Pizza Port Hop 15

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

Name: Hop 15
Date: 04/28/2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, Dark Lord Day, 2007

Appearance: clear gold, wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet citrus hop aroma,
Body: a bit thin body,
Flavor: sweet hop flavor, lots of lingering bitterness,
Overall: liquid hops,
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Date: 08/24/2008
Mode: bottle
Score: 3.0 to 3.9
Words: south bay

Appearance: opaque orange, creany white head, sudsy lace,
Aroma: big sweet sugar covered grapefruit aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of citrus hops, lots of sweet grapefruit, well balanced bitterness, leaves a nice long tongue scraping bitterness without being overly bitter or distracting from the hop flavor,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Hazy dull beige. Assertive hop, vague but with hints of peach, lemon and mandarin. Juicy, peachy hop-loaded brew. Light pale malt character, but with loads of miscellaneous tropical fruit, citrus and honey. Smooth, with a bit of a late alcohol splash.

2009-02-06, bottle at Ølbaren, Copenhagen, 9-5-8-5-17=44
Cloudy amber color, creamy head. Excellent aroma of sweaty hops. Good balance, powerful hop, sweetness and resins. Great.

2007-11-02, Papsoe Blind Tasting, 8-4-8-5-17=42
Cloudy orange-amber color. Very nice aroma, extreme, hoppy, resiny. Good body structure, strong flavor.

Bottle @ WSF 2008. Clear golden with tiny head. Sweet aroma with hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, loads of hops and grapefruit notes. Finishes with solid bitterness.

(1/12/05) Clear amber with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, strong grapefruit, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, caramel, herbal. Full body with very nice resin feel. (8/4/9/5/18). (1/28/04) Opaque color with off-white head. Aroma is sweet, grapefruit/pine, caramel. Taste is mild sweet, heavy grapefruit, noticeable alcohol. Medium-full body. (7/4/6/4/13). (9/6/02) Hazy amber. The aroma is pine, beautiful pine. The flavor is also pine -- it’s the essence of this beer, from start to finish. That being said, it doesn’t become overwhelming, and it’s very well-balanced. Some spiciness as well. All told, a profound experience indeed! (10/4/9/5/19)

1. From the Bottle at Tom’s Ultimate Glasgow Tasting, Blackfriars 01/12/2007 Very hoppy pine aroma. Golden coloured and a little hazy in appearance. Very hoppy with some dryness in a crisp and bitter finish. 2. Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Big hop aroma. Golden coloured and very hoppy with a pine fruit flavour. Lots of bitterness in a crisp and slightly dry finish.

Bottled
Dark nut-orange color, small off-white head. Bready, citrusy hoppy aroma. Very malty, bready hoppy flavor. Notes of citrus, but mostly yeasty and alcoholic. Warming, but not kind of IPA I like, Score 4.06 seems quite overrated if judged by this bottle.

Bottle from BeerMerchants. Thanks Phil L for dropping it off. I wish I could have written OhioDads review. As he wrote everything I was about to say. I dont normally look at other ratings, but hey it was fun for once to do it. Attractive deep orange amber colour, thin off white head that lasts. Big green floral hop aroma. But it doesnt go over the top. Yes its big but not stupid. I still cant believe we have these beers in the UK. Yes its big brash but not as much as some others. Yes some alcohol heat does come through on the aroma and finish. Maybe could do with some more malts in the mouth. What is there is caramelly and tasty and certainly lasts on into the finish. The finish is slightly hot, but the hops just twist your tongue into a different dimension. Aroma is great, maybe just too hot in the mouth, and although the hop finish is excellent, the heat just takes the edge off. Still a pretty good beer though