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Pizza Port Swamis India Pale Ale


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93
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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey

San Marcos, California USA

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1233.69/5.03.67/5.07.4%87 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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 stegosaurus (1883), 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.

 jsh12bama (202), Alabama, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Draft @ Solana Beach. Pours golden/orange with white head. Aroma of citrus hops. Taste has nice hop flavor and not overpowering. Easy drinking session IPA.


 yespr (6162), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 6, 2008  
From tap at Solana Beach. Pours clear golden orange with a fully diminished white head. Peach and grapefruity hops aroma. Flavour is sweet grapefruity. Mild peach accent too. Fruity and dry bitter finish.


 trokini (840), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Pours hazy gold with a pillowy white head. Clean, fresh hop aroma with lots of citrus. More grapefruit and some resin in the taste, with maybe some strawberry. Bit of earthy malt to check the hops. Resiny finish. Yum.


 DenverLogan (420), Oceanside, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 30, 2008  
On cask at brewery (Solana Beach). On cask give it a cascading layer of bubbles with the hazy light gold color. Aroma of citrus hops and "beer." I’ve had this on regular tap and it’s creamy and smoother on cask, but in either manner it’s a solid IPA, better balanced than many. Nothing too overpowering, but a cool balance of citrus hops, syrup malt love, ocean breeze.


 padrefan98 (592), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 23, 2008  
On tap at Solana Beach. Aromas of flowering hops. Tastes of tart grapefruit with some maltiness. Excellent pale ale.




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