Ways & Means
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
6.92
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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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7.1/10
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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
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
9-25-21 Brewery
Tried
on 25 Sep 2021
at 19:17
4.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2019
at 12:26
6.3/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
6.2/10
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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
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Total Wine. Pours a hazy orange with an inch of beige head. Aroma is lemon peel, floral hops, rye. Flavor is citrus peel, heavy rye, pepper. Really not bad - has a lot of flavor in the back end which so many session IPAs lack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2016
at 17:41
5.8/10
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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
7/10
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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