Presque surpris par la faiblesse des houblons en olfactif, je me rappelle soudain qu’il s’agit d’une pale ale. Les premières notes développent cependant des dérivés des malts Anglais et Allemands comme le pain frais et le grain. Puis, un soupçon de résine de pin apparait enfin et révèle sa présence. D’un visuel doré, tirant sur l’ambré, avec quelques résidus, elle développe une mousse d’épaisseur moyenne, avec une bonne densité, une bonne effervescence, ainsi qu’un maintient assez long. En gustatif, l’effervescence frappe d’abord la langue avec un picotement assidu, laissant la place aux résines de conifère en finale. Les malts Européens lui confèrent une rondeur et un fruité soutenu avec des notes de fruits séchés, de pain frais, en tandem avec les conifères, et avec une petite dose de poivre et de feuille de pissenlit. Une APA goûteuse aux saveurs variées. Très rafraichissante.

Pours cloudy orange with lots of floaties under a sticky, off-white head. The aroma is sweet fresh fruit, Juicy Fruit! The flavor is lightly bitter with some dryness. A bit thin.

$1.80 bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours golden amber with a small frothy head. Smells of light hops and coppery malt. Tastes coppery and hoppy. Bland.

12oz bottle-pours yellow/gold with a retaining offwhite head. Aroma is floral/herbal, 2nd light malt. Taste is floral/herbal hops, 2nd light malt-bready.

Location: 12 oz bottle, 3/15/12

Aroma: The nose has some toast/bread, a little apple, and some hoppy notes
Appearance: Pours a caramel-orange color, with a smallish white head, and floaties in the glass
Flavor: The taste is mid sweet, it is lightly fruity, and has a medium hop bitterness as well
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has average-to-lively carbonation, and a somewhat dry finish
Overall Impression: It was my first one from Port City, as I haven't been down to the DC area in a few months, and I guess their local distribution really started to get going recently. This was a solid APA, and I look forward to trying some more of Port City's offerings.

12oz bottle. Unfiltered hazy orange-tan. Straightforward APA, nice grapefruit bitterness and clean golden malt tones. Somewhere in the medium bodied designation, but ultra-sessionable. A little thin in the finish, but a respectable enough house beer.

Cloudy copper coloured body with an orange tint and a nice (one centimetre) off-white head. Aroma of lemons, curacao, yeast, light malt and a touch of hops in the nose, more of a wit or a american hef smell than an APA. Medium-bodied; Assertive malt and floral tastes with a bit of yeast, some light metal and finally a touch of hops near the end - not much at all though. Aftertaste shows some light floral and herbal hops mixed with a good dose of malt and a little yeast and curacao. Overall, an okay beer, but needs quite a bit more hops and character to be a great beer. Nice to finally sample my first beer from the brewery, but a bit underwhelmed - still nice to have a respectable beer from Virginia again. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 30-July-2011 for US$2.25 sampled at home in Washington on 05-September-2011.

12 ounce bottle from a Wegman’s. Pours a clear copper color with a medium creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral and citrus hops with a bit of mango and a toasted malt finish. The taste is citrus and tropical notes with a bitter finish and caramel malts. Medium bodied. Decently well balanced.

Port City Brewing Co.: Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is very fruity, displaying an array of fruity notes. There are also some hops in there. The taste is a little sweet (from all the fruity flavors) and has a good balance struck with the hop bitterness. Pretty good session beer and a little bit different from your run of the mill APA.

Draft at Paradiso Dupont. Clear yellow color. Aroma of citrus and apple skins. Taste is similar, with a touch of pepper. Nice.