Port Brewing Mongo IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Slightly cloudy light amber color with nice foamy white head and great lacing. Impresive balance of strong bitter and sweet malt, and fruit. Very nice lingering bitter.

tap at toronado in San Diego-pours hazy orange with a small white sudsy head. piney nose with notes of cheese and pine-house cleaner. huse sweetness to start followed by a wallop of resin and pine sap. wow, what a diacotomy of a DIPA. As it warmed, the huge pine finish came out even more, drying out the mouth completely. The resin finish on this thing had me wanting more and more! palate was a bit thin, but this is dangerous! I could session this beer on a hot NM day anytime! this beer screams Simcoe all over the place as well as maybe some cascade? great beer!

RBWG’10 growler, pours orange, no head. aroma, lots of citrus hops, mild tropical mango like aroma. flavors, fizzy, mild carbonation, nice hop profile followed by nice tropical fruits leaving a decent bitter finish coupled with a mild touch of malts. Warming finish.

RBWG@RLRL-thanks to -growler-pours a white ring for a head and hazy straw/yellow color. Aroma is resin, some light malt. Taste is biting resin/pine, some light malt.

Pours with a golden orange body topped by a medium thick head with lots of lacing. It’s hoppy and full of grapefruit and light pine notes with a light malt background. Full bodied, well carbonated and slightly warming.

Cloudy orange, with a medium white head. Awesome aroma of hops with a citrus sweetness. Hop-heavy with tons of fruity, citrus flavor and a nicely bitter finish. Very delicious.

Growler, RBWG. Cloudy light amber body with small white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pineapple, some grapefruit, light tropical fruit. Taste is moderately sweet, pineapple, grapefruit, some mango, light alcohol. Medium-full body, quite resiny.

A: The pour is a hazy light amber color with a nice fluffy white head on top. S: This is certainly a heavily piney beer with plenty of strong, bitter grapefruit notes. There was also a hint of tropical fruit (particularly pineapple) which I wasn’t expecting. T: Just as the nose would leave you to believe, this is an intensely bitter DIPA, just the way I like it. Lots of pine and grapefruit without too much in the way of malt. After you get past the initial onslaught of bitterness, the pineapple does creep in a little bit. M: A nice prickly carbonation on the tongue with a full-medium body. D: Just what San Diego needs: another hop-bomb. But I’m not complaining, this is a delicious beer.

Draft at Toronado. Pours a cloudy bright orange with dissipating white head, sticky lacing. Nose is big west coast hops full of grass, pine, citrus, and tropical fruit. Flavor is pure "SD pale ale" with big bright bitter hops dominating over a foundation of bready malts, it’s all about the resiny citrus hops which, although stealing the spotlight, still find a way to play nice with it’s younger malty brother, finishes bittersweet like Big Head Todd. Medium-full body, modest carbonation, chewy-oily texture. With some amazing sours tonight, is it possible that a Port DIPA steals the show with a last-second TD to close the session?? Weay never know, but I will look forward to my next chat with Mongo in the very near future...

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2011 Hazy dark golden/orange pour white creamy head light lacing ... piney citrusy aroma is excellent...... taste of citrus fruity (mostly grapefruit) hops and a bitter hop that just beats you up ...... spicy bitter hop finish that lingers ..... one of my favorite west coast ipas ..... this is a winner if your a hophead