DRAFT Magazine

DRAFT’s Jan/Feb 2010 issue features one of the most comprehensive beer lists you’ll see anywhere. Simple in concept — 25 beers — but spectacular in results. Here’s just one example:

Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter (Specialty Beer) — Stone Brewing, Maui Brewing, and homebrewer Ken Schmidt

Take three rock star brewers, add 1,000 pounds of coconut, 3,000 pounds of macadamia nuts, and 200 pounds of Kona coffee, and you’ve got a recipe for utter awesomeness. As part of Stone’s collaboration series, homebrewer Ken Schmidt, Maui Brewing’s Garret Morrero, and Stone’s Mitch Steele tapped Schmidt’s award-winning porter homebrew recipe, filled it with fresh ingredients and aloha spirit to craft this swoon-inducing brew. A full coffee flavor’s rounded out by beautiful coconut and macadamia swaths, creating a cohesive swallow; alcohol warms the chest, just like a good cup o’ joe.

DRAFT’s Top 25 Beers of the Year (2009)