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Pizza Port Swamis India Pale Ale


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92
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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey

San Marcos, California USA

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1163.68/5.03.67/5.00.397.4%87.8 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
"It’s hard to believe we’ve been slingin’ pizzas for 20 years since March of 1987! That’s about 7300 days or 175,200 happy hours of fun! We’re excited to celebreate by brewing and bottling up a beer to share a special toast! Swami’s IPA is one of our best selling beers. Many have called it the original San Diego IPA. As such, it’s been a big part of Pizza Port Solana Beach since we installed the brewing system in 1992. A bold IPA hopped to the extreme with galena, Centennial and Cascade hops. We also add a healthy dose of dry hops in the serving tank and always serve it unfiltered. Thank you so much to everyone who has been sharing the memories along the unbelievable way...Cheers!"
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 nightrider (203), encinitas, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
May 7, 2008  
On tap at PP Solana. Finally getitng around to rating this beer after many pints in the past. Pours a golden murky yelow with a thin whitish head. Nice citrusy aromas. Medium body with good solid bitter hop flavors and nice finish. Solid classic IPA!


 stegosaurus (1848), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottle sampled. Pours hazy orange/golden with a good size eggshell colored head. Aroma of fruit, citrus, caramel, and floral hops. The flavor is sweet upfront, caramel, fruit, citrus, and finishes with spices and floral bitterness. Good brew.


 ogglethorp (707), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottle shared at c-bus 9. Pours a hazy golden color with a substantial soapy white head. Aroma is floral hops, grapefruit, green apple. Flavor grapefruit, floral, light caramel. Palate is medium bodied, medium to high carbonation, finished bitter. For whatever reason this just did not do it for me, tasted along the lines of a belgian IPA.


 deftim13 (103), California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Mar 10, 2008  
750 bottle. Pours a golden yellow. Nice floral hops with a touch of grapefruit. Taste is the same with a solid malt backbone. Decent carbonation. Nice IPA but nothing special.


 ryan (1600), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Cloudy orange body with a small off-white head. The nose is tangerine, grapefruit and green apple. The flavor is lightly bitter and lightly sweet with caramel, orange peel, tangerine and flowers. Medium body is soft with light carbonation.




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