A Brewtal Yeti Beer Review

Mongo

brewer:

Port Brewing
San Marcos, Ca

style:
Double IPA

ABV:
8.5%

the gf brought this home the other night as a surprise, (did i mention that i have a really, really great girlfriend?:) ). i had never had it out of the bottle before, as it was just released bottled year-round, (replacing one of my all-time favs, Hop-15, a seasonal release now). but Mongo seems like a very worthy replacement. love it on tap, let's see how the bottle does....


appearance: pours golden honey colored. one-finger white head fades quickly. nice and cloudy. looks great in the glass. so far so good. plus, any beer that has a label of a cat surfing a giant tsunami wave gets points in my book.

smell: HOPS! crazy hops. citrus fruit (grapefruit, maybe even some tangerine), with a hint of some resiny pine, but mostly fruit sweetness. the aroma makes me feel like i'm sitting in a beer bar in San Diego county with a sunburn and sand between my toes.

taste: hops upfront, an awesome sweet grapefruit, resiny middle , and a crisp-dry finish. medium bodied. HIGHLY drinkable. big bold flavor, hides alcohol well.

the verdict: this is a quintessential West Coast/San Diego IPA. aggressively hopped, dialed back malt, high drinkabilty, huge flavor. everything you come to expect from a great West Coast DIPA. i don't really notice a difference between the tap and the bottle on this one, Mongo tastes great either way.
overall, a very solid addition to the Port line-up, a worthy successor to Hop-15, and a really nice tribute to Mongo the cat. R.I.P.

i give Mongo: 4 1/2 Yeti's