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Pizza Port Hop 15

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99
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
8344.02/5.04.01/5.0Summer10%97.5Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
First brewed in 2002 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original Pizza Port location in Solana Beach, we searched high and low and combined 15 of our favorite hops which were added every 15 minutes to the boil. Somewhat darker than other Double IPA style beers, our beer oozes the hop goodness of pine needles, freshly squeezed citrus and ground spices which are only moderately tempered by a sweet malt finish. Thankfully, for all of us hopheads, we have decided to brew this beer more than once a year. Look for Hop 15 to make appearances from time to time when space permits us to brew this, one of our favorite ales.
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 Ramenen (453), San Salvador, El Salvador
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 9, 2008  
Thanks to pollo and drank it at his house. Wow! Pours beautiful amber color with a nice head. Aroma of citrus and pine. Taste of grapefruit well balanced with sweet malts. And the ending almost never ends. Long, long finish.............................


 bp (455), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/513/20
May 9, 2008  
Bottle: pours a murky, brownish-orange with a thin white head, aroma of citrus and hops, taste is hoppy but not overpowering, a bit of citrus and some spice, a bit of the bitter hop aftertaste. Pretty nice DIPA.


tiffanya (45), Federal Way, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
May 6, 2008  
Hop bomb! Pine, grapefruit, pineapple, and orange balanced with sweet caramel malts. Zesty. Slightly spicy finish. Delicious.


 grandet (478), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 5, 2008  
Bottle. Nice cloudy orange copper pour with a nice white fluffy head. ARoma of hops, hops, and more hops. Some malt and citrus mixed in. Taste of a huge amount of hops and citrus notes. Nice alcohol burn on the way down. Very good.


 RollinHard (755), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/56/103/514/20
May 4, 2008  
Pours burnt orange/copper with a long lasting medium to large offwhite head. Looks good. Man, that aroma is intense. Strong pine, grapefruit, and fresh plants (snapdragons? something like that) with an occasional split second of malt showing up on the nose, but never long enough to pinpoint. Flavor is all hops with bitter grapefruit/citrus, pine, floral, and the slightest bit of toasty brown sugar but only if you "chew" the beer a bit. Finishes earthy and bitter, balancing a fairly intense char sensation and the nice hop flavors pretty. Drinkable creamy texture with medium carbonation and barely any noticable heat. The lack of malt bothers me in the mouthfeel and flavor though, but some people are gonna be fond of that. The aroma certainly kicks ass, but I want a bit more sweetness.


orderofjames (6), Dana Point, California, USA
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4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/520/20
May 3, 2008  
I’m in Hop Heaven. There is nothing bad I can say about this beer. Hopheads rejoice!!!!


 gsteph (263), knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
May 2, 2008  
Hazy reddish-orange. Huge pillowy light tan head that hung around for a good while. Some sticky lace. Fresh grapefruit, some ripe mangoes, pine resin, citrus and grass with some fleeting floral notes. Flavor mainly dominated by grapefruit, lemon pith, orange peel and spruce with an abundant brown sugar and butterscotch sweetness. There is an omnipresent fruity character that shines through the astrigency. Body is medium thick and buttery soft. Maybe a little diacetyl. Finishes...bitter, but not as harsh as some other DIPA’s. Fantastic.


 skortila (2893), Bunnik, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/103/514/20
May 1, 2008  
Bottled. Aroma has a lot of hop-fruitiness (mango and grapefruit) and pine. Hazy, red-orange coloured with a short head. Taste is very bitter with an enormous astringent finish. It has pine, ripe mango and some grapefruit. A bit of a non-sense brew. Every 15 minutes a new hop added... go figure... Funny artwork. Just smell this beer, don’t drink. It’s over the hop-top.



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