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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Church, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, bready malt and a hint of toasted caramel. Flavour is dry and fairly bitter, with bready malt, light resins, and generic bitterness. The hops are felt via the bitterness, but they're not all that fragrant or flavourful. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2023
at 22:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at The Church, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of dank, pot-like hops and biscuity malt. Flavour has a ridiculous amount of pot-like hops… that's insane. This is pure liquid pot. Needs better balance and a more dynamic range of flavours.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2023
at 21:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Church, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of toasted nuts, dried caramel, dark fruits and a little cocoa. Flavour is bold yet dry, with lots of leather, plenty of hops, cocoa, and toasted nuts. The body seems like it might be missing a little something, with a pronounced hoppiness. Finishes on notes of cocoa, leather and gentle dark dried fruit. Good but a little underwhelming.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2023
at 21:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Church, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out an army of pumpkin spices, gentle tartness, and an odd funk. Flavour is better than it smells, with lots of bugs, pumpkin spices, pumpkin pur�e, and some oak. Funky, spicy and lightly sweet. Somehow it's cohesive, but it's really not my thing. Decent experiment.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2023
at 21:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 16fl.oz. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰
[ As Port Brewing High Tide ].
ABV: 6.2%. Clear medium yellow colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, hops, old citrus, fruity hops, citrus marmalade, matured citrus. Initial flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, citrus, hops bitter, pale malt, fruity malt, medium dry to dry, matured citrus, overriped citrus, citrus fruit, citrus - grapefruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20230405]
7-3-8-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2023
at 20:14
7/10
Tried
on 05 Apr 2023
at 13:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Black, lots of fluffy light brown head. Smells heavy roasty, dark coffee. Body isn't thick, but nicely soft, bit heavy finish. Taste is heavy on the roast, nicely bitter, loads of coffee, dark chocolate. Vanilla got lost with the ages, but no matter. Yum!
Tried
from Can
from AceDrinks
on 19 Jan 2023
at 23:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
US pint on tap in Sessions West Coast Deli during Happy Hour on 12th January 2023. Hazy golden pour, smooth white head of foam. Citrusy front, back and sides to this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2023
at 01:26
7/10
Tried
on 12 Jan 2023
at 16:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black beer with a tan head. Chocolate and light coffee aroma with toffee. Caramel and chocolate flavor with coffee and light nuttiness. Medium bodied. caramel and coffee linger with chocolate and light nuttiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2022
at 17:35