Pizza Port Hop 15

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

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Light orange colour, decent head. Hoppy nose. This has one hoppy taste - totally overwhelming, in taste, nose and texture. Also some citrus, and slight spices. Good but too extreme, even for a hop lover like me.

Bottle purchased at the brewery. Pours a golden orange and very hazy. Smell is of course dominated by hops. Spicy, earthy and citrus hops are up front. A light sweetness is also there. First taste is pure bitter citrus piney hops. Nice sweet malty backbone holds it’s own against the hops. A little bit of a burn from the alcohol is there but does not distract from the taste. Nice light carbonation helps this one go down smooth. I love a non-filtered bottle conditioned DIPA. Not a session beer as it will wreck you palate and more then one will put a hurting on you. A great beer from Tomme and the gang at LA/PB.

Bottle shared by shigadeyo. Poured hazy copper color with a large frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Heavy sour citrus hoppy and dark fruit aroma. Medium body with dry slick texture and soft carbonation. Heavy smooth bittersweet citrus flavor with a heavy bittersweet finish of long duration.This is a standout beer.

Clear red-orange pour with a thin white head. Sweet fruity citrus aroma with grapefruit, balanced with piny hops. Herbal and earthy. Flavor as expected. Very fruity and piny with mild sweetness. Harsh finish.

Pours an amber color with a big lasting creamy head. Bottle conditioned haziness. Smell is nicely hoppy with mostly pine to me. Strong nose and taste. Flavor is of crisp sharp, biting, spicy hops. Somewhat tingly and spicy almost like some fresh hop beers. Well carbonated but still a rich mouthfeel. Mostly flavors of Pine and resin, and I didn’t get a lot of refreshing citrusy or floral flavors at all. Perhaps a touch too bitter for what I was looking for on this particular night. Still really nice but drinkability wasn’t as good as on some DIPAs.

Bottle courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours a cloudy amber color with a constellation of unidentified floating objects (UFO) and a thin white head. Nice aroma of resinous, piney and fruity hops. Very powerfull flavor of resinous, piney and fruity hops with toasted malt and a strong bitter finish. The body is light to medium with a liquorous texture and moderate carbonation. I like hops, but this is a tad too intense for my tastes.

22oz bomber served at 57° in a shaker glass. Aroma is an orgy of hops with pine, wintergreen, grapefruit, and spiciness all present. The aroma also has a nice caramel and honey malt backing as well as a touch of dark roasted grains lurking in the background. Reddish copper colored with a nice one fingered head. The initial taste is brown sugar, cinnamon, and pine with a hint of the bitterness that is coming. The taste is very piney, resiny, and spicy, all of which continue into the bitter finish and lingering aftertaste. I would guess that Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe were all used very extensively in the mix of hops which are nice enough, but seem a bit muddled. I would have preferred more citrus and fruit in the mix of hops. This would make for a nice Xmas IIPA...

Dark golden color, well carbonated. A very nice hop aroma, Fruity and citrusy. A little hop bite in the initial taste. Sweet and tangy. Like tasting a freshly picked grapefruit. Finishes a little dry with a nice malt character. More than enough hops in this beer, hopbombed to the max. Nicely done but if your not a hophead seek a bomb shelter.