Pizza Port 547 Haight

Brewed by Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Style: American Strong Ale
Carlsbad, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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A: A solid looking pour to this one: a deep, dark amber color with plenty of red with a thin off-white head. S: A solid hop aroma to the nose with plenty of citrus and pine. Even with the hops, the toffee, caramel, and toasted malt are pronounced, yet somehow remain at the back. T: Like the nose, there are some nice sweet malty qualities to the flavor (as you would expect from a red). Also like the nose, the hops really are the star of the beer providing plenty of grapefruit and a bitter and piney finish. M: A medium to full bodied ale with a light carbonation. D: I didn’t even realize this was 10% until I looked up the beer on here. Very well hidden ABV and a delicious beer all around.

On tap at PP Carlsbad: Pours a transparent deep copper amber with a stringy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of fresh resiny grapefruity hoppiness and some lightly sweet caramel with a touch of light fruits. Starts with good fullness and a rich crisp caramely maltiness with good fresh juicy hoppiness and some sweet candy notes before a drier, slightly warming bittersweet finish. A nice imperial red ale.

GABF 09. Pours a mostly clear deep amber with a sticky off white head- ok lace. Aroma is grapefruit hops, citrus, pine and sharp dark caramel- not overbearing though. Moderate sweet flavor with the hops coming through over the malt- piney, sappy, green and a bit grassy with some orange peel and resinous grapefruit. Finish is tacky and bitter but in a good way.

(Draught) Pours a deep amber body with a medium cream head. Aroma of citrus, herbs, grass, pine, and caramel. Flavor of caramel malt, herbs, toffee, grapefruit, and grass with a dry, bitter finish.

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad a couple months ago. Pours a clear dark red with a light tan head that laces nicely. Aroma is sweet and malty, toasty biscuits and some pine. Flavor is very malty with some stewed fruits, a strong bitterness. Full bodied, resinous, moderate carbonation.

Had a sample at the brewery. Pours reddish/copper with a fluffy white head. Nice clean refreshing aroma of piney hops and sweet malts, but not cloyingly. Taste is the same.

On tap at Toronado 22nd anniversary. This reddish brown ale poured with a decent tan head and a malty aroma. The flavor is roasted malt with some coffee, spice and hop bitterness. It’s very well put together. After having a couple other good brews, a pint of this one pretty well did me in for the night.

UPDATED: AUG 19, 2011 Tap from Carlsbad. Huge floral aroma. Big crisp flavor balanced out by a malty texture and hints of toffee and caramel. I could have had a few of these but didn’t because I was driving. This reminded me alot of the Ballast Point Tongue Buckler. Awesome beer. Re rated on 8/19/11 my original rating was aug of 09 and I rated 4.2, I’m now rating as a 4.6. This is so deliciously incredible. It’s the best of a huge red beer with a double IPA texture, crazy good smooth robust texture and finish. I already filled my growlers with beer for my wife otherwise I’d get one of this! Killer beer!!

On tap at Carlsbad. Pours with a tan head and an amber body. Aroma of a salad of hops, and citrus all over. Taste is hops, caramel, earth/dirt and grain. Light bubbles, and hides the alcohol really well. Great stuff.

Draft @ Ørsted Ølbar, Copenhagen. Pours a dark ruby color with a longlasting creamy off-white head. Has a malty hoppy pine needles and grapefruit aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor with some hints of pine needles. Has a dry malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish with a long bitter aftertaste.