Port City Brewing Company Ways & Means

Ways & Means

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Speciality Grain Regular
Score
6.91
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 55 Ticks: 25
Ways & Means is a session IPA brewed with rye and just the right amount of Citra and Centennial hops for pleasing bitterness. It boasts complex aromatics of citrus and tropical fruits, finishing with the typical clean, refreshing character for which our beers are known for.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught in del ray. Clear coppery pour white head. Spicy floral bite, similar taste. Character it has it.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:29


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

9-25-21 Brewery

Tried on 25 Sep 2021 at 19:17


4.5

Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2019 at 12:26


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ The Shnoodlepip, London. [ As Port City Ways & Means ].Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light caramel, light grain - oat, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, pale malt, fruity hops, light caramel, light grain - oat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160810] 7-3-6-3-12

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2018 at 10:36


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 355 ml, courtesy of and shared with IHC. Pours hazy golden, white head. Sediment floaters. Citrus aroma, malty, light to moderate hoppiness in aroma. Bit harsh bitter finish. Light to medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2017 at 12:07


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Pours hazy golden orange, large white head, creamy and show to dissipate, nice lacing. Aroma of rye, lemon peel, a bit grassy, tangerine. Flavors is light sweet, light bitter, lemony, citrus, a bit of rye spice. Light plus body, soft mouthfeel. Good. I seem to be rating everything a 3.7 today...

Tried from Draft on 21 Mar 2017 at 17:11


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle > stemless wine glass. Date stamp is present but unreadable so who knows? A: Pours hazy medium orange with very small, quickly falling head. S: Spicy scent of pine and citrus zest T: Peppery rye bite with strong citrus pith ending zesty. M: Feels heavy for its strength with average to low carbonation and a sticky finish. O: Pretty good but not as distinctive as I expected. Of course it could just be old but didn’t wow me. Worth a try but probably not repeat buys.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2017 at 17:18


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 5 at cropredy 2016... Copper.. Thin white lacing... Soft dry herbal orange fruit nose.. Dry bitter herbal fruit

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2016 at 23:55


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared @ ChrisO after GBBF Day 2. Clear yellow golden color, average sized off-white head. Aroma is lightly malts, some grains, lightly hops. Taste malts, some grains, lightly hops, quite bitter, malt bitter and hop bitter combined. Decent body, medium carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 15:23


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 fl.oz bottle. Pours slightly hazy dark golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of mild bitter hops, citrus, zest. Taste of fruity mild bitter hops, citrus and zest.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 15:22