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Kona: Pipeline Porter

This New World porter is/was brewed by Kona in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 68.83%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.30%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Draft. Pours clear deep brown/black, 1-finger short-lived head, spotty/ropey lacing. Nose is BIG coffee, sweet cocoa, light roast, sweet mashy-malt aroma as well. Flavours of sweet coffee, roast, oatmeal, sweet malt, very soft but with a snappy mocha finish. Really tasty.
Pours a rich beautiful black with almost no head. Very little aroma. The coffee notes are faint and the porter feels thin. Doesnt linger for very long. Well thats Hawaii off the list.
Heavy porter with a strong malty, coffee smell. It also has hints of a dark chocolate. The coloring was as you would expect, dark brown and the head was rich.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
1st Oct 2012 at 8:40 pm bottle (room 624 in Aqua Palms Hotel), Waikiki, USA 5.30 black Taste: 94.12%
Head: 73.33%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
 68.826% dark-chocolate 454

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Other Beers (etc.) by Kona

Apart from Pipeline Porter, Hop Horizons lists 18 others by Kona. These are:
Aloha Spirit (for Cheese Burgers)
Big Wave Golden Ale
Black Sand Porter
Castaway India Pale Ale (6% version)
Castaway India Pale Ale (7% version)
Duke's Blonde Ale
Fire Rock Pale Ale
Hanalei Island IPA
Hula Hefeweizen
Koko Brown
Lavaman Red
Lemongrass Ginger Blonde
Lemongrass Luau
Longboard Lager
Steamvent Lager
Thrilla Vanilla Imperial Stout
Wailua Wheat
Woody

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