Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is Port Brewing Company Anniversary
Ale.
From the Port Brewing Company website:” A
massively hopped strong pale ale brewed to celebrate our anniversary each year.
Anniversary Ale is light gold to pale orange in color and offers a potent aroma
of fresh pine and citrus with some warming alcohols present. The taste is a
thick, chewy hop presence only barely contained by balancing malts. The finish
is pure hop expression with a moderate warming alcohol sensation.”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours a cloudy orange with a thick white head
and sticky lacing.
Aroma: Big pine and citrus hop presence. Malts are in the background and can barely
keep up with the hops.
Taste: Sweet malts and big hop flavor – citrus up front and
a nice malt backbone. A little boozy,
but what I expected with high ABV.
Overall: Smooth, big and tasty, Port Brewing Company’s
Anniversary Ale is a really well done double IPA and one that I’ll try to pick
up as soon after they’ve bottled as possible. I completely enjoyed this beer,
but I wonder how much better it would have been from the brewery or within
weeks of bottling. I felt the 10% ABV on
this one.
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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