4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at Three Floyds. Pours a nice looking orange gold with sticky, creamy head. Nose is very fruity and candied. lots of fruity hops. This to me is the best example of a Belgian IPA that I’ve had. It’s not just an IPA brewed with Belgian yeast, it seems to have the same whimsy that you see in a lot of Belgian beers. Notes of candied fruits and a clean bitterness and dry finish. This is a phenomenally inventive beer in my book. Excellent.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Carlsbad. Listed @ 7.5% ABV. Hazy golden with a small creamy off-white head, good retention in the tulip. Lots of tropical fruit hops up front with a hint of pine. There is also some banana yeast. Flavor adds a hint of lemon and some alcohol, though it complements the beer nicely. Dry finish with bitterness @ a 6. Burps spicy bananas and herbal pine, which is good! Not too sweet at all. Medium body, moderate prickly carbonation, and a sheet of lacing is noted down the back of my glass. Very, very good Belgian IPA.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft @Obriens. Light orange with thin white head. Nose is citrus and light fruit, candi sugar, modest hops, Belgian yeast. Flavor is sweet malts and fruits balanced by grassy hops and light yeast flavors, sweet but not cloying finish. Delicious combination of balanced flavors, definitely a well-made hybrid beer style!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at PP Carlsbad.
Pours a golden color with a fluffy white head. Aroma is citrus, hops, Belgian yeasts, coriander. Flavor is banana, coriander, yeasts, citrusy hops. Belgian IPA done right.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Reviewed from notes.
Pours a moderate golden color with a nice white head and some fairly stick lacing. The nose brings together some really nice hops along with a good dose of yeast. Slightly spicy. The taste is hoppy with slight floral characteristics and some earthy yeast. Feel is really nice with bitter and spice combining. Very nice all around and it really seems like Port can do no wrong.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 11-03-2010
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy golden color. Big white head. Yeast, grapefruit, and lemon on the nose. Medium body. Solid Hoppy bitterness and citrus fruit. Good finish. Solid!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
OK, yet another PP Carlsbad beer I’m forced to enter. Looks like I’m the default guy for entering North San Diego beers now. Not sure whether to enter as IPA or belgian style, so I put it under IPA. Banana classic Belgian yeast nose. Lots of fruity hops under the IPA style. Cloudy yellow orange color. Foamy lasting offwhite head. Excellent head retention. Medium grapefruit bitterness. Easy to drink, but a pint is a bit too much for me. Delicious.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
growler/tulip: fresh spice, pine, and bubblegum; nice hoppiness, interesting yeastiness, but little malt personality; smooth, fresh, and tasty; nice and strong spring ale--very good and enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at the Cbad pub. A nice Belgian ipa. I’m not a huge fan of the style, but this one is pretty nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy dark gold with a white head. Nice piney hop and floral aromas. Smooth medium body. Good flavor is west coast hops with earthy yeast, on a lightly sweet pale malt base. Nice ale. Draft@ Pizza Port Carlsbad.
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