Port Brewing Wipeout IPA

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

[At GABF 2004] A golden beer with a small white head. The aroma is nicely fresh and dominated by hops and grass, while the flavor is sweet and very grassy. Nice.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Pours a slightly hazy dark golden with a small, off-white head leaving some laces. Fresh grapefruit notes in the nose. Medium-bodied with a light, underlying malt sweetness, but otherwise completely dominated by a distinct grapefruitish bitterness. A bit soapy. A fresh west coast IPA but also solidly bitter. 050807

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Cloudy amber, creamy head. Rich lychee aroma. Quite dry with clean rounded mouthfeel,. Highly carbonated, making the body seem more spritzy than firm, but it also dilutes the hop aromatics. Still the malt character is negligible, as this beer is all about the grapefruity hops. Long very bitter finish.

At Lost Abbey and Pizza Port Carlsbad. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Peach fruity and light orange fruity hops aroma. Dry hoppy and mild caramel malty for base flavour. Fruity hoppy and light spiced flavour with a solid bitterness following. Ends dry and fruity hoppy, light burn in the far finish.

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ home.
[ Courtesy of Secret Santa ]. Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange, orange shell, moderate pine. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081223]

Bottled (from Cracked Kettle). Slightly hazy golden colour with mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is very much sweet fruity and flowery hops along with some slight grassyness as well as earthyness. Flavour is quite much the same. While fridgecold the beer still hides the alcohol, but as it warms up the alcohol begins to show it’s signs of being there. Quite solid.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Complex aroma dominated by caramel, hops and pine needles. Flavour of caramel, hops and pine needles. Hoppy finish.

Date: 12/03/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Strong Ale Fest

clear dark amber, fine off white head, big sweet piney aroma, well balanced sweet carmel malt flavor with plenty of hops, nice bitter finish, a fine double IPA
-------- /> Date: 12/01/2006
Mode: cask
Words: pizza port carlsbad

dense white head, tons of lace, nice sweet citrus aroma, creamy body, great creamy hop flavor, well balanced bitterness, so much better on cask with the hop edge trimmed back,
-------- /> Date: 12/03/2006
Mode: draft
Source: San Clemente brewpub

the bitter edge is back when on draft,
-------- /> Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.4 to 3.7

no bitter edge in the bottle, nice caramel malt sweetness,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **4