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Front Street Port City IPA


 Percentile 
77
overall
Brewed by Front Street Brewery (NC)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Wilmington, North Carolina USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
243.48/5.03.33/5.06.1%50.3Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
An American style India Pale Ale. If you like hops you’ll like this beer. Large amount of American hops give this ale a great citrus hop profile and large amounts of Vienna malt were used to create balance.
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 scraff (1921), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 28, 2009  
Draft – Golden amber, creamy white head. Soft pine and citric aromas warm to a touch of florals. Bitter spicy citric-pine tones ride underlying fruity flavors throughout. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bitter finish. Decent hop fix, but very one-dimensional…


 Drew (2406), Kent, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 10, 2009  
On tap at the pub, July 2009. This was a nice, well rounded IPA, good malts, hops were bitter but not bright, moe of an English styled IPA to my palate. I think I would have liked it more if it wasn’t so humid that day.


 wcampbell (572), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jun 16, 2009  
The best beer I had at this brewery. The slightly higher alcohol provided more body and a stronger malt presence than their other beers. American pale ale taste with piney hops. Not especially bitter or sweet. Pretty typical beer, but tasty and drinkable.


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 9, 2009  
Hazy bright gold pour. Fluffy white head a spotty lace. Grain and citric notes on the nose. Pine, citrus and grains


 DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2008  
Date: 08/23/08, draft at Front Street Brewing in Wilmington, NC.

Aroma - Caramel, some floral notes, and citrus

Appearance - Clear orange/gold, medium head.

Flavor - Sweet malty entry of caramel, slowly building grapefruit bitterness in to a nice dry finish

Palate - Medium body and carbonation, clean, dry palate

Overall - A solid IPA with some good flavor and balance


 roder60 (1019), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Pours light brown color with foamy whitish film. Aroma lots of citrus hops. Flavor very nice malt-hop balance with medium mouthfeel. Bit piney and citric bitterness. Overall a good ipa.


 Collint (452), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Draft at brewpub, pours a hazy yellow with a soapy hoppy aroma. Body was thin, flavor was similar to a Longhammer IPA, a little bit too soapy for my taste, good, nothing special.


 NicerInPerson (337), North of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Oct 18, 2007  
The aroma was estery and fruity with a light caramel and citrus with a lightly bready and woodsy character. A light bit of carboard was notable. The beer arrived cloudy amber golden with and off-white lasting head which laced the glass. The flavor contained more cardboard (oxidation) with caramel and citrus. The citrus was grapefruit and the flavors were a bit muddled. The body was medium with a moderate carbonation and a creamy texture on the palate. The finish was nice and dry with lasting bittering and citrus into the aftertaste. A good beer which would be better if it wasn’t oxidized. Pint at the brewpub.



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