The Hop Concept

Microbrewery in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
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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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can on Thanksgiving. Aroma is pine and melon. Mostly clear light gold with solid white head that retains and has nice lacing. Flavor is melon, tropical fruit and slight pine.

Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2021 at 23:13


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample is a clear orange, sudsy white head.  Nose is old school c hops, soap, pine, grapefruit.  Flavors same with malt and honey.  Off dry, bitter with some bite.  Old school.  7 3 7 3 13
Earlier Rating: 6/11/2015 Total Score: 3.9
On tap at Park Burger in RiNo pours a clear gold with some creamy, one finger head. Nose has orange peel, some grapefruit too, grassy, dank, some onion patch, perhaps a little apricot. Flavor follows with a bit more tropical fruit, some guava, some mango, orange, pine, soap. Full bodied, sticky finish.

Tried from Draft on 15 Nov 2021 at 21:26


8

Old skool resinous west coast dipa

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2021 at 23:33


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

I am tired and thirsty... Smell- weak, fruits, hops, lactose?, sweet. Foam- thin, hops, citrus, faint fruits, grapefruit. Head is quite large, yellow-white color. Sticks. Appearance- somewhat simple label, there is some pattern before writing and even if it is unique for every beer not worth giving a bonus. Hazy yellow, orange color, medium carbonation. From - pint Price - 6 euros Taste - fruity, sweet, hops, bitterness, citrus, resin, maybe burned sugar, sticky and more hops. Sweet-bitter mix bit weird and sticky feeling feels even like it wants to give a hop burn but does not so far. Edit - hop burn definitely persists at the end... lowering the score.

Tried on 07 Aug 2021 at 16:21


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Glasbanken. Hazy yellow with a white head. Citrus, some pineapple, tangerine and notes of resin. Kind of mild and easy to drink.

Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2021 at 08:14


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

light medium golden color. Lots of carbonation. Frothy white head. Lime, lycheee, grapefruit . Dry super bitter, light body, crackery malt.

Tried on 28 Jul 2021 at 03:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Golden-amber beer with a whitish head. Light grapefruit and summer fruit aroma. Summer fruit and grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and light tropical fruit linger with grapefruit.

Tried from Can on 26 May 2021 at 17:37


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample during the Orange You Glad to CA Wave of IPAs? tasting on 05/22/2021. Slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium thick frothy white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Partial rings of lace. Herbal hops, citrus and malt aroma. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, citrus and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a resiny hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried on 24 May 2021 at 19:35


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Just random grab, can said best by few weeks back but still tasty. Clearish golden small frothybhead. Nose is ripe fruit and light pine. Tastes of cantaloupe, honey dew, pine, bubblegum, herbal. Crisp.

Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2021 at 02:05


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Can. Pours clear golden yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, mango. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Unfiltered? This is a pretty good old school west coast imo. 5,7,8,5,14

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2021 at 02:18