Pizza Port Hop 15

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

15 hops!!!!! This beer is hop heads dream and with the high alcohol content this beer gets on top of you quick. This is defintely one of the best double IPA’s I have ever had. I want to fill a swimming pool full of it and bathe in it. Strong hop nose, flavor, and lingering finish. This beer puts 95% of extreme IPA’s to shame. If you are true hop head you will got the end of the earth to drink this monster!!!!

One of the best DIPA’s I’ve had. Poured a hazy orange/amber color with off-white head and excellent lacing. Aroma was a bouquet of hops -- earthy, pine, grassy and citrus all living happily together. The flavor was most surprising because the hops were backed up by some impressive sweet malts. You could taste all the hop flavors lingering on the taste buds leaving a slightly sticky sweet aftertaste that was wonderful. This is one big beer that you must try! Delicious and enjoyable.

Sampled at the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild 2008 Strong Beer Fest, on February 17, at the Mesa Amphitheatre. Hoptastic!

22oz bottle. Hazy orange with a small, sticky head. Big fruity aroma with lime, grapefruit, mango, papaya, mint, and sugary sweetness. Tons of stuff packed in there. The flavor has a lot of sugary sweet malt that almost balances the massively bitter hops. Grapefruit dominates, but there are plenty of different hop nuances in here. Finishes long and bitter with some alcohol warmth. Full mouthfeel, with creamy carbonation. A little too sticky and sweet after awhile. Lots of nice flavors, but this is one to enjoy in smaller doses for sure. (3.7) Rerate: Rich hoppiness. The complexity and intensity of the hop flavor is almost ridiculous, but never gets to bitter or unpleasantly too intense. Still too rich to take in large doses. A pure hop sipper. (up to 4.1).

Pours to a bright, hazy hue of golden orange; thin but sticky suds of beige . Lively aroma of tangerine, pineapple, and mandarin orange in a burst of summery hops; caramel, almond, and toffee layered blonde brownies fill in the substantial syrup of malt beneath. Balanced. Tastes of the dry zest of lemon and lime, beside the bittersweet impartation of grapefruit, clementine, and passion fruit. These hops are brilliantly vibrant, washing the tender, leafy rainforest sensations across the mouth again and again; blonde brownies and plenty of rich caramelized sugars warm the back with a sweet, restrained pulse. Palate is medium to full with soft carbonation; rounded and impressively smooth, easily polishing the alcohol presence. Finishes with a warm, malty sweetness of honey on biscuits and a bitter chaser of dry pine. A truly stellar example of this style, giving only the freshest of fruit and foliage tastes and only the most delicate balance of malt; this is what west coast style pale ale should be like every time. Thanks Alex!

Poured a 22oz bomber into a Tulip Glass. Pours a nice orange with a small white head with some nice soapy lacing. Smells like Pine Hops and Citrus, mostly grapefruit. Nice mouthfeel, a little oily. The balance between the Sweetness, Malt, Citrus and the hops is perfect, Bitter yet Sweet. Yin and Yang. Also the ABV is well hidden in this one as well. I enjoyed this one a lot.

served cold from 22 oz. bottle. pours a nice amber/orange color with a quickly diminishing off-white head. good lacing. the aroma is all pine with some notes of different fruits. great body, citrus flavors and a sweet finish to counterbalance the bitter hops. for a beer with over 10% abv, there is almost no alcohol flavor, making it a great and easily drinkable imperial ipa.

Thanks to Shyam for a great trade! Pours a cloudy deep orange with a small off white head and some lacing. Some sediment floating around the bottom of the glass. Very pungent floral aroma of pine, graprefruit, mango, caramel and dough. Flavor is distinctly bitter with some caramel malt to somewhat balance what must be a very large amount of hops. Very fruity and makes the mouth pucker as it travels down the throat. Long bitter finish, very creamy texture. A very good DIPA.