Port Brewing Panzer Imperial Pils

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: European Strong Lager
San Marcos, California USA

Bottle from jessup plaza. Poured a hazey yellow gold color with a small off white head that didnt last long. Aroma is light hop aromas of grapefruit and pine. Taste is fresh and strong with hops up front and a strong alcohol finish. Very dry at the end. Quite bitter.

Thanks to Josh for this! Hazy amber pour. Pine and grapefruit on the nose. Biscuit malts, pine, grapefruit and a bitter dry finish. Very resinous

22. Pours a cloudy medium toffeeish amber. Loose sudsy platinum blonde foam knocking around, with bubbly, foamy lace sheeting down the sides of the glass. Attractive but not quite a cover girl. Nice mix of pine and grapefruit on the nose, very sugary and fragrant hops. Super inviting, and very much in SD IPA territory. Creamy medium body, very tight carb, a little bit of carbonic bite. Not unpleasant at all, and understated. Biscuits, pine, and grapefruit on the mid palate. Very bitter resiny finish. Nothing newsworthy by beer geek standards, but on the high side and rather sharp with that carbonic bite under it. Long dry resiny finish with maybe a little twang creeping in on it. Surprisingly refreshing for 9.5, that’s for sure, and the booze is well hidden except for that seeming twang in the finish (long after the beer leaves the mouth).

650 ml bottle
I was hoping that coming from Lost Abbey/Port Brewing this would be a nice amped up pilsener in the vein of what New Glarus released a while ago. Instead it was a bit too much; the alcohol or something else detracts from what would otherwise be a solid pils.

Aroma / Appearance - Carbonated rose gold liquid starts promisingly. A radiant white head glowed like the morning sun. Crisp warm multigrain bread fresh from the oven was not quite what I expected but still good enough. Lemon pledge gave it a hoppy background.

Flavor / Palate - Hoppy with a wheat bite the alcohol takes this one over the top. A honeylike finish is acceptable but this could be so much more. Overall it is drinkable and I have no major complaints for a $7.99 release. However if you are used to Port only releasing gems temper your expectations somewhat before opening it.

Bottle in the VIP tent at WBF Durham. I was expecting a bit more from this. Golden bodied with a tall white head. Aroma is Euro hops, grass, melon, and other fruit notes. Some biscuity malts as well. Taste is herbal and grassy with more Euro hops, straw, fruit notes and more toasted, biscuity malts. Body is medium-full with a softer prickly carbonation. Ends with more grass, Euro hops, herbal notes, lemon, and biscuity malts. Not bad but this was a bit of a disappointment for our group. We jumped all over this when we saw it and had our hearts a bit broken since we love Pizza Port/Lost Abbey. I would love to try this again since there’s a chance this could have been an off bottle.

Aroma of candied grapefruit, ripe banana and tart cherry. Appearance was rich and gold with foamy head, nice lacing. Flavor of gum, bitter grapefruit, tart cherry and white grape. Palate was lively. An artistic brew.

22 oz bottle purchased mail order from South Bay in Imperial Beach, California. Pour is hazed yellow with a one inch white head. Some lacing etched on the glass as the head and beer fall. Aroma of grassy hops, soft minty maltiness, and some alcohol . Taste is dirty chemical sweetness (others said DMS) and the mintiness from the nose. Hops come through clean - very drying. Palate is medium to thin, medium carbonation level and a very dry finish. Nice enough, I liked the hops, though the menthol was a bit much for me. As always, thanks for doing mail order Geoi.

Yellow pour with a frothy white head. aroma is quite nice, some nectar fruit, peaches and pears and some grassy hop character. Flavor reveals some pepper spice as well and a nice grassy hoppiness. Interesting and pretty good take on the style