Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA

Pours a hazy golden color with a 1/2" foamy white head. Decent lacing. Aroma of citrus, hops, and earthy smells. Flavors of hops and citrus. Smells a lot hoppier than it tastes, good beer and not as bitter as most IPAs. These are typically not my style of beer, but I was rather impressed by this beer.

I had the chance to help bottle this one and get a super fresh pint. Huge thanks Tomme. Hazy bright orange beer with a perfect 2 finger head that leaves lacing for days. . Super piney, grapefruit and sweet malt. This thing smells awesome fresh. Nice mild bitter hop profile with a great citrus tang. You can feel the hop resin in this one coat your mouth. Perfect carbonation and mouth feel. One of the best fresh hop beers out there. It was a pleasure to bottle this one and be able to smell this one all day. On a side note, I was there when they pulled the hop sacks out of the tank and was floored by the smell. WOW!

22oz bottle. Poured a hazy medium orange color. The head was white and dissipated over a few minutes to a tattered film. Attractive aroma of distinct grapefruit, orange peel, and crushed pine needles. Wow. There was also a whiff of sweat. The flavor was also overwhelmingly hop dominated approaching the harshness threshold. A hop bag bursting at the seams with spruce and citrus flavors. Sweat also made an appearance as it did in the nose. A taste of meek malty caramel hid in the background. Delicately sweet with assertive hop bitterness that peaked at 8 out of 10 and lingered a while. Lots of hops.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy pale orange colour with a small white foam. Big and fresh hop aroma of orange-peels, lychee, pine-needles, grass and grapefruit. medium-bodied with a fresh and lively hop notes of lychee, grapefruit, resin and wet grass with subtle undertones of Seville oranges. Long bitter and crisp finish of grapefruit, orange-peels, flowers and grass. Wonderful "in-you-face" IPA.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear pale amber, small head. Rich aroma of grapefruit and peach. When it warms lychee takes over. Fairly sweet and clean, medium bodied with crisp mouthfeel, Fresh and quite intense shampoo-like hoppiness. Plesant really butter finish. A straightforward IPA offering just what I expected - and my expectations were high!

650 ml bottle from Bev4less in Santee. Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold color with a big white foamy head that lasts and lasts. The aroma is strong with a big blast of citrus, pine and fresh herbs. The flavor is crisp with biter hops taking the forefront, rounded out by grapefruit, thyme and walnuts. The mouthfeel is full and satisfying though at times seemed a bit harsh and gritty. Finishes long and biter with lingering sweetened grapefruit. Overall: An outstanding IPA, and a must for hop-heads. Re-rate note--sampled a fresh glass at Lost Abbey Brewery today, the gritty/harshness that I previously noticed was not present, so I’m raising my rating by a point. Recommended.

Bottle@Dr.Bills. Cloudy yellow pour with almost no head. Nice hops, but had a very dry and almost bitter after taste.

Shared by who else but Dickinsonbeer. Pours a slightly hazy light amber/orange in color with a medium off white head. In the nose, a ton of fresh resinous, citrus and pine hops-malt doesn’t even come through at all. Taste is also a big blast of fresh, leafy hops- grapefruit, harsh pine (chinook), resinous and earthy. Malt backbone is there to offer some stability, but this one is all about the fresh hops. Finishes with a tacky and strong bitter finish. Pretty one dimensional, but I definitely enjoyed it. Thanks Paul for opening this.