Port Brewing Wipeout IPA

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

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a very large frothy head. Aromas are lovely hops with pine, grapefruit, citrus, etc. Flavor is very nice mix of hops with enough malt to even things out and keep this from becoming a hop tea. Palate is nice and finish is bitter piney hops. Just a little bit thin at times.

22oz bomber. Smells great, strong citrus, strong light fruits, subtle pine, with a honeyish backing. Hazy orange color, smallish white head. The taste is resiny, citrusy, and slightly piney followed by a strong, but smooth bitterness. Pretty tasty.

amazing aroma, really ... good foamers ... marmalade colur .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0q8KKHlus ... a tad muddled, the alcohol also sneaks through abit but cool... quite bitter .. good but...

Bottled (CK). Hazy orange color, small white head. Aroma is strong hoppy, fruity: pineapple, apricot and strawberries, also a bit piney. Full-bodied for this strength. Very fruity (apricot), resiny hops with backing pale malts. Long bitter and fruity aftertaste. Nice balance between hops and malts, good one for hop heads.

Bottle. Pours a golden orange body with a white head. Mmm this should be called hop juice, lots of citric, fruity, pineapple notes. Some light hoppy acidity and spicy hop resins almost a bit like pepper with a sharp bite. Finishes with a dry grapefruit body. Best served very fresh.

22oz bottle. Pours a bright orange body with a slight haze. Finger-width, fluffy, white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a light, soapy lacing. Aroma is very straightforward, but loaded with sweet, floral grapefruit hops. I love the smell of fresh amarillo hops. Some biscuit malts in there as well, but mainly that perfume of amarillo. Flavor is straightforward as well and obviously dominated by a moderate grassy hop, but remains lightly sweet throughout. Distinct light-sugary grapefruit starts slightly tart, then balances nicely with a light malted middle, before finishing dry, resiny, and grassy. Lots of lingering hops. Palate is fairly light and pretty clean for such a hop bomb. I think any more body would take away from the "sessionability." Overall, a really easy drinking IPA with loads of flavor. Very bitter, but never gets excessive. Keeps a pleasant, faint sweetness that just barely distracts the grassy hops from becoming overpowering. California sure knows how to please a hop head.

From bomber pours bronze orange with a pine and shellac aroma and white head. Taste leads with citrus and malt with a long pine finish that dries. (Months ago I tasted this as a guest tap at RR and this was a alcohol burn shellac hop explosion.)

22 oz. bottle. Pours a thick long lasting head with plenty of lacing, over a cloudy body with extensive sediment both in the glass and the bottom of the bottle.....nose heavy with pine, resin, and grapefruit with minimal earlyflorality, but very late honey as it warms....tastes very slightly of sweetness early but this is rapidly blasted by heavy and lingering hop bitterness with long lingering grapefruit tones....mouth feel is good carbonation fine. Since others have indicated the ale was clear, I wonder if the bottle had been mishandled.