High Tide Fresh Hop IPA
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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Brewed only once each year to coincide with the Hop Harvest in Yakima Washington, High Tide IPA is made with 180 lbs of Fresh Hops per batch that are plucked from the vines and sent straight to our brewery. We skip the whole drying and processing stage which means the hops are ultra fresh and full of flavors we can’t normally get. Like grapes, Hops are only harvested one time each year and as such, we make what we can when we get them.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: burnt auburn/copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big citrusy hops then some piney and floral hops in the middle with some clean malts underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to blend to a nice West coast styled bittersweet taste; mild finish of the citrusy hops with the piney hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, hop assertiveness with plenty of smoothness on the tongue
Overall: nicely done West coast styled IPA I'd be willing to come back to.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: burnt auburn/copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big citrusy hops then some piney and floral hops in the middle with some clean malts underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to blend to a nice West coast styled bittersweet taste; mild finish of the citrusy hops with the piney hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, hop assertiveness with plenty of smoothness on the tongue
Overall: nicely done West coast styled IPA I'd be willing to come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2026
at 20:30
8/10
U. aasta vana, aga jätkuvalt täitsa mõnus, mõru ja humalane, kuiv, männine. Hea.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2023
at 23:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 04 Apr 2021
at 14:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Super fresh grapefruit and touch of lemon zest. Pours golden with decent head and lacing. Bitter end. Good malt backbone. Tap at Confessional
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2020
at 15:14
7/10
Lci... Bonedry bitter hopped beer.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2020
at 09:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from FlacoAlto, thanks! Orange blonde color. Melon and pineapple in the aroma. Initial malt and fruit (melon, citrus, pineapple) coincide well with a firm grassy and flowery hopbitterness. Melon in the aftertaste, with some oily hops. Very well balanced mix of fruit and hops. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 16:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham (this version says Simcoe and Amarillo hops). Appearance is murky, pale yellow with tons of white, pulpy floaties, light sparkle, finger-width, fizzy white head with fair retention and light, leggy lacing. Aroma is moderate herb, light pine and fruit; spicy. Taste is herbal, lightly fruity, and a spicy bitterness (like rye). Palate is light bodied with smooth, thin texture, average carbonation with the aforementioned spicy bitterness, and finish as taste. Overall, fruitiness not coming through as strongly as the herbal, spicy qualities, which would have made this even better, but still good.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2018
at 23:14
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 05 Sep 2018
at 12:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tip Tap House, Boston tap: pours clear gold. Aroma is pine and citrus. Taste is bitter pine and citrus, with some candy. Not really my scene no more. Fine though.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2018
at 06:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Nice IPA, now brewed with Simcoe and Amarillo (not Centennial). Lots of dank and pine notes on top of mild hints of peach and grapefruit, underlined by a grassy, grain-and-biscuit tinged malt base. Finishes with a strong, clingy bitterness, resinous and stubborn, black pepper and pine cones mixing with toast, caramel, and black pepper. Pours a mostly clear gold with a sizable white head and moderate lacing. Peach, lemon, pine, and weed in the aroma. Oily, well-carbonated feel rocks. Good--if tame--fresh hop IPA, but drinkable as hell.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2017
at 20:13