Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle-pours yellow with a retaining tight offwhite head. Aroma is spice-nutmeg/herbal, bready light malt. Taste is spice-nutmeg/herbal hops, sweet doughy/bready light malt, medium fruit. Soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft at the source. Very dark brown, tan head, delicate lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, salt. Taste is bitter coffee, bitter dark chicolatr, dry finish. Very nice.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Monumental IPA from Port City Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from Norm's, 4/11/12
Aroma: The aroma has light hop notes, orange/citrus, earth, caramel, toffee, and bread
Appearance: Pours a orange-amber color with a thin off-white head and spotty-sheeting lace
Flavor: It is mid-sweet with a bread/biscuit, some light bitterness, some earthy hops, and a bit of tea
Palate: This one has a somewhat light body, with a soft carbonation, a decent feel, and a short duration
Overall Impression: This one is fine enough, but nothing special. For the style I would have liked some more fresh and aromatic hops, but they seemed to be a bit lacking. There's nothing particularly wrong with this one, but there's nothing particularly right about it either.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the brewery. Poured a black color with a creamy light tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, coffee notes. Flavor was roasted malts, coffee, touch of sea salt oyster notes. Creamy, rich mouthfeel. Enjoyable!
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Porter from Port City Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared by Jcwattsrugger. Pours black with brown head. Nose/taste of burnt malts, dusty cocoa, vanilla, lactose and chalky black malt. Medium body.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Tartan Ale from Port City Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Chevy Chase, DC 12oz ($2.50): Pours a brownish colour with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma is butterscotch and malts and dirt. Body is fairly light. Very easy to drink. Nice earthy hop flavor, which is mild but noticeable. Slightly sweet. Very sessionable. A quality brew from them peeps at Port City.
Drake (22934) reviewed Tartan Ale from Port City Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Beer Run. Pours a clear rust color with a medium sized fizzy frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toffee malts, earthy notes and berries. The taste is toffee, toasted malts, earthy notes and a mildly hoppy finish. Medium bodied. Nice.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Tartan Ale from Port City Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Clear amber color, white edge head. Aroma of butterscotch. Taste is sweet and malty butterscotch. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle. Murky copper tan with an odd, patchy head. Kind of a middle of the road East Coast IPA all the way, light enough to be English, but not hoppy and bold enough to be West Coast. Some nice citrus melon tones. Toasty, malty, caramel tones. Pretty well balanced beer, keeps you sipping.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle, 3/15/12
Aroma: The nose has some toast/bread, a little apple, and some hoppy notes
Appearance: Pours a caramel-orange color, with a smallish white head, and floaties in the glass
Flavor: The taste is mid sweet, it is lightly fruity, and has a medium hop bitterness as well
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has average-to-lively carbonation, and a somewhat dry finish
Overall Impression: It was my first one from Port City, as I haven't been down to the DC area in a few months, and I guess their local distribution really started to get going recently. This was a solid APA, and I look forward to trying some more of Port City's offerings.