Today we are surfing over to the big island of Kailua to get a taste of Kona Pipeline brewed by Kona Brewing Company. Cameron Healy and Spoon Khalsa founded Kona Brewing Company in the spring of 1994.
The father and son introduced the Pacific Golden Ale and Fire Rock Pale ALe to Hawaii in 1995 and then followed up with the Longboard Island Lager in 1998. The company founded Kona Brewing Company's Kailua-Kona Pub and the company started growing immenstly. Kona Brewing Company currently brews six different craft bottle beers and has six draft beers you can find around the country. Kona Pipeline Porter is one of those six bottle beers. The Pipeline Porter is a 5.4% ABV American Porter and is seasonal, available in the Fall and Winter. The Pipeline Porter is poured with a dark, murky, chocolate/coca-cola color. Having a loosely thin head the porter leaves airborne lace around the glass.
You can smell the lightly sweet 100% Kona coffee, with chocolate malt, and lots of earthy flavors. The taste is a sweet caramel malt with the beautiful coffee ground feeling in every sip. The carbonation is very mild and light for the style and Pipeline finishes with a malty, nutty, slightly warm feeling that is perfect for the season. Like I mentioned before, Kona Brewing Company also creates their own coffee that is grown at the Cornwell Estate on the big island. Kona Pipeline Porter does an amazing job bringing together all the earthy aspects and culture of the Hawaiian islands in every product they produce. So next time there is a flat day of surfing in Hawaii (which rarely ever happens) go and pop a squat in the sand and grab yourself a beautiful Kona Pipeline Porter!
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