Mongo | Port Brewing
Brewed by:
Port Brewing
California, United States
portbrewing.com
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by OlieIPA on 01-11-2010
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Ratings: 2,196 | Reviews: 616
4.21/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.63/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.84/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper colored with an inch of dense, creamy dishwater white. Moderate lacing. I'm getting pine to citrus along with a touch of light malt aroma. I'm getting a touch of citrus, pine, and honey flavor. The mouth is lightly sticky and chewy.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper colored with an inch of dense, creamy dishwater white. Moderate lacing. I'm getting pine to citrus along with a touch of light malt aroma. I'm getting a touch of citrus, pine, and honey flavor. The mouth is lightly sticky and chewy.
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4.34/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Top to bottom a great beer. Looks the part, then introduces tropical phrasing to the bitterness that coils up the nose. Taste begins with candy tangerine but morphs into a slight pine before fading into a resiny aftertaste. Availability denotes "year round", seriously? This thing can be had any time? West coast wins again!
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Top to bottom a great beer. Looks the part, then introduces tropical phrasing to the bitterness that coils up the nose. Taste begins with candy tangerine but morphs into a slight pine before fading into a resiny aftertaste. Availability denotes "year round", seriously? This thing can be had any time? West coast wins again!
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4.24/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.65/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.06/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a 12 oz tulipish glass Game of Thrones glass and best before August 20 Pours a very attractive orange, with a very nice 2 finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of streaks of thin lace behind.
Smell is apricot, mango, guava, pine resin, and grapefruit.
Taste follows kind of tropical upfront, before it assaults your entire palate with ripe grapefruit.
Mouthfeel is pretty large, plenty of carbonation, maybe a touch dry, almost sticky on the tongue from all the fresh hops, and assaults the palate, but for a hops junky like myself goes down very easy.
Overall this is old school West Coast, but has some nice tropical notes that really add a lot. Thanks @jzeilinger for excellent DIPA.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a 12 oz tulipish glass Game of Thrones glass and best before August 20 Pours a very attractive orange, with a very nice 2 finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of streaks of thin lace behind.
Smell is apricot, mango, guava, pine resin, and grapefruit.
Taste follows kind of tropical upfront, before it assaults your entire palate with ripe grapefruit.
Mouthfeel is pretty large, plenty of carbonation, maybe a touch dry, almost sticky on the tongue from all the fresh hops, and assaults the palate, but for a hops junky like myself goes down very easy.
Overall this is old school West Coast, but has some nice tropical notes that really add a lot. Thanks @jzeilinger for excellent DIPA.
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4.08/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
pours golden with a thick head
smell is fruity and sweet, nothing special
taste is very bitter, finishes bitter and dry. leaves a lingering bitterness. body is somewhat thin. sharp taste yet is still a good beer.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
pours golden with a thick head
smell is fruity and sweet, nothing special
taste is very bitter, finishes bitter and dry. leaves a lingering bitterness. body is somewhat thin. sharp taste yet is still a good beer.
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4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.65/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.31/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours clear deep orange color with thick soapy white head.
Aroma - Lots of tropical fruit mango, orange, pineapple and pine. Slight malt presence as well.
Taste - Excellent balance of mango, orange and grapefruit along with super pine bitterness. Just a touch of sweet malts at the end.
Feel - Medium bodied well carbonated nice bite and slightly dry.
Overall - A great DIPA, very balanced flavors and the alcohol is well hidden.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours clear deep orange color with thick soapy white head.
Aroma - Lots of tropical fruit mango, orange, pineapple and pine. Slight malt presence as well.
Taste - Excellent balance of mango, orange and grapefruit along with super pine bitterness. Just a touch of sweet malts at the end.
Feel - Medium bodied well carbonated nice bite and slightly dry.
Overall - A great DIPA, very balanced flavors and the alcohol is well hidden.
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Mongo from Port Brewing
Beer rating:
91.4% out of
100 with
2,196 ratings
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A - Pours a clear amber with a two finger creamy off white head. Tons of soapy lacing.
S - Aroma is mango, papaya, tangerine and piney hops.
T - The taste is tangerine, mango, pineapple, caramel malts and piney hops. The finish has a lingering bitterness.
M - Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish.
O - A solid DIPA with a nice mix of tropical fruit and piney hops.
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