5th Anniversary - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

facundoCNB

New Jersey

3.88/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

lacing, head, lacing!! this is insane! thick sticky resinous lacing, an opaque orange pour.. smells of pine, grapefruit, honey, grass, caramel. citrus bitterness up front followed by a charred bitterness, hint of spicy bitterness as well. a very well hidden sweet malty backbone is there as well.. damn this is bitter!!
medium body, slight carbonation, creamy and sticky on the lips. feel a bit of alcohol warmth as well.

overall this is an awesomely bitter hop bomb. a bit of a slap in the face with the ridiculous amounts of lacing caused from the resinous hops. love it!

Serving type: bottle

07-12-2012 19:19:05 | More by facundoCNB

jaxon53

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-17-2013 08:30:13 | More by jaxon53

Bnoise11

California

4.75/5  rDev +17%

06-14-2013 02:22:03 | More by Bnoise11

Beerswag

California

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-14-2013 01:39:40 | More by Beerswag

rawfish

California

4.21/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours a tawny gold, hazy and doesn't form alot of head yet manages to leave an attractive ring of lacing behind. Retention is basically none since there was no head to begin with.

Hops dominate but beneath lies a steady honey dipped grain and caramel malt backbone. Tropical hops of mangoes, papaya, sweet pineapple with some stock pine and red citrus. Floral yet very sweet with a tinge of alcohol.

Ample malt comes in with a tight bready and honey profile some sweetening molasses and caramel sneak in before a blast of citrus and piney hops, the aftertaste is a very pungent pine that balances the sweetness of the malt and alcohol barely detectable on the back end as the beer dries with a big pine note.

Average body weighed down by the yeast. Moderate and appropriate carbonation, the sweetness hides the alcohol and the hops balance nicely. Dries well.

Really good DIPA to satisfy the hop fix. A bit heavy and dank for the summer but made for San Diego where the May and June months are kept under a cloud and temperatures moderate. Tropical and robust come to mind with this brew.

Like Port's Mongo but it hides it's alcohol better. The sweetness might be overwhelming for some but drunk chilled, it balances out the hops in an ideal manner. Fruity and tropical aroma that translates somewhat into the taste. Overall a great DIPA and one to revisit annually.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 02:39:40 | More by rawfish

RaulMondesi

California

4.26/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Oooo dat a smooth sucker. Yeah buddy. Ending the night with this bad boi cuz Raul just knows how. Smoother than Aishwarya Rai after getting threaded, Raul is done into the silky smoothness of this lil thang. Purring like a Panther, Raul wants to dig his claws into more.

Beautiful like a poltergeist, Raul says,"boo!"

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 05:13:35 | More by RaulMondesi

mcdonald422

California

4.75/5  rDev +17%

05-31-2013 18:48:40 | More by mcdonald422

SnowFlowMfg

California

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

05-31-2013 17:58:03 | More by SnowFlowMfg

BeerBeast

California

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

05-28-2013 06:36:32 | More by BeerBeast

Birdlegs

Washington

4/5  rDev -1.5%

05-27-2013 06:28:57 | More by Birdlegs

evanforbeer

California

4.36/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottled date 4/26/13
Pours a very murky golden orange

Smell: sweet, mangos, brown sugar, candied malt

Taste: hop assault. Juicy orangey citrus, some pine and subtle tropical fruit, sweet malt with burnt sugar, finishes deliciously piney with grapefruit, and mango

Feel: medium-full bodied with bite, mellow carbonation, drinkable

Love it. The beer that slaughtered my palate and immediately converted me to hopsy glory years ago.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 03:22:45 | More by evanforbeer

twenty5

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.5%

05-15-2013 17:01:57 | More by twenty5

jvillefan

California

4.15/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A: A hazy pale almost orange yellow body with a two finger off white head.

S: Very potent aroma. Pine, floral, bitter, and grapefruit notes dominate the nose. There is some caramel there but this one is all hops.

T: This is a hop bomb. Intense bitterness with citrus, grapefruit, and pine flavors. Again, there is some caramel trying to come forward but the hops overpower everything else. Very (and probably intentionally) unbalanced.

M: Nice heavy body with sharp carbonation.

O: I f you like unbalanced hop bombs this is one you will enjoy, if not I would avoid.

Serving type: on-tap

05-12-2013 19:42:18 | More by jvillefan

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

05-04-2013 20:14:47 | More by Kelp

popery

California

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

02-27-2013 03:03:54 | More by popery

calcnerd

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

02-02-2013 01:57:47 | More by calcnerd

TrickkyGangsta

Florida

5/5  rDev +23.2%

01-01-2013 23:30:32 | More by TrickkyGangsta

Vbloise

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

12-25-2012 22:31:44 | More by Vbloise

djre4orm

Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +17%

12-11-2012 21:57:37 | More by djre4orm

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev -1.5%

12-11-2012 03:00:00 | More by t0rin0

sendbeer

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

12-09-2012 19:35:06 | More by sendbeer

Dank26

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.5%

11-09-2012 08:40:58 | More by Dank26

baklo

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

11-08-2012 11:47:05 | More by baklo

beerthulhu

New Jersey

4.3/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: Murky autumn orange color shows an impressive 3 finger pitted foam ivory monster atop that sits oh so stubbonly. Good sign of micro-effervesce within. Thick clarity, chunky loads of foam stick well to the vessel walls as the head slowly retreats leaving a standing towering centerpiece.

S: Sticky pine and grapefruit wit a moderate to good level of awareness. A hint of dry pineapple is thrown in.

T: The flavor is huge and sticky of resinous hop oils and grapefruit and pine. Small warming of alcohol combines with the dry hops of citrus. High rate of bitterness, good level of flavor, sticky, thick hop bomb that still maintains a good level of balance between bitterness and flavor. Warm oranges, warm dry pineapple rounds things out in the huge sticky hop soup.

M: The mouthful is sticky and thick, loads of resinous hop oils and malts combine with the alcohol to give this a good glow. Slighting this to good is injustice.

O: Overall the abv goes to 10.0 here, the hops go spinal tap to 11. A worthy anniversary hop bomb that is huge and sticky, bitter and delightful.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 22:48:44 | More by beerthulhu

marshmeli

New York

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

09-28-2012 02:12:25 | More by marshmeli