High Tide Fresh Hop IPA - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

Shiredave

New York

4.47/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Smuggled into NY from PA, I'm not sure how fresh this bottle was - lots of belgianesque trub in the bottom.

It pours a bright but hazy golden amber color with a brilliant white head - sparse but persistant to the very end leaving sheets of lace trailing behind. Floculant yeasties and such stay suspended in the liquid tho slow, steady carbonation is still visable.

Aroma is not a blast of hoppy pine and citrus but a mellow mix of soft vanilla notes and freshly squeezed orange juice. Not in your face but clean and welcoming. Smells a bit like a creamsicle.

The flavor is lush malt up front followed by strong, fresh grassy hop flavors. This tastes like there were generous mid-boil hop additions and the wet hop flavor really comes through. The soft malt character takes a back seat to the hops ( of course) but keeps its presence known by speaking up with bready flavors and more hints of vanilla.

The body is on the light side of medium - mouth filling but not at all heavy on the tongue.

Overall, one of the more drinkable and hoppy flavored IPA's I've had. Very session-able and I would guess even better when truly fresh and closer to home.
Outstanding.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2009 15:42:02 | More by Shiredave

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4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

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New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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4/5  rDev -2%

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4/5  rDev -2%

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4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

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logicerror

California

3.5/5  rDev -14.2%

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Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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California

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

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apf

Utah

4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

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Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

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California

4/5  rDev -2%

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Arizona

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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California

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

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Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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New York

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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Illinois

4/5  rDev -2%

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Minnesota

3/5  rDev -26.5%

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Minnesota

4/5  rDev -2%

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Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

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Serving type: bottle

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New York

4/5  rDev -2%

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Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%

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California

3.5/5  rDev -14.2%

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4.25/5  rDev +4.2%

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