Pizza Port Hop 15

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

V - cloudy orange, light head A - pure hops T - astringent hops with a creamy pine undertone P - clean, more hops

22 oz bottle. Poured a cloudy hazy orange.It really doesn’t take long to notice the aroma on this, it is strong and awesome. Hops coming right at you. And the flavor does not disappoint. It is just a super solid double. The taste is hoppy, fruity, citrussy, not too grapefruity, just great. I was sent one bottle, and wish it was a case, I could drink this all the time. Nice long lasting bitter finish, with the alcohol pretty well hidden. Great beer!

22 oz bomber from the Beer Yard. Pours a slightly hazy orange/red/amber with a large frothy off white head. Aroma of citrus, caramel, and fresh floral hops. Medium to fuller bodied with slight alcohol showing and tons of bitterness. Flavor of pure citrus, grapefruit rind and slight alcohol. You better like hop bitterness if your gonna drink this one.

Bottle, from Capone’s (Norristown, PA). Pours cloudy deep orange-amber, capped with a big tan head. Aroma of toffee and sweet malt at first; these are soon joined by apricot and big pine. Flavor begins with pale malt for an instant and is soon overrun with grapefruity hops and pine needles. Big, resinous hoppy finish. Delivers as advertised.

Nice coloring on the pour with luscious head. Spiced pine notes come off the nose as well as citrus and slihgtly chewy fruits, applesauce. Decievingly smooth for such a stomper. Robust grapefruit is the main player, but calming boozy and sweet flavors round it out into a more balanced offering. Lingering bitter finish. Tasty.

Pours amber orange with a tall white alomot frothing head. Hops, pine, grapefruit on the nose. Great balance between hops and citrus with spice and pine adding flavor.

Pours a dark orange color with a small foamy white head that leaves patches of lacing around the glass. The nose shows fresh grapefruit hops, resinous pine, oranges all over toasted caramel. The flavor shows even more bitterness with the citrus and grapefruit hops pushing through with orange and citrus juices adding flavor. Sweet toffee and caramel add a nice malt base, but the hops are still dominant here which is a good thing. Medium bodied and a touch syrupy, but goes down really easy. This one got better as it warmed up as the bitterness in the finish was aided by some sweet caramel. This one is dangerously good at 10.5% abv, and one I will seek out often. Another great IPA from these guys.

Bomber. Pours a nice orange with a good-sized white head. Aroma is not very hoppy for a DIPA, with lots of caramel-y malt notes with a little bit of citric hops and just a touch of alcohol. The front end of the taste is mostly the same with the sticky sweetness of malt, but it rounds out into some more of those citric hop notes, with a little bit of warmth from the alcohol. Very nice! I’m a big fan.