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Served in a dimpled stein.

Huge dirty brown head explodes out of the glass. Pretty dark beer here, beautiful dark amber/orange color. Great head retention and nice lacing being left already. Strong smells, like Somoan cookies; cookie-like malt bill, creamy and sweet coconut, some coffe. A seriously sweet smelling beer, almost a bit too much on the sugary side. Still, nice combo with the brown ale and coconut. Taste is less sweet, mercifully. Basically, it's a worthy brown ale with a slab of coconut on it. Unique tastes, definite hops note in there. Lots of mellow toasted maltiness, some hazelnut flavors in there, too. Brown ale can be a really under-utilized style of beer. Hats off to Kona for stepping up and doing something a little different. Flavors do seem to fade rather quickly, leaving a watery kind of finish with a nutty/metal lingering. Feel is pretty so-so, would like to see a bit more to this beer than what it has. A more robust body would make this beer really stand out.

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2011 20:19:40 | More by SamN

bzach

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev -10.2%

05-18-2013 23:03:12 | More by bzach

jkane101

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -10.2%

05-18-2013 22:12:50 | More by jkane101

eheinz

Illinois

4/5  rDev +10.5%

05-18-2013 00:51:53 | More by eheinz

ajtorres311

Florida

3/5  rDev -17.1%

05-16-2013 18:05:27 | More by ajtorres311

Focusf111

Vermont

2.25/5  rDev -37.8%

05-16-2013 01:56:42 | More by Focusf111

MLKincer

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +17.4%

05-16-2013 01:39:07 | More by MLKincer

HBBJ

Massachusetts

3.98/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: Creamy tan head, with lacing from the top of the glass to the bottom. Reddish brown and clear.

Smell: Complex aroma, with notes of caramel malt, sweet tropical fruit, perfumy tropical flowers, and toasted coconut.

Taste: Malty, with subtle, toasted coconut and tropical fruit (pineapple?) flavors. Just enough hop bitterness to balance it out. Long, lingering malty aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and smooth.

Overall: A well-made brew, but I would have liked more coconut character. The toasting seemed to have diminished the coconut flavor, and the tropical fruit aroma/flavor masked it as well.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 03:29:29 | More by HBBJ

jkball01

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -3.3%

05-13-2013 16:40:43 | More by jkball01

ajzy

Wisconsin

2.5/5  rDev -30.9%

05-12-2013 22:03:39 | More by ajzy

Kubrickx

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3.3%

05-12-2013 18:29:39 | More by Kubrickx

Minkybut

Virginia

3.91/5  rDev +8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

I poured this nice beer into my tumbler at 45 degrees. The beer was a nice mahogany color and poured a really pretty nice tan head. The smell was yummy tasty and complex. The taste was yummylishious with coconut mounds bar type thing going on. A really interesting beer. I will buy this again foe sure. A really good beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 15:34:53 | More by Minkybut

Tavo2311

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -3.3%

05-12-2013 01:49:38 | More by Tavo2311

Jessenimmo

California

3.75/5  rDev +3.6%

05-11-2013 04:58:25 | More by Jessenimmo

ninaturner

Florida

4/5  rDev +10.5%

05-10-2013 21:43:02 | More by ninaturner

SoCalBeerIdiot

California

3.75/5  rDev +3.6%

05-10-2013 17:58:21 | More by SoCalBeerIdiot

Mikel772

Florida

4/5  rDev +10.5%

05-10-2013 00:36:07 | More by Mikel772

leftoverburrito

Oregon

2.5/5  rDev -30.9%

05-09-2013 01:37:04 | More by leftoverburrito

pumaguy021

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +3.6%

05-09-2013 00:26:23 | More by pumaguy021

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +10.5%

05-08-2013 03:58:04 | More by tommyguz

RichD

Rhode Island

3.5/5  rDev -3.3%

05-07-2013 02:33:57 | More by RichD

AdieKlug

Illinois

3/5  rDev -17.1%

05-07-2013 01:41:11 | More by AdieKlug

Maxwell

Massachusetts

3.4/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

The beer pours a mahogany brown with a head of medium sized soap bubbles on top that bubble and fizzle into a scrim over the beer. The beer’s body is clean and clear, though dark from the malts. On the nose, the beer smells chocolaty, almost to a syrupy level. There is a nice gentle roast that reminds the nose of coffee, caramel, and just a light hint of coconut nuttiness, but chocolate seems to be the big player in the nose. On the tongue, the beer tastes sweet and slightly savory with a lot of “synthetic-like” flavors coming through. In flavor the beer begins as light chocolate and moves into a slight coconut flavor that gives slightly plasticy flavors. These flavors crescendo into a short finish of mediocre chocolate, caramel, plastic-coconut, and slight biscuity malts. The aftertaste is light and slightly roasty with hints of chocolate. To me, the flavors suggest a watered-down English Brown Ale with very slight hints of coconut. In the mouth the beer feels on the light side of medium in body with a weak carbonation that simply peppers the tongue and then washes away. The mouth is left slightly dry with a touch of wet saliva. Overall, I am underwhelmed by this beer. I want more coconut flavor, and I want a thicker beer. The flavors are not disgusting, but just come off as “meh.”

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 00:59:35 | More by Maxwell

boesesfleisch

California

3/5  rDev -17.1%

05-06-2013 20:29:42 | More by boesesfleisch

mctizzz

New York

4.25/5  rDev +17.4%

05-06-2013 14:51:06 | More by mctizzz