Pseudo IPA - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

gregshead

California

4.55/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

On tap 6/19/11 at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Reviewed from notes:

A: Slightly hazy with a finger and half of head. Good head retention with a layer of head that remains after dissipation.

S: Crisp grapefruit and a little bit of pine in the background. Some lighter malt in the background but the nose is dominated by the hops.

T: Bitter from front to end. The pine astringency is fantastic. Backed with just enough of a caramel malt that keeps this one from tasting like burning pine tree. The end of this one is very dry. The dry pine after taste continues to linger.

M: carb level and lightness of this beer make it feel top notch in my mouth.

O: This beer wins over and over with every sip. There is no wonder why it won at GABF last year. I wish this beer was at one of the closer pizza port locations. Hopefully they bottle this one.

Serving type: on-tap

08-20-2011 23:05:47 | More by gregshead

spycow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

05-19-2013 03:45:33 | More by spycow

warnerry

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

05-13-2013 05:37:34 | More by warnerry

Bnoise11

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

05-11-2013 22:48:52 | More by Bnoise11

smithj4

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

03-10-2013 18:28:17 | More by smithj4

UCLABrewN84

California

3.94/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Pizza Port in San Clemente, CA.

Pours a hazy gold with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, and citrus zest. Taste is much the same with a herbal hop flavor on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer that is tasty and easy to drink.

Serving type: on-tap

03-05-2013 18:39:05 | More by UCLABrewN84

miadw3

California

4.75/5  rDev +7.5%

01-10-2013 04:17:57 | More by miadw3

westcoastbeerlvr

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

01-09-2013 21:27:36 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

t0rin0

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

12-11-2012 01:57:08 | More by t0rin0

GMoney

California

5/5  rDev +13.1%

06-14-2012 23:21:18 | More by GMoney

millerbuffoon

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

05-11-2012 04:34:30 | More by millerbuffoon

John11486

California

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

02-16-2012 23:41:00 | More by John11486

Mverbeck21

California

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

02-06-2012 02:38:40 | More by Mverbeck21

mrbubbler

California

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

01-23-2012 00:50:22 | More by mrbubbler

whartontallboy

New York

4.5/5  rDev +1.8%

01-04-2012 13:26:04 | More by whartontallboy

DanOquendo

Illinois

5/5  rDev +13.1%

12-17-2011 02:51:59 | More by DanOquendo

rhino54

California

5/5  rDev +13.1%

11-27-2011 18:24:37 | More by rhino54

emaciated

California

4.25/5  rDev -3.8%

11-17-2011 05:12:28 | More by emaciated

jlb502

California

5/5  rDev +13.1%

11-15-2011 03:46:43 | More by jlb502

Auracom

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

On-tap at Pizza Port San Clemente on November 6th, 2011. Pint glass.

A - Standard IPA golden color. Thin, white, very foamy head. Good retention and lacing. Lots of carbonation kicking up from the sides of the glass. Bodes well-enough.

S - Considerable hop character. Good mix of big pine cones and exotic fruits. Pineapple. Sugar cane. Maybe a bit of caramel.

T - Aligned with the aroma. Hop oils, more lemon, lime, and pineapple mixed with a sugary sweet note. Grapefruit zest, but not hugely tart. Short-medium finish that I didn't find terribly dry.

M - Light-medium body, appropriate carbonation. Nothing stands out here but it's adequate.

D - Regrettably, this was the only brew I had a chance to try on my one visit to the Port. For an IPA, it's very much on the same level as many DIPA's I've tried and satisfied my west-coast craving.

Serving type: on-tap

11-10-2011 04:52:46 | More by Auracom

rtepiak

Poland

4.1/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

on tap at FFF had along side a zombiedust.

pour was a bit clearer then the zombie dust but was quickly realized as the terminal seems to be a bit lower. this in turn doesn't give it a latitude that i like but has the very brisk feel to it. almost boozy separation i would say at one point. note of exotic citrus in the nose along with the well dry hopped fair. nose is a bit nutty malt dry ender like that of chico yeast. pine, pine, pine, more savory palate compared to the nose.

Serving type: on-tap

10-28-2011 01:52:07 | More by rtepiak

emerge077

Illinois

3.95/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

10 oz. draft in a mini-nonic pint at the FFF brewpub.

Saturated orange body, bright clarity, thin layer of stiff offwhite foam on top. Creamy surface texture, some lace, good head retention that lasted for the duration of the glass.

Dried orange and grapefruit peel, zesty and citrusy, some dense caramel malt sweetness behind that, which came through more in the taste.

Big caramel malt again, bready with toffee notes, bitter herbal hop resin, grapefruit peel and pith. Moderately dry and bitter, piney with herbal notes in the aftertaste. Medium bodied and somewhat hefty on the palate. Not bad, and a solid west coast IPA, but it's got nothing on the drinkability/hop potency of Wipeout & Mongo.

Serving type: on-tap

10-23-2011 15:11:00 | More by emerge077

AleWatcher

Illinois

3.95/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at FFF.
(with the number of small Port beers coming here on tap, I won't be surprised to see a collaboration coming sometime soon...)

Served in a half pint nonic.

Orangey golden with some amber hues in there. One finger off-white head leaves huge sheets of lacing and has great retention.

Smells hugely bitter. Giant bitter hops make this smell (and taste) less malty than the color would indicate. The flavor holds the bitterness that the nose implied, but there is a little dry roasty malt character here too. The hops come across as citrusy and spicy with a bite of piney resin in the lingering bitterness. Lots and lots of bitterness.

The body is solid: firm, yet delicate. Just shy of medium, but with ample carbonation to allow for a bubbly and slightly prickly feel. A little oily feel on the lingering bitter finish.

I like it. I like it quite a bit, and the only complaint I could register is that I get a little boozy alcohol in the finish-- it's a dry astringent alcohol note that hurts the overall experience and the flavor rating to a small degree.

Serving type: on-tap

09-27-2011 18:29:05 | More by AleWatcher

womencantsail

California

4.1/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On-tap at Pizza Port San Clemente

A: This beer is amber in color with about a finger of white head.

S: A nice sweet citrus aroma up front with plenty of pineapple and other tropical fruits. There is just a bit of caramel along with some bread. Strong pine notes on the back end.

T: Somewhat surprisingly, there is sweet toffee up front. But, that is quickly replaced by tropical fruits and pungent grapefruit (and other citrus notes). Overall, sweet fruits are prevalent and there is a mild pine bitterness.

M: Medium in both body and carbonation.

O: Very easy to put down a couple glasses of this stuff. One of Pizza Port SC's better beers.

Serving type: on-tap

09-26-2011 05:53:21 | More by womencantsail

jdense

Oregon

4.43/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Backed up the on-tap experience with two growlers for CBI Craft Beer tasting, $22 each, procured at Pizza Port San Clemente, 8.12.11 tasted the next day.

Not much difference from the on-tap review (see below) but opening the growler produced an olfactory experience few beers can match, a truly great smelling beer. Great citrus, tropical and and some piney notes, balanced by fairly light and dry malt profile. Taste mirrors nose. Medium mouthfeel with good effervescence, better than the on-tap version. One of the world's best IPAs at this ABV range, the two growlers were gone in 15 minutes!

Serving type: growler

08-19-2011 02:32:05 | More by jdense