Port Brewing 3rd Anniversary

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

Bomber. Hazy orange-amber color, medium white head. Big hop aroma of citrus and some grapefruit, though maltiness is very prevalent. Taste is also very hoppy, lots of citrus fruit. Long bitter finish.

22oz bottle, purchased at Ledgers. Pours a murky, tarnished golden-tan color; murky, off-white head, patchy lacing. Lots of earthiness, citrus, and basic maltiness in the aroma; dulled from age. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of complex malt sugars; earthy hop bitterness, and light amounts of caramel oxidation; old at this point; lightly oxidized, candy sugar, lots of earthienss; hidden alcohol, but far gone. Lengthy finish: sugar, earthy hop bitterness, lasting bitter notes; a touch rough.

Sampled at the Noogfest High Five. Clear amber pour with thin light head. Light and fruity with a bitter finish and some evident alcohol. A little piney. I think the 2nd anniversary was a little better imho

bomber. Poured cloudy golden orange in color with a large fluffy beige head that was long lasting and left great lacing on the glass. Aroma is of sweet fruity american hops. Notes of grapefruit, orange citrus, and caramel malt. Tastes of grapefruit, orange citrus, sweet caramel malt, with a light hint of alcohol in the finish. Not bad.

Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange, apricot, mandarin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090913]

Bottle: The aroma is moderately fruity with some mango and hints of peach. There’s also some light-moderate grapefruit and a hint of cotton candy. It pours a cloudy dull yellowish-orange with a quarter inch yellow tinged head that lasts a minute or so. The flavor starts moderately fruity with mango, cotton candy, and faint peach. The finish has lots of citrus hops that leaves a lot of grapefruit lingering in the aftertaste. It borders on full bodied with mild carbonation and a slightly and syrupy and sticky mouthfeel. A very good IIPA, but the cotton candy flavor and aroma seems a little out of place.

Intense aroma of spices, citrus, orange peel and a musty perfome edge. Taste of citrus hops, grapfruit, spices and raisens or figs. Gogeous orange colour. Coppy orange thick colour very dark almost red like at the base. Extremely hoppy. low in head and mesmerising finish. Medium to full mouth feel in the long term. One to savour after every sip. Swirl round and the smooth edge comes through. Initially incredibly sharp but smooth on the tongue after a good swirl. Very malty and also dry. Alcohol content is warming. Not a session beer. Recommend. Poured from 75cl bottle into a small goblet. Use goblet to expose the flavours. Seek out. Thank you Beer Merchants.com for selling this.

Bottle from Beermerchants.com. Cloudy orange with a yellow-tinted head. Strong citrus hops aroma. Grapefruity hop flavours, good sweet, raisiny malt balance, quite dry, noticeable alcohol. Full body. Delicious.