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03-26-2011, 03:29 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cameron, NC
Posts: 17
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Kona Brewing Koko Brown Ale
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Just tried this beer and it's great, anyone have any idea how to clone this?
Description from Kona Brewing
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On February 21, Kona Brewing will be bringing Koko Brown Ale to market, the first new beer available on the mainland from the brewer since 2007, and the third in Kona Brewing’s Aloha Series. Koko Brown’s nutty aroma and flavor comes from real toasted coconut brewed into each batch. It was first tapped at Kona’s Kailua-Kona pub in 2009 under the name Coco Loco. Koko Brown Ale will be available in west coast markets February 21 through May 1, 2011.
Tasting notes:
• Dried, toasted coconut is added to the mash, lending a pleasant nutty aroma and flavor.
• Deep amber with rich mahogany hues. Toffee and nutty coconut flavor is complemented by mildly roasty Victory and Munich malts.
• OG: 13.3 P
• ABV: 5.5%
• IBU: 28
• Extras: toasted coconut chips.
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04-01-2011, 12:50 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tucson
Posts: 8
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bump...this beer is awesome and would really love to clone this, but have no clue.
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04-01-2011, 01:08 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cameron, NC
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I am in the same boat. I have seen some guys mention coconut in secondary, but not even sure about that and if you buy or roast your own coconut. There has to be some reverse engineer genus out there.
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04-05-2011, 02:42 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cameron, NC
Posts: 17
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Bump
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04-12-2011, 10:20 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Washington State
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In addition to OG: 13.3 P, ABV: 5.5%, IBU: 28, per above, their website gives some more clues now. Malts are listed as: Two-row, Victory, Carapils, Munich, Chocolate
Hops are Cascade, Willamette, Warrior, Millenium.
I'll play some in BTP and see what I can come up with, but I'm interested in the coconut use--boil, primary, secondary??? Anyone try this yet?
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04-12-2011, 10:45 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Washington State
Posts: 28
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First pass in BTP gave me this. I'm brewing this weekend. I'll refresh the post when I have some results. BTW, this is my first time cloning from scratch, so if anyone has any tips, I'd love the feedback.
All Grain, 75% efficieincy
Single-temp infusion, 154F, collect 7.0 gal, with one hour full boil
9.25 lb two-row Briess organic
1 lb Victory (R) Malt
1 lb Munich TYPE I Weyermann
.5 lb Carapills (R)/Carafoam(R) Weyermann
1.5 lb American chocolate
.25 oz Warrior (16.0%) 60 min
.25 oz Millenium (15.5%) 45 min
0.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) 10 min
0.5 oz Willamette (5%) 5 min
Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast (I always use a starter of light DME)
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04-13-2011, 12:53 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cameron, NC
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Super excited to hear how this turns out. You going to try the roasted coconut in Primary?
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04-13-2011, 01:26 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Gainesville, FL
Posts: 49
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I saw this beer on a show a couple of years back, they slow cooked ribs marinated in it, I have been wanting to try it for a while. Interested in hearing how it turns out.
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04-13-2011, 01:58 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: , Virginia
Posts: 60
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04-14-2011, 05:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Pasco, WA
Posts: 242
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by MilesLong
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I like the koko brown way better than Maui's coconut porter.
I too would like to clone the koko brown.
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