6th Anniversary Double IPA - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

OTB

California

4.5/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poor Port Brewing. They have been getting slammed lately for everything from big ugly floaties to poor carbonation levels to bottle dating to....you name it. I love Port Mongo. One of the best DIPA on the market year in and year out. After the Hop 15 debacle I started to wonder if there were issues. So today when I grabbed one of these Anniversary Ales off the shelf at my local WF I did wonder if there were issues that hadn't been resolved.

Apparently the issues are being resolved. This brew pours a gorgeous hazy orange. The head is thick, at least two fingers worth of sticky dense cap that leaves insane sticky curtains of lace as I drink down.The nose is ripe mango,tangerine, and red grapefruit, fantastic nose. The Flavors are in tandem with the nose, huge resinous grapefruit, oranges, mango and apricots with just the right touch of sweet maltiness on the back end to keep the huge hop profile in check. The 10% abv is scarily tucked away no where to be found, proceed with caution.

The mouth is insanely gripping, bitter hops, pine resin, dry but worthy of that next sip, so good.

Bravo Port, faith restored. This is a damn good DIPA, PERIOD !

Serving type: bottle

06-05-2012 00:59:08 | More by OTB

saeh

France

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%

05-19-2013 12:58:41 | More by saeh

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +0.3%

05-12-2013 17:56:24 | More by mikeburd1128

cgentzkow

California

4.5/5  rDev +12.8%

05-10-2013 19:49:19 | More by cgentzkow

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -6%

05-09-2013 02:26:52 | More by pcsnyder

macrosmatic

Florida

3.79/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Reviewed from notes. Poured from bomber into a Cigar City pint glass.

A: Orangish copper, quite hazy, and has some floaters amidst the modest carbonation. Forms a half-finger creamy white head.

S: Bready sweet malts, orange citrus, grassy and flowery hops.

T: Bitter grapefruit hops, sweet caramelized bready malts, some booziness, and some sweet flavor I can't quite place.

M: Heavy-bodied, carbonation on the low side, and the alcohol is quite noticeable but not obnoxious.

O: I'm torn about this one. A friend brought this one over and we decided to drink it, but it's now a year old. I suspect it held up fairly well given the ABV, but the hoppiness has fallen out some, I'm sure. As it is, a fairly forgettable DIPA. No particular faults, but the barleywine aspects have come to the forefront.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:38:11 | More by macrosmatic

taospowder

New Mexico

4.5/5  rDev +12.8%

04-22-2013 05:16:42 | More by taospowder

WoodBrew

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Whilst at 2Bros Tap Room I split a bottle of Port Brewering's 6th Anniversary IPA with a good friend. The beer pours a cloudy copperish amber color with thin slightly off-white head that did not lace all that much. The scent was mostly malt with subtle backdrop of pine and citrus hops. The taste was a big power of bitter hops with strong malt background the pine and citrus come true. With every double monster IPA at 10% ABV the malt base generally dictates the taste of the beer. The mouthfeel was full body with subtle carbonation. Overall it was a good DIPA, but certainly not teh best I have had.

The beer was bottled in May-2012.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 01:36:19 | More by WoodBrew

southdenverhoo

Colorado

4.46/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

5/16/12 bottle I bought about a couple months ago at Grapevine Liquors in Denver, marked down from $8.99 to $5.99. "Great but fading fast now," said the main beer dude (Chris?). One of the things I like about this shop is they mark down big hoppy beers as they get older. Consumer sentiment is so in the nature of "gotta drink this within minutes of release or don't bother" that I guess he has no choice...

Anyhow I forgot I had it and so another couple months of alleged decline occurred before I noticed it in the back of the fridge last night and said "What the hell?"

Ratings are as noted, I'll just say that although the hop aroma may be a little muted the hop flavor is still big and piney with a little citrus lurking in the background; that the bready malt is right where I'd like it to be, present but not by any means "in balance" with the big hops, even after all this time, the alcohol at 10% is unnoticeable (in a blind tasting I'd probably have estimated it at about 7-7.5%) and that I'd drink all of this I could get at $5.99 a bottle if he still has any, which I don't believe he does.

A LOT of yeast settled to the bottom, ended up in my third pour (I use a little 25 cl Delirium Tremens taster glass on bombers and 750s, works out to 3 glasses each), no biggie to a homebrewer like me

Ten month old DIPAs, if marked down like this, may be my new thing.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 14:59:42 | More by southdenverhoo

ste5venla

California

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%

03-24-2013 22:42:42 | More by ste5venla

ESeab

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%

03-13-2013 20:33:04 | More by ESeab

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -12.3%

02-25-2013 11:50:32 | More by Thorpe429

Mattias

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -6%

02-06-2013 20:25:20 | More by Mattias

cestlavie

Yukon (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +12.8%

02-04-2013 21:48:19 | More by cestlavie

Oakenator

Pennsylvania

4.46/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a cloudy golden yellow - looks hearty. Easily two fingers of head at pour - creamy - retains the head well - a good layer of head remains on top even after a few minutes of settling. Smells of piney, floral hops and slightly bready. Taste is thick - head remains. Bitter piney hops up front stays strong but yields a slight caramel sweetness towards the back.

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2013 01:29:16 | More by Oakenator

kizyle

Georgia

4/5  rDev +0.3%

01-16-2013 03:21:39 | More by kizyle

rajendra82

Georgia

4.05/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

The orange amber colored body body looked very cloudy, and the head was creamy and craggy, and crowned above the rim of the tulip. The smell was subdued for the style, with a citric floral hop presence hidden under the thick foam. The taste was a good balance of citric and herbal hops and sweet and sticky malt. The beer lacked the in your face bitterness of the really good DIPAs, and instead provided a more laid back session. The body was quite thick for the style, starting approach on the Barleywine levels. This was a good beer, but I liked Mongo better as a DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 06:10:22 | More by rajendra82

fox227

California

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%

01-09-2013 15:06:19 | More by fox227

westcoastbeerlvr

California

4/5  rDev +0.3%

01-08-2013 21:46:06 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

AntLeatherface

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +0.3%

01-08-2013 04:15:53 | More by AntLeatherface

ryser2k

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +0.3%

12-30-2012 21:04:31 | More by ryser2k

Vbloise

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%

12-25-2012 22:31:58 | More by Vbloise

JG-90

New Jersey

4.39/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

220z into glass

A - dull orange color, off white head with heavy lacing down glass, considerable sediment in bottle (bottled on 4/1912) still very fresh though!

S - Hops, citrus, sweet fruit (pineapple), a little bread

T - Awesome IIPA, first sip i got hit with hops, but after drinking some more the other flavors really came out. Tons of hops, citrus and pinnapple, light malt. Huge bitter hops finish which I love. 10% ABV is almost un-tastable

M - Medium-High carbonation with Medium-light body. A little higher carbonation and lighter body than my "ideal" IIPA, but both these are prefect with the flavor profile in this beer.

O - Great beer, very happy that it still tastes so fresh even with the 4/19/12 bottle date. Mouthfeel and taste are more reminiscent of a single IPA, great fruity flavors and light body for a 10% ABV brew.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 17:26:44 | More by JG-90

BeerDawgs

Georgia

4.53/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A 220z bottle bottled on date 5/16/12

A - A cloudy sediment filled bright yellow, with the biggest head I have ever seen! 3 fingers at least, and sticky lace left all over the glass. Perfect looking brew!

S - Huge hop nose! Heavy on the citrus front. But bitter as well. Grapefruit

T - Tasty! A good balance between the citrus and bitter hops. Grapefruit.

M - Medium to full bodied, high carbonation. Smooth

O - As good a west coast DIPA out there. Highly suggest grabbing this one. It is still amazingly fresh, 6 months old

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 03:41:31 | More by BeerDawgs

CondorMcBride

California

4.48/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottled on 5/16/2012, purchased today at Whole Foods in Redondo Beach, CA. Served up cold in a Duvel tulip.

A - Might have shaken it up a bit on the car ride back, but the head is outrageous. At cap level when opened and when poured takes up about 2/5 of my glass. Off white head sits on top of an opaque orange body. No lacing, but splatters of head residue on the glass.

S - You can certainly smell the hops in this one. Oh boy, fruity hop fragrance (citrus, lemon, piney, pineapple).

T - Citrusy hops upfront, malt in the middle, and a little bitter on the finish. Tastes of grapefruit, lemon, pine, mango, peach, and pineapple all surrounding a soft and almost undetectable caramel and milk chocolate undertone. Serious hop bomb, I'm burping up hop gas every couple sips.

M - Dry with good/moderate carbonation.

O - Pleasantly suprised by the hoppiness despite the 7 month age. I'm really glad I tried this one and if you haven't already and have the chance don't hesitate. As far as an in-your-face hoppy beer, this far exceeded my expectations.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2012 00:06:36 | More by CondorMcBride