Pizza Port Hop 15

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.

Tasted at Port Brewing Carlsbad & Lost Abbey (notes from memory). Deep orange in color this had wonderful aromas for a hop-head. Lots of citric and piney hops along with a carmel-ladden malt hit to keep it balanced. Great weight and power on the palate. Only suggestion...don’t try and bring a growler on a plane as the TSA may unwrap it from its triple bubble wrap, which is additionally wrapped in clothes and placed in the middle of luggage to leave it unwrapped on the very edge of the bag...which, of course, is thrown around by the baggage handlers until the growler breaks leaving your clothes wet and smelling like Hop15. Okay, so the smell is good, but try wearing a sticky shirt!!!

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in a clear amber colour with a low thick white foam. Huge hop aroma of lychee, pine-needles, grass and orange-peels with sweet undertones of nectarines and peaches. Full-bodied with a big bitter flavour orangey, piney and grassy hops with touches of resin and pepper. Long grapefruity finish with dryish and oily notes of lychee, pepper and orange-peels.

Pours a hazy amber with a thin, creamy head. The aroma is a little bit malty, as I think the bottle’s a little older, but otherwise it’s plenty piney. The flavor has that piney bite, but finishes with a nice balance of the sweet malts against those hops. It’s almost caramel-y then. Nice creamy mouthfeel. A well done double IPA that is properly balanced.

Pours a nice caramely orange with a thin white head that dies pretty quickly. The floating, chunky matter in the brew however detracts a bit from the appearance. The aroma runs the gamut in terms of hop notes: pine, some spicy peppery notes, and a healthy dose of citrus. The flavor is very nice - lots of citrus hop bitterness as soon as it hits the tongue, some spicy hop/alcohol tingling to follow. The beer finishes with a really fine citrus flavor that just will not leave the tongue. The palate is excellent for the style, but I have to say that the floaties detract a bit. Overall a great brew.

Floaties galore. Wish this bad boy was fresher but still hella tasty. Malty sweetness in the aroma mixes nicely with the hops. Hop profile is strong on pine, with orange/grapefruit citrus floating around in the background. Mouthfeel is surprisingly unsticky given the sweetness, which is good. Although carbonation is a little too prickly for my tastes. Taste starts malty sweet and luscious with bitterness not kicking in until almost the finish. But oh boy does the finish linger very nicely. Finish reminds me of fresh Bigfoot a bit.