The Hop Concept

Microbrewery in San Marcos, California, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Owned by Port Brewing Company

Established in 2014

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155 Mata Way, Ste 104, San Marcos, CA, 92069, United States

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7/10
Grassy and sweet upfront, bitter hop back.
Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2018 at 20:42

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Herbal hop aroma - Malt body to support a herbal hop flavour that has bitterness - The herbal hops goes into the finish with bitterness - This was good
Tried on 06 Jul 2018 at 17:18

8.1/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 9/20/2018. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good sized pine, citrus rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 8.5%. Overall this is an awesome DIPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; despite the aggressively bitter/resinous/drying finish. This is definitely for pine forest lovers only! 5 Classic C hops(Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Comet, CTZ); plus Mosaic, Eureka, and Simcoe. Extremely dank, vibrant, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; nice malty backbone, with minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, loved the hop profile as expected.
Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2018 at 23:45

8/10 β€” Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Slightly unclear orange color, full sized quite dense white to off-white head that lasts for a long time and leaves fair lacing. Aroma is indeed quite dank, resinous, piney. Taste malts, dank resinous and piney hoppiness, loads of hop bitterness, medium to firm bitterness in general. If you dislike bitter IPA's, don't buy this one. But I like it!
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2018 at 13:49

7/10
Very floral and great nose.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2018 at 17:00

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On draft at Devils Slide Tap House in Pacifica. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aroma of melon and pineapple. Bitter flavors of citrus zest.
Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2018 at 01:18

6/10
Tried on 07 Feb 2018 at 19:38

7/10
Lots of tropical flavors, tart hop upfront, sweet and piney.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2018 at 20:34

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle. Unclear orange color with an off white head. Aroma is heavy dank / weed. One of the most dank aromas I can recall actually. There's some grapefruit and other tropical notes underneath. Drinks fruity and a little bitter. Pretty good dank IPA. I don't think I'd have named Tropical and Juicy though.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2017 at 14:06

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; light amber pour with a thin white head aroma has light pine biscuit, creamy malts, pineapple ok stuff
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2017 at 15:38