Port Brewing Hop 15

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Bottle. Orange-brown in colour with a beige coloured head. The aroma was of powerful citrus hops, lots of oranges, earthy malts. The flavour was quite hoppy, some caramel malt, slight sweetness and some alcohol. Bitter, chewy mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. The finishes lingers on for a while. Almost unbalanced but the malt saved this beer.

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2008 Bomber. Thanks, Wetherel. You are the man! The pour on this one is a dark orange and very cloudy. Nice head on this, it’s very tall for about 3 or 4 minutes, then dies down to a white crown that floats forever. The nose is intense. I mean, I think west coast IIPA and I think of something. . . this is it. Every piercing, crisp, biting, clean aroma I have ever associated with Pacific Northwest hops is diplayed here somewhere. Grapefruit and marijuana are right up front. But just a second whiff gleans pineapple, orange, wood, apples, caramel. . . The body is thick and sticky in a very good way. My mouth gets parched after just two or three sips. This is brutally dry and resinous with a blast of grapefruit destroying my palate and then a wash of acidic notes making my mouth its canvas and bitch. What makes this noteworthy is the brutal bitterness and sophisticated complexity while maintaining a clean profile with no off flavors. In true imperial IPA fasihon, the malts play second fiddle. I struggle to even know they’re there other than the thick mouthfeel present. I pick up a bit of melon and caramel every now and then. I put down the whole bomber easily with a big grin on my face, but I don’t know how many of these I could drink. I’d like to give it a shot one day though.
[Mar 11, 2008]
Bomber. big shout out to Tronraner for this one. Pours a murky dark orange with a white head. The aroma is every bit as ridiculous as I recalled. Hops all over the place on this one. Pine, grapefruit, pineapple, orange, all kinds of citrus, spice. It’s truly intense. The flavor narrows a bit, but come on, after that kind of aroma that isn’t saying much. The palate is pleasingly sticky then dries out with a lemony, pitty character. Man, this stuff is superb.

Bomber. Thanks after4ever. Pours hazy copper with a lacy white head. Both the aroma and the taste have pretty much everything hops have to offer: Pine, grapefruit, flowers, resin, spice pineapple, etc. etc. The kind of beer that can make a hophead wax poetic.

Orangish-copper with a decently-sized white head that quickly turns to sea-foam. Nose is sweet and creamy, very floral, and has some pine, caramel, and fruit. Flavor is quite bitter and dry with caramel, flowers, and some biscuit malt. Medium-bodied with nice carbonation, but a little short-lived flavor, grapefruit holding on for a while. Overall decent, but the bitterness drowns out a lot in the flavor.

650 ml bottle @ Olutravintola Pikkulintu. Rated @ 4.2.2010.
Pours a deep amber colour with a decent white head. Very, very hoppy aroma with grass and spices. Flavour of fresh hops which bite you hard, caramel malts and mild citrus notes. Full bodied with a lingering bitter finish. I really enjoyed this one.

Large tan head that lasts leaving behind little lace. Lightly hazy, copper color. Big ole hop nose, resiny, citrusy and lightly earthy, malt aromas are medium. Body is med/full, oily textured, coating. Full flavored medium sweet caramel malts, sticky hops, grapefruit, pine, tangerine, nicely frutiy. A pretty massive brew in all respects. Finish is mildly sweet, heavily hoppy/malty, resiny and earthy with faint butterscotch notes too boot. Many thanks to the Pizza delivery man, DarkElf!

Thanks to SamuraiArtist for this one! Pours a great orange-copper IPA hue. Full frothy head. Nose of topical fruits and warming malts. My palate was pretty beat up when I tried this but it was still quite quaffable and standout.

UPDATED: AUG 19, 2011 Old Rating. Bomber. Amber colour that starts of clear but obviously gets cloudier from the second pour, thin white head. Incredibly fresh hoppy aroma, very alcoholic. Thick sweet malty body, peppery, syrupy (in a good way), sticky hops, bitter finish. A good beer but these bottles are far too big.