Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Marcos, California USA

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.

Light gold color with a white head leaving good lacing and has pretty good retention. Aroma is mostly of pine, but there are some floral, earthy aromas as well and a bit of grapefruit. Some citrus flavors, but I seem to get a fairly large amount of earthy flavors. Lighter than medium carbonation with a medium body. Flavor wasn’t quite an 8 for me, so it gets bumped down an overall point. Pretty good stuff.

22oz bottle (wet hop 6.5%abv) poured a strange hazed yellow/gold color with no head and little carbonation. The aroma is a massive citrus with some pine and not much malt. The first taste had a huge bitterness that faded quickly. A tad watery with no malt noticable and a huge hop profile. Almost tastes like a hop tea and not a beer.

Pours a thick golden yellow color, very cloudy appearance. There are also lots of bubbles, a thick white head and a good amount of lacing. Aroma is floral hops, grapefruit and malt. The taste is grapefruit, citrus, and lots of hops. Great IPA from Port.

Lots of bitter hops in the aroma.Pours a murky medium copper with a large off white head.Caramel malts and citrus hops stand out in the flavor.Medium to full mouthfeel with a bitter finish.

# 700 22oz bottle from FlacoAlto. Beautiful and bright aroma. Floral and fruity. A good amount of pine. A necessary touch of biscuity malt. Very fresh smelling. Pours clear dark gold with a bright white head leaving decent sticky lacing. Dry and bitter on the palate. The citrus comes shining through. A touch of wood. Cedar. Light pine notes. Fresh. Medium bodied. Crisp and lively on the tongue. Finishes with a lingering citrusy and woody bitterness. Quite nice.

Bottle from Jimbo. Pours a slightly hazy gold coulour with a medium white head that dissovles with some foamy lacing. Aroma is sweeter pink grapefruit hops and some orange rind. Really easy drinking, with a great hop profile. They start out very sweet but then mellow into a nice lasting bitterness in the finish. Definitely not overpowering the malt backbone. Very nicely balanced IPA.

Bottle. Moderate roasted grain for the malt, heavy grapefruit for the hops, broth for the yeast, and hints of coriander and a faint fruitiness. Head is creamy, white, with good lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is sparkling hazy amber. Flavor is heavily acidic to start, and the long finish is lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is medium, oily, with a lively carbonation and finishes dry. Just a bit out of balance, but still a fantastic IPA.