Mongo IPA
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States πΊπΈ
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.60
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Enjoy this Mongo-sized wave of hop goodness, from our brewers to you.
Our flagship Double IPA, Mongo harnesses the flavor of Columbus, Cascade, Centennial, and Simcoe hops. Massive resinous aroma leads to citrus notes with a piney bitterness on the finish.
Hops
COLUMBUS, CASCADE, CENTENNIAL, SIMCOE
Original Gravity
1.08
ABV
8%
Our flagship Double IPA, Mongo harnesses the flavor of Columbus, Cascade, Centennial, and Simcoe hops. Massive resinous aroma leads to citrus notes with a piney bitterness on the finish.
Hops
COLUMBUS, CASCADE, CENTENNIAL, SIMCOE
Original Gravity
1.08
ABV
8%
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden pour, not super clear but not hazy either. Nosehas good hoppy base, resiny and fruity, some mango and passion fruit juice there. Tastes decently hoppy, well-hopped and loaded with tropical fruits at the same time. Feels good full-bodied but not heavy, great balance. Lingering bitterness, again fruity and well balanced. Enjoying this, well executed DIPA that satisfies my hop tooth.
Tried
on 19 May 2018
at 13:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beergium. Clear golden beer with good white and cloudy head. Aroma has exotic fruits, malts, sweet and wood. Taste has same elements; exotic fruits, sweet malts, wood and herbs. Quite much bitter. Full body, some alcohol exists. Not so fresh anymore.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2018
at 18:35
8/10
Tried
on 12 Dec 2017
at 17:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Toranado, 22nd November 17. Pours light and clear, aroma is fruit and citrus peel. Taste is bitter pith, clean, pine, drinks way below the ABV. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2017
at 22:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours a nice amber from a can. I'm picking up some tropical fruit notes, pine, soap and cilantro. For 8.5% it's rather thin, kind of refreshing at first that there's no sweet malt backbone pillowing the whole thing up, but then you realize it's there for a reason. Too soapy bitter for my taste. Okay beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2017
at 19:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 11/26/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, bread dough, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, bread dough, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, passion fruit, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, honey, bread dough, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is a fantastic DIPA! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink, despite the aggressively bitter/resinous/drying finish. Very bright and dank Columbus, Centennial, Cascade, and Simcoe hops; with a solid bready malt backbone, and no residual sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on West coast style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2017
at 07:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from can freshest by 10/31/2017 clear golden with a thin white head nice lacing. Can says double ipa Aromas of caramel malt citrus and resinous pine. Taste is sweet malt light citrus and a lingering west coast bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2017
at 17:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can from Craftissimo at home before Iceland. Worried it's not in best condition. Slightly hazy orange-copper pour with dense fine froth head. Aroma smells relatively fresh - mango and pine with cereal almost pilsner-y malt. Taste is similar - big bitter piney hops but still quite bright without being fruity. Cereal/pilsner malt on the finish. Lasting bitterness with some boozy warmth. Palate is smooth but not heavy. Really nice. Would get again.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2017
at 07:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old-school west coast hop bomb, front-loaded with grainy malt sweetness followed by a IBU-laden resinous finish. Starts with a sweet cereal front, creamy and surprisingly mellow, then grows a citrus-dank middle before growing peppery and bitter on the back end. Mild grapefruit and weed from the hops, but this pintβs primarily about the pinecone finish, clingy and herbal yet still tethered to the initial sweetness. Gorgeous pour, clear gold with a lasting white head and moderate lace. Aromaβs a wonderful mix of dank, pine, and pale malts. Good boisterous texture, not too soft but lively enough to help move along the closing bitterness. Tasty.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 22:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body to support a fruity hop flavour that ash a good bitterness - The bitterness from fruity hops goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 11:00