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Pizza Port Hop 15 4.01 837

Pizza Port Hop 15

Percentile
99
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
8374.02/5.04.01/5.0Summer10%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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 markwise (1187), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Pours a golden orange color with an aroma of pine sap, citrus, sap, and more pine. Flavor is a fizzy piney liquid with a bite. This beer bites and backs off leaving the mouth with a nice grapefruit feeling. Double IPA brewed with feeling.


 GAManiac (1184), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Apr 29, 2008  
Pours a bright golden amber with a dense one-finger head that shows extremely good retention and minimal lacing. Huge fresh hops smell, like walking through a pine forest filled with grapefruits. Also got some citrus notes as well, lemon maybe and some malty sweetness in the background. Quite nice!T: Hello pine forest! Dominant piney hop flavor with a slight malt base. Also got some nice fruity notes leading to a long lasting hoppy bitterness that lingered on the tongue. Pleasant bitter, prickly thickness in the mouthfeel. It’s definitely a great example of a hoppy West Coast DIPA. Drinkability is great and I would definitely seek this out.


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Hazy orange amber with a small white head. Grapefruity aroma. Flavor is big and hoppy with lots of grapefruit over lightly sweet malt. Very good.


 glkaiser (1171), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Dark copper with small head. Sweet floral and piney hop aroma. Taste is bitter hops, but plenty of backing malt. Definitely more citrus hops in the taste, with some sweetness and alcohol coming through in the end. Just another great hop bomb to add to the mix. Nicely done.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1170), Lisle, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 11, 2009  
12 oz draft on tap at Binny’s South Loop (Chicago, IL). Pours a highly bubbly bright amber with sunny gold notes, light hazed with a minimal white head. Aromas are hoppy, citrusy with a subtle maltiness. Citrusy orange and grapefruit steal the aroma show. Initial taste is hops, floral bouquet with grass and some subtle resinous pine. Lighter carmel malts mixed with some biscuity notes. Hops are special: sharp but relaxing floral and citrus of grapefruit, orange, and some lighter pine. Touch of tropical in the backend. I liked this a lot. Fresh. Very nice.


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Mar 8, 2009  
hazy gold, not much of a white head, some lace. nose is sweet malt, citrus hops, bordering on the too sweet. the flavor is creamy caramel, sweet malts, with an offset (but not enough of an offset) with citrus hops, and a hint of piney hops. medium body, lingering bitter finish. pretty good, well worth a taste. sampled with cornfield whiling away the time at his house.


 moejuck (1165), Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
May 2, 2007  
Handbottle from Dickinsonbeer. Nice malty aroma with a good dose of piney hops. Golden brown body. Full palate for sure. Lots of huge malt up front with the great hop balance. Good bitter flavor is crisp. Massive doses of pine and caramel in the end. Excellent!


 carruthm (1162), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 6, 2008    Updated: Mar 20, 2009
V - cloudy orange, light head A - pure hops T - astringent hops with a creamy pine undertone P - clean, more hops



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