Port Brewing Company

Microbrewery in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey - Out of business

Established in 2006

Out of business

Contact
155 Mata Way, Ste 104, San Marcos, CA, 92069, United States
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Subsidiaries
Port Brewing Company owns 3 breweries:
Description
Established in 2006, with a 3 vessel 30 bbl brewery originally capable of making over 5,000 bbls (now upwards of 15,000 bbls) of beer each year, the new brewing company set about shaking up the craft brewing world with two distinct beer lines: the aggressive San Diego / West Coast styles under the Port Brewing label, and a Belgian-inspired series carrying the “Lost Abbey” name.

Today Port Brewing continues at the vanguard of craft brewing, ranked as one of the top 10 new breweries in the nation by both industry experts and enthusiasts alike, driven in large part by its extraordinary Lost Abbey beers and a library of 1000+ plus oak bourbon, brandy, sherry, and wine barrels that comprise one of the most remarkable barrel-aging programs for a craft brewery of any size.

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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Pita Kabob in Visalia. Really great and maybe the best batch that I can remember. Complex and tasty.

Tried on 26 Nov 2025 at 21:20


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 2015: Poured a dark black with a light brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, tobacco, light fall off in the finish. Probably would have been better fresher.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2025 at 22:51


8

Purple wax, 13.5% abv. Magus, mõru, kergelt hapukas, oksüdeerunud, šokolaad, röst, alks. Hea.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2025 at 18:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

(Bottle) Hazy dark reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dried fruit, dates, fruit cake, treacle toffee, apricots marmalade, nuts, chocolate and orange peel. Malty, slightly vinous taste with dates, dried fruit, bread, treacle toffee, caramel, apricot marmalade, nuts, chocolate, orange peel and a mild spicy bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, sweet. Clean and well balanced, hides the alcohol quite well. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2025 at 21:04


7

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:49


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Cloudy, very dark amber. Really nice, off-white head. Aroma is a malty, fruit cake smell. Taste is sweet up front and bitter after taste with hints of caramel and dried fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:34


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at the Church by Lost Abbey, I think this is the correct entry point, given the ownership, pours an amber beer. It’s a proper resinous, bitter, pithy west coast

Tried from Draft on 19 Mar 2025 at 08:25


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Can shared at work at a blind tasting. Deeper golden pour, lacing white head. Nose is floral hops, honey and pine. Taste is nicely balanced between bitter and sweet, showing honey, grains, floral and grassy, slightly citric hops. Closes with a long lasting finish, has a light body and soft to average carbo.

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 11:58


8

RB score 3.88

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 02:53


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Impressive aroma of citric hops, pine, and a lovely sweet caramely maltiness. The balance in this beer is really something else. There is a slight soapy pine finish, with a bitterness that just doesnt let go. The alcohol is imcredibly hidden, what a great beer!

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:21