Heatseeker
One-time brewing by Alley Kat for the Sherbrooke Liquor store. Apparently this recipe was the winner of some home brewing competition or other. Pours a very dark brown/amber. Leaves a good amount of creamy tan-colored head of fine bubbles, and some lacing on the way down. Smells good. Malty grassy smells, backed up by a grapefruit/pine hops. There's no coconut or spice that I can detect in the aroma. Taste is.... interesting. Malt and hops are initially present, quickly fading to a thai coconut curry zing on the way down. Everything fades to a harsh bitterness paired with a strange cloying sweetness in the end; if not for this I'd score it higher on the flavor category. Mouthfeel is thick and almost syrupy. For such an odd beer flavor pairing, the end result is quite drinkable.