Pizza Port Lou P. Lin

Brewed by Pizza Port (Solana Beach)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Solana Beach, California USA

Draft: Cloudy-pumpkin with some specks. Bubbles struggle to the surface to eventually form a tightly-woven ring. Potent hop nose of candied orange rind and glazed pinewood. Lush with soft, tight carbonation. Brashly textured with dryly-bitter herbal hops, which are beautifully rounded by a succulent dab of tangerine fruitiness. Sweet resins muffle the already-low acidity. Continually sharp underlay of shaved orange peel bitterness towers over the lightly-woody toasty pale malt notes. Raw sugarcane compounds the coarsely herbal texture. Clean, minty alcohol imparts an evergreen effect to the piney hop accents while accentuating the dryness before giving way to a crescendo of bitterly-herbal hops and pinewood with just enough orange-pith juiciness to balance the forceful hop impact. Wonderful stuff.

Thanks for the hand bottled brew from cquiroga.Hazy,cloudy brew with a inch or so of creamy head.The aroma here has the hipnotic effect on me that only a fine IIPA can produce.When the nerve endings in my nose start to process the montrous resiny grapefruit hops aromas I can’t help but start to slurp these down.There is something else here and it reminds me of buttery candy.Thanks Chris.

Earthy rotting vegetable component to the aroma plus what seems to be a huge Simcoe presence (love that intense mutated pine sharpness!). Slippery, full body. Great carbonation level. Buttery tastes(possible diacetyl according to my buddy, but I think that’s just sturm and drang), and it works for me nonetheless. Nice. Not Frank level in terms of lovely fruity nuances. Thanks again to the one, the only!

Gotta love the thinly diguised joke for Lupulin one of the wonderful characteristics of my Favorite flower, the hop. Beautiful bouquet of hop resins and a hint of malt. very nice pleasant hop bitterness that makes me smile. Oh and did I mention the hops?

On tap at RFDs in DC: Pours a dark golden bronze with a thin, but well-lacing white head. Aroma is plenty hoppy and citrusy with good malt backbone. Starts with a caramel malty sweetness and gritty/sugary texture well balanced with a fresh green hoppiness leading to a crisp, dry bittersweet finish. A very nice double IPA and another winner from Pizza Port.

Pours cloudy light amber. Aroma of raisins, sweet fruit, and juicy citrusy hops. Flavor is raisin, anise, and citrus hops. My personal winner of the Lupulin Slam II. Had it a second time and it still holds up. An absolutley excellent beer.

On Tap@Port Solana: Pale hazy peach color with a small (bar pour) white head. Aroma is pineapple and citrus. Flavor starts pineapple sweet then sweet grapefruit finishing with a light orangy tang. Rich palate, maybe a tad too sweet. Fantastic with pepperoni and anchovy pizza.

Draught at lupulin slam: Hazy amber. Aroma is grass, hops, grapefruit, citrus, with a touch of biscuit. Taste is hops, salt, grass, citrus, lemon, caramel. Medium to full body.