Port Brewing Company Hop 15

Hop 15

 

Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Triple Summer Out of Production
Score
7.81
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 182 Ticks: 174
First brewed in 2002 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Pizza Port in Solana Beach, Hop 15 was imagined and designed by Tomme Arthur and Jeff Bagby. It was to be a celebration of 15 years of "Good Beer Brings Good Cheer." So there are 15 different hop varieties that are added to the beer every 15 minutes. Over the years.
 

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6/10
Tried on 07 Feb 2019 at 14:01

9/10
Backlog --- Beer merged from original tick of Hop-15 Ale (2017) on 01 Sep 2018 at 15:46 - Score: 9. Original review text: Backlog
Tried on 01 Sep 2018 at 15:45

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
1 Pint Can
Hazy coppery color, creamy off-white head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma has notes of resin hops, light caramel, orange peel and grapefruit. Flaavor with a strong bitterness, light caramelish, good maltiness, pine notes. Strong bitterness in the final, resins. Dense mouthfeel.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2018 at 16:14

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can. pours unclear, warm blonde to amber. Small but stable white head. Smell is intense, piney, woody, bit grassy, strong malty backbone ( white bread, toast doesn't show ) clean fermentation profile. mild alcohol aroma. Taste is intense, piny, very woody hops. Strong malty backbone. no toast, regardless the color, more like a thick breadyness. Medium thick MF, mild alcohol notes. High on resins. Very assertive bitterness. Strong flavor intensity ! Carbonation is to the lower side of medium, which is great for this kinda beer. Presumably not extremely fresh, since it had to be imported to Belgium, but the beer is still damn good, given the high malty base.
Tried from Can on 01 Dec 2017 at 06:30

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
0,5 boks fra Kihoskh, delt med skibsrederen ombord på Fridtjofen mens vi lager oppskrift: lett uklar dyp gylden med særdeles tett og fint skum som varer forbi siste dråpe. Og opp fra dette skumket stiger en kompleks og vidunderlig humlearoma - furunål/granskudd, krydder, citrus, engelsk appelsinmarmelade og karamell. Den rike smaken følger opp dette inntrykket. Uanstrengt bitterhet i den lange og gode ettersmaken. Big and beautiful.
Tried on 20 Nov 2017 at 13:09

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Can shared with JMD on board Fridtjofen 20.11.17. Slightly hazy dark golden. Dense, foamy and persistent off-white head and lacing. Superb aroma and taste of American hops, marmalade, citrus, mango, papaya and lychee. Solid and fruity bitterness is lingering on.
Tried from Can on 20 Nov 2017 at 13:07

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7
From Feb 2008

I got this in a trade with Fishdawg71. Thanks Geoff!

It pours an amber gold with a small and fast receding head of foam. Some lacing.

The smell is hoppy with notes of grapefruit and pine. If I sniff hard enough, some caramel malt is also there.

The taste is of grapefruit and pine up front with some caramel malt peeking in as well as notes of bread. This one has a thick mouthfeel too it and I'm liking it. The carbonation is light and it finishes with both sweet malt and bitter hops to make some pretty good balance. There are other fruity flavours mid palate that I can't really identify but they're nice. The alcohol is fairly well hidden...not as well hidden as I would have liked, though.

All in all, I'm pretty fond of this DIPA and would drink it again.
Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2017 at 08:12

6/10
Solidnie nachmielone, glownie zywica, nieco tropikalne, ciut syropowe... nieco miodowo utlenione, alko ladnie schowane, takie WC. Najs, 3.4
Tried at Powiśle on 30 Oct 2017 at 19:49

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can shared@Himmeriget, Copenhagen - golden amber coloured pour with white head. Sweet fruity and malty with some great citrus fruity hits, sweet caramel malty backbone, punchy hoppy action, hoppy medium bitter into the finish.
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2017 at 03:14

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours a dark amber from a bottle. Big pine and citrus aroma, similar flavor layered lovingly over a malt mattress. Pretty good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2017 at 22:14