Pizza Port Hop 15

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Marcos, California USA

hop bomb, I love it. Aroma is spicy and piney. great chewy body and incredible hop flavor of grass and a ligering pine syrup. A great beer overall, nice finish as well.

This is the gold standard all other double/imperial IPAs should be compared to. The hops are HUGE in this beer and Hop 15 has the malt backbone to balance it.

Bottle. Poured a cloudy gold/orange with a very thin off white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and grapefruit. Flavor was well balanced between the malt and hops, with grapefruit and maybe apricots coming through. Medium/full body with moderate carbonation.

almost no head, what’s there laces up, clear golden orange, sweet sticky lemon drop hop nose, thick and rich, magnificent body, smooth and thick, creamy citrus hop brigade with a slightly dry rye sort of flavor in the finish, sappy, bitter and balanced, strong yet refined

750ml bottle: This was bottle "285", from the original hand bottled series. Sampled 9-27-08. This had a cap and a cork in the bottle. Mine poured without any head on it at all. The color is a darker, orangish-amber color. I’m assuming that the hope aroma has diminished over time. It still has a very nice pine aroma to it, mixed with notes of citrus and caramel, although I’m not getting any sweetness. The taste is great. The bitterness had diminished almost to the point of non-existence. What has resulted is a mix of caramel, pine, grapefruit, other dark fruits. A touch of sweetness to the finish. Boy, is this great. I need to get a fresh one for comparison.

A fabulous noise, extremely fruity; smells strongly of watermelon, freshly cut cantaloupe (ever so slightly musty) and strawberries. A cloudy beautiful golden color with only the slightest sign of any effervescence. A dense head which leaves a dense lacing as it settles. The flavor and immediate caramel followed by hops balanced perfectly so they blend on the pallet with a delightful richness and the strong taste of grapefruit. I suspect would be too much if it were warm. The finish is the perfect amount of hops! A great beer

Pours a sparkling amber color with a canvas-colored, medium, pillowy head; settles somewhat quickly to a very small frothy bit leaving minimal lace. Nose is very intriguing; floral, pine resins, vanilla, white pepper, candied apricots, ruby red red grapefruit, and some earthen tones. Flavor is equally interestng; it starts wth candied apricots, cookie, and some ruby red grapefruit. It follows with white pepper, pine resins, bitter oranges, and starts to dry with dry grass and and earth. Palate is lively, medium to full, and sticky with minimal dryness. Finishes long and bitter with dry grass, faint cookie, and faint white pepper. A good IIPA with a good balance between hops and malts but complexitiy is a bit weak. Nothing spectacular but solid

bottle. hazy sunny copper pour with thin head. great aroma of tons of fresh hops, citrus, pine and sweet caramel. bitter hop bomb. alcohol warming. slight oily texture. nice.