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
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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.
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.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle (vintage 2022). Black with small tan head. Dry, a bit oaky, some feint bourbon, mild candi sugar, dark fruits, and chocolate malt. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 07:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is full of oak, with lots of caramel malt, brown sugar, and bready malt. Flavour is dry and oaky, with intense oak, dry caramel malt, and bready malt. Definitely not one of the trendier takes on the style, which I appreciate. Dry, oaky and nicely malty. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 07:01
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2023
at 02:55
7/10
Tried
on 03 Jul 2023
at 21:53
02/10/2019. BEERCRAFT OF BATH, 3 Argyle Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England
Tried
on 29 Jun 2023
at 07:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can shared at the Columbus tasting 22/06/2023. Thanks to LKS. A dark black brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is soy, dark black malts, boozy dried fruits, chestnut, oily. Flavour is thick, oily, dark black malts, soy, liquorice, treacle. Palate is oily, no condition, aged.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2023
at 18:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can 47,3 cl. Pours clear golden with a solid and lacing, white head. Biscuity nose with a piney touch. Medium body, a dry fruitiness and a very soft mouthfeel. Solid finishing bitterness. Traditional West Coast. 150623
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2023
at 15:53
6.5/10
Tried
on 14 Jun 2023
at 20:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.473 l can from 'De Bierliefhebber', fresh before April 2023, so a little overdue. Slightly hazy, greenish yellow with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Slightly sweetish, quite fruity-floral, gently grassy aroma of lemon peel, gooseberry, pineapple and some fresh grass. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, rather fruity-floral and quite grassy taste of lemon peel, gooseberry, pineapple, grains and some fresh grass, followed by a short, gently bitter, moderately dry finish. Medium body, very smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Lovely Pils, very aromatic, nicely smooth as well. Good, and definitely not past its prime.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2023
at 18:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Church, pours a clear blonde with a medium white head. Aroma has a nice grassy, pot-like hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour is bright and bitter, with piney hops, grass, straw, and some unfermented wort. Bright, bitter and crisp. Nothing remarkable in terms of hop expression, but it's competently brewed. Solid enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2023
at 22:05