Creature Comforts Koko Buni
Creature Comforts Koko Buni will make its seasonal return in late November. (Photo: Courtesy Creature Comforts)

Kids have the Easter Bunny, and adults have the Koko Buni – I’m not sure if the kids or the adults get more excited for their respective returns each year.  Koko Buni is Creature Comforts Milk Porter brewed with toasted coconut, cocoa nibs, coffee, and vanilla.  These are a few of my favorite things.

Co-Founder and Head Brewer David Stein says, “We decided not to be traditional with the beer and add some ingredients that play well with the already roasty and chocolatey flavors of darker beers.  The result is a decadent porter, yet balanced and not over the top.  Each flavor has room to individually interact with your palate, which is always a challenge as a brewer when using so many ingredients.”

Creature Comforts Koko Buni
Koko Buni Milk Porter – “The flavors are rich and velvety – perfect for cooler days and evenings. (Photo: Courtesy Creature Comforts)

Local beer brewed with local ingredients

Creature Comforts strives to work with local businesses and artists for their ingredients and artwork.  The coffee for Koko Buni is an Ethiopian blend from 1000 Faces Coffee and the Ecuadorian cocoa nibs come from local bean-to-bar chocolatier Condor Chocolates.  In addition, Condor Chocolates created a Koko Buni chocolate bar incorporation 1000 Faces coffee to accompany the beer.  1000 Faces Coffee will also offer the coffee used in the brew as a limited edition Koko Buni coffee blend.  Partial proceeds from both the chocolate and coffee will go to local non-profits through the brewery’s Get Comfortable program.

Artwork for the can is also done through a partnership with local artist David Hale.  The design won CNBC’s Battle of the Beer Labels in April 2016.  Hale also designed the wrapper for the limited edition Koko Buni chocolate bar.

The coconut and Ethiopian coffee used in making the beer inspired its name.  “Koko” translates to coconut in Papmiento, a language commonly used in the Caribbean.  “Buni” is derived from the word for coffee in Amharic, the primary language found in Ethiopia.

Koko Buni will be available on draft and in cans in the Athens and Atlanta markets in late November.  For more information on Creature Comforts visit www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com.

Creature Comforts also teased that information on Double Koko Buni would be coming soon.

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