Port Brewing Hop 15

I ordered a glass of Port Brewing Hop 15 while at Brewhouse Grille in Camp Hill. The beer pours a cloudy golden color with a thin bubbly white head. The aroma consists of orange, lemon, tangerine, sweet caramel, and toffee, which is very prevalent. The taste is overly bitter and amazing with tangerine, orange, and ruby red grapefruit citrus flavors. Pine and spruce provide a nice spice while hints of caramel and toffee barely peek through the hops but provide a nice base. The mouth feel is oily and resiny as this beer delivers a major hop punch. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. This beer was so delicious and bitter, it will satisfy any hop head out there. While the faint of heart (tongue?) need not try this beer, if you love hop I recommend you try this beer.

Port Brewing Midnight Expression Lager

My buddy Matt brought over a bottle of Port Brewing Midnight Expression Lager to share with me. The beer pours a black color with a bubbly beige colored head. The aroma consists of toasted malts, caramel, a hint of chocolate, and has a nice smokiness to it. The taste is smooth and robust with a smoked flavor resonating throughout the beer.The finish has a dryness to it, but it sweetened with caramel. Overall the beer is easy drinking with a great toasted flavor. The alcohol content is 5.0% ABV. This was a well done lager with a great amount of smoked flavor, making it dry yet very tasty.

Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA

My fiancee picked up two bottles of Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA from Al’s of Hampden for me. The beer pours a golden color with some orange accents and a very lofty and frothy white head that leaves plenty of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of orange, pine, tangerine, lemon, sugar, and a hint of caramel. The taste is bitter but very fresh tasting with tangerine, orange, and lemon bringing a citrus punch at first before an oily and dry finish comes out to play. This finish is very bitter, and the after taste leaves some caramel behind to linger. The alcohol content is 6.5% ABV. If you are a fan of bitter hops that leave some oily resin behind on the tongue, this is the beer for you. It has great bittering components, but just enough citrus and caramel to balance it out.

Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper Bourbon Barrel Aged

My friend Brad brought over a bottle of Port Brewing Santa’s Little Helper Bourbon Barrel Aged to share. The beer pours a black color with red hues and a bubbly tan head. The aroma consists of light chocolate, sweet candied cherry, vanilla, bourbon, and oak. The taste is smooth and chocolaty with thick and creamy mouth feel, but not as heavy as other Imperial Stouts. Some bourbon warmth comes through and it has a dry finish with oak. More bourbon and toasted malts comes out in the after taste and leaves behind a vanilla sweetness. The alcohol content is 12% ABV. I was quite impressed with the ease of drinking of this beer despite it alcohol content and being aged in bourbon barrels. It was lighter and creamier on the tongue than most imperial stouts, which made this glass disappear faster than I would have liked.

Port Brewing 5th Anniversary

I stopped in to Al’s of Hampden to meet up with NoVA_Beer, and I ordered a glass of Port Brewing 5th Anniversary on cask. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy white head. The aroma consists of pine, lemon, tangerine, and grapefruit. The taste is bitter at first with a citrus explosion of tangerine, orange, grapefruit, and lemon that follows. The finish brings out a caramel sweetness and the after taste is peppery and dry. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. The 5th Anniversary offering from Port was an excellent West Coast imperial IPA and I will definitely order this beer again if I see it on draft. There was so much citrus flavor contained in one glass that it was almost a delicacy, but it was also plenty bitter to balance thing out on the tongue.

Port Brewing Mongo

I stopped in to Al’s of Hampden and decided to order a glass of Port Brewing Mongo. The beer pours an orange-tinted golden color with a thin filmy white head. The aroma consists of tangerine, grapefruit, orange, and lemon. The taste is bitter and citrusy with lots of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, pine, and spruce. The finish is orange, candy-like, and sweet, but very satisfying. The alcohol content is 8.5% ABV. This was a wonderful beer and that was very bitter but sweetens up nicely on the finish. If you love citrus flavors, especially those that come from fresh West Coast hops, this is the beer for you.

Port Brewing Old Viscosity

As part of my girlfriend's Christmas gift of a beer of the month club, I received a bottle of Port Brewing Old Viscosity. The beer pours a black color with some red hues and a lofty, foamy off-white head. The aroma consists of chocolate, cream, oak, coffee, and molasses. The taste is smooth and silky with a good chocolate base, toasted malts, coffee, and a good oak accent. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. The hefty dry chocolate flavor balanced with coffee and toasted malts makes a wonderful blend and yet a nicely smooth drinking beer.

Port Brewing-Pizza Port Older Viscosity

One of the beers I ordered at TJ's 7th Anniversary party was the collaboration from Port Brewing and Pizza Port called Older Viscosity. The beer pours a black color with a thin tan head. The aroma is full of bourbon with some chocolate nibs and cocoa. The taste is in your face and upfront with bourbon before smoothing and sweetening to a wonderful and delicate chocolate flavor. There is a light toasted malt accent with some coffee and and toffee. The alcohol content is 12.0% ABV. The beer had such warming qualities, both in the cheeks and the throat, that it is one of the perfect winter beers to drink. The chocolate flavor in it is immaculate and the bourbon just completes the package.

Port Brewing Shark Attack Double Red Ale

Another beer I ordered at Teresa's Next Door Cafe was the Port Brewing Shark Attack Double Red Ale. The beer pours a caramel color with a foamy white head. The aroma consists of grapefruit and sugar and is very sweet on the nostrils. The taste is sweet and sugary with grapefruit and a nice helping of caramel. There are orange and tangerine undertones and a dry and warming finish. The alcohol content is 9.0% ABV. Wow, what an amazing beer that I really enjoyed. I believe this was my first exposure to a double red ale, and I was thoroughly impressed.

Port Brewing 4th Anniversary Double IPA

While at Teresa's Next Door Cafe, I ordered a glass of the Port Brewing Company 4th Anniversary Double IPA. The beer pours a golden color with a foamy and lacy cream head. The aroma is full of citrus with lemon and grapefruit and some light pine accents. The taste has a good caramel base with grapefruit and lemon. There is a pepper and pine hop finish that bites hard on the back of the mouth. The after taste is dry and and very bitter, which is not recommended for someone who does not like a lot of hops. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. While I really enjoyed drinking this beer with dinner, the very bitter after taste that accompanies this beer would make it difficult to drink several in one sitting. One was plenty for me, but I enjoyed the citrus and pine flavorings.

Port Brewing Wipe Out IPA

I stopped into Al's of Hampden for lunch prior to Harrisburg Brewer's Fest and with my pizza I ordered a glass of Port Brewing Wipe Out IPA. The beer pours a cloudy golden color with a bubbly white head. The aroma consists of lemon and caramel. The taste is mostly lemon and pepper with a fairly bitter bite. However, the beer has a surprising and noteworthy caramel balance. The alcohol content is 7% ABV. This was a very solid IPA and was extremely well balanced. The beer didn't leave your tongue bitter, as it only lingered it for a short time. The bitterness was replaced with a sweet caramel taste which was very satisfying.