Pizza Port Shark Attack Triple Red Ale

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

Nice clear, ruby/copper color liquid. Two-fingers of fluffy, light tan foam. Retention is very good. Lacing creates a sticky ring, all the way around the glass. Piney, floral hops hit me hard. Light hint of caramel malts. That’s about all that I get. A kiss of sweet malts, which is then pummeled by a fist of citrus hop flavor. Bitter, bitter hop flavor. No sir, I don’t like it. Way too far out of balance, for me. Strong medium body, with a nice amount of creaminess. Good carbonation level. If you’re a hophead, it deserves a shot. If not, stay away. It’s not for me.

22oz. bottle as Double Red Ale. Pungent, hoppy and sweet aroma, full of toffee, citrus and pine with lighter notes of alcohol, fresh flowers, pineapple, grapefruit, honey and toast. Deep, dark red-amber color, cloudy, with a very fine, lasting, ivory head and spectacular lacing. Flavor is predominantly hoppy and nicely bitter throughout, strongly spicy and piney, countered by a deeply toasted, caramel malt sweetness and background tropical fruit, red apple skin and some lingering earthy, herbal tones. Active but very fine effervescence, with a lightly oily, creamy texture and a nicely full body. Satisfying and tasty.

pored a deep red amber, with nice foam that lasts , nose is hoppy, sweet malts and a touch of booze. flavor is heaven nice hop bite on the front but sweet malts are the belly of the beast. a smooth alcohol warming finishes it off nicely.

Bombre compliments of Le Master DrBayern (Thanks Matt), poured a lovely dark amber hue, nice craggley foamy head, aroma of malts dominate with hops coming in. Flavour was the same, malty hop character.

A: Poured a deep, dark red color, with some haziness throughout. Head is small and off-white. Some fair lacing left while drinking. S: Some malt coming through with a whiff of caramel, but the alcohol wins the contest here... not too strong, but it’s definitely there and in your face. T: BUT, this beer tastes much smoother than I ever would have expected from the smell. There’s some bitterness to the flavor, but the beer finishes quite sweet and malty, with a little alcohol-warmth as well. Very interesting, and great for sipping. M: Medium-bodied and very creamy, with soft carbonation. D: Sure, you couldn’t pound these back all night... but it’s a great beer to share a 22 oz bottle with someone and slowly enjoy.

16th May 2008. Deep red-brown ale. Hops dominant from the start to the finish. There is a malt counterattack but it’s quite week! Finishes slightly bitter.

Bottle @ pre-GBBF shindig, August 2009. This beer attracted sharply divided opinions. The critics found it over-sweet, over-hopped, crude and unbalanced. I can understand those sentiments. It is outrageously bittersweet with an overblown, exaggerated hop presence. However, sometimes I just feel in the mood for one of those bold and brassy hop bombs and this was one of those occasions. So, for me, this was simply lovely hoppy stuff.

Hazy light brown body with a tall, lasting, light tan head. Fruity malt aroma with lots of caramel. There’s a firm hop bitterness that doesn’t show up in the aroma. The flavor is almost too bitter. Full bodied, smooth.