Porterhouse Hop Head

Brewed by Porterhouse
Style: American Pale Ale
Dublin, Ireland

Draught @ The Porterhouse, Covent Garden. I’d been dying to try this since last year, when I first heard about it, and it didn’t disappoint. Amber with a nice sized off white head. Sweet biscuity caramel malts and grassy grapefruit hops in both aroma and flavor. I didn’t get any of the diacetyl or butter mentioned, just a good clean American style pale ale with a long bittersweet finish. However, I was rather drunk at the time.

Bottle@PorterhouseDublin. Fruity citrus aroma. Amber colour, off-white head, good lace. Malty, caramel, light fruity, very bitter, grapefruit/grass finish. Balanced and flavourful.

Got this on tap at Porterhouse Central after hearing about its release this season. Pours a nice orange yellow color with a 3/4 finger fizzy white head that goes down pretty quick. Smells great-hoppy with a bit of citrus/pine aroma but not overwhelming at all. Very inviting. Tastes great as it smells-a great combination of fresh hops, light citrus grapefruit, and buttery biscuit. Very true to the APA style. Not too bitter and the hops are very nice so it goes down smooth and relatively light for an APA with little carbonation. This was a bit of a surprise hit for me and I’ll definitely recommend it to those looking for a light hops hit in the land of the stouts. I’d like to try it in bottle too for comparison sakes but the on-tap format is pretty tough to turn down when you’re actually in the bar!

On nitro at the brewpub. Clear amber with small white head. Large citrus aroma with spicey bitterness, pleasant, medium sweet caramel, well balanced. Off-dry caramel with citrus, orange flavor, a little bubblegum, medium bitterness, more malt sweetness to hop bitterness than the brain blasta. Active carbonation and light to medium body. Tasty.

Draft 1/2 pint at the main brewpub in Dublin. Copper in color. Quite "stingy" with a nice citrus bite over the top of a nice rounded beer. Unique for this part of the world. (#3670, 9/15/2009)

Draft. An amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of caramel, sweet malt, bisquites, and flowery hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of chewy malty, caramel, bisquites, and grassy hops, leading to a bitter finish.

Very hoppy (it stayed true to the name), very aromatic and quite light. Had a nice amber appearance with a head which, although not large, was long lasting. A good beer that you could stay on for the night. Very refreshing.