Fiddlehead Hodad Coconut Porter

As wonderful as this winter has been, it was a long one. At the brewery during one such blustery cold morning we began reminiscing of warmer weather and dreaming of sandy beaches and white capped waves we came up with a recipe to merge the two seasons together. Delightfully smooth and dark this is pure beer candy. And since none of us at the brewery have ever actually surfed we figured Hodad (the surfer term for the guy who drives to the beach with a board on the car, sticks his board in the sand just to tan and pick up Betties) was the perfect name for a Vermont brewery creating a Hawaiian style ale.