Port Brewing 3rd Anniversary

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

Pours deep opaque copper brown with a frothy finger thick head. Nose is subtle, but smooth, molasses sweet and pine hops. The flavor is also smooth, with sweet citrus like Mandarin oranges, floral hops and a molasses like sweetness. Smooth on the palate and smooth finish. Quite enjoyable.

Pours cloudy orange-amber, with a very thin beige head, fine lacing considering how small the head is. Strong, mouth-watering bouquet of pine, flowers, grass and caramel. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry. Strongly bitter pine, grass and grapefruit flavor, some light floral notes, and caramel underneath it all. Lingering aftertaste.

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours a cloudy orange/brown with white head. Aroma is hoppy, malty, fruity, and grapefruit. Flavor of pine, malt, some citrus. Mouth feel is medium-heavy body with medium-high carbonation. Overall, very nice beer...

bottle, thanks to ericandersnavy, golden color with a rich perfumy mandarin orange aroma, flavor has a lot of sweet fruit cocktail, grapefruit juice, malty, a little hot on then finish

Bottle courtesy of ericandersnavy. Hazy orange. Hints of hops and a touch of alcohol on the nose. Stings the tongue but has an excellent sweet hop profile.

Poured a hazed gold with an off-white head. Grapefruit juice aroma and flavor. As expected great hops. Good malt base and sweetness. So drinkable. This one knocked me for a loop. Seemed stronger than 10% but I also had 4 pints before it. Medium bodied.

Bottle courtesy of WeeHeavySD poured into a tulip. Pours a hazy golden orange with a big creamy white head that shows good lacing and retention. The aroma is very good on this with lots of citrus, especially oranges and grapefruits. There is a bready malt presence in the nose and a bit of malty sweetness as well. The taste is a little more abrasively hoppy than the aroma with the pine resins really coming out more and the sticky hop oils lingering on the palate through the finish. The sweet caramel malts backbone is evident throughout and mix with the hops in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full-bodied and very sticky with hop oils, leaving a lasting bitterness in the finish. This is a solid DIPA that I wouldn’t put on par with Hop 15 or the 2nd Anniversary from Port, but any DIPA from those guys is something I’ll enjoy.

Bottles poured at Made in the Shade 2009. Golden color, citrusy aroma, nicely balanced bitterness. The hop flavor is smooth citrus. A well-blended choice of hop varieties. Alcohol is well-hidden. Good DIPA.