Brewer: Maui Brewing Co.
Location: Lahaina, Hawaii
Type: American Porter
ABV: 6%

Aloha and mahalo for joining me for another week of Darktober!

Why the Hawaiian speak, you might wonder? It fits in with this week’s theme: Work Travel Beers.

I love to travel, and I have been incredibly lucky these past few years to visit some amazing places throughout my own home country, thanks to my job.

Admittedly, most of the time I’m so slammed with work while in these locales that I don’t ever really get the chance to see anything more of that area beyond the hotel in which I’m working for that particular event. However, on luckier excursions, I get to see more and experience more. Maybe even sneak in a brew or two. Those happy discoveries are what will be featured this week, starting with…Maui Brewing Company’s CoCoNuT PorTeR.

For my own sanity, I’m only going to write the name like it’s printed on the can one time. And, yes, I did just write “can.” You can see it right there in the photo. Some people contend that cans are better than bottles because they protect the beer from the elements better. Obviously, they’re superior in their ability to block out light. Beyond that, however?

I’m admittedly not a fan of this particular containment option. I think that beer allowed to settle too long in a can begins to take on the metallic overtones of its container. That might very well just be my own craziness going on, but, if I have to have my beer in any way other than on-tap, I’m going to go with bottle over can if possible.

Maui Brewing Company, however, only uses cans to contain their brews.Regardless of my personal opinions about this, I decided that I really needed to give Maui Brewing a go while in Honolulu, if only for the joy of ticking off Hawaii on that mental brewery map in my brain. I picked up a multipack of two beers each of their three primary offerings