 slimchill (788), Austin, Texas, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Apr 9, 2008 Bottle (as Double Red). Pours cloudy brown-orange with no head. Sweet fruit nose, almost artificially fruity. Smells thick and sticky. Opens sweet with a huge hop bitterness, unbalanced with no real body or carbonation to break up the intensity of the flavor. Quite boring and unnecessarily over-the-top.
elnadeau (786), Laguna Niguel, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 10, 2005 Taster at Stone 9th Anniversary Festival. Misty brown-amber with a nice foamy head, aroma is sweet with mucho hops. A decent amount of residual sweetness, piney hops and astringent bitterness finish. A very good strong ale, appropriate for the day.
Hank1980 (779), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 1, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark amber red, small beige head. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit, hops, and something a little burnt. Taste is similar with heay caramel, fruit accent, and bitter finish. Nice double red. Body is full and smooth. Overall, a solid brew.
jstraw (778), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 27, 2008 Muddy red-amber with fair, creamy, beige head / Strong, malty, hoppy nose / Full bodied, grainy and sweet, malty and hoppy, with long, dry finish / Flavors of caramel, brown sugar, and dry pine with chocolate and citrus notes / A triple ipa.
hapjydeuce (775), Del Mar, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 9, 2008 Updated: Mar 16, 200822 oz recently bottled version. Port Brewing Shark Attack Double Red Ale. Kind of a lackluster appearance on the pour. Looks really syrupy, minimal carbonation and no head. Deep amber-brown color. Aroma is loads of caramel malts and grassy hops. Some citrus notes, nutmeg and toasted biscuit. Tongue-wrecking flavor with lots of hops bitterness and a mildly hot alcohol finish. Long lasting butterscotch and resiny hops on each sip. Pretty damn good, but it doesn’t seem fresh out of the bottle.
curly (770), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 2, 2009 Dark hazy brown/red with a frothy tan head that leaves lace. Aroma is a combination of pine, alcohol, honey, cherry, excellent. Taste is very rich with pine, molasses, plum and roast. Very well balanced with sweet and heavy hops. Finishes with a dry bitter crisp. Perfectly balanced.
thenick (746), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle purchased @ Pizza Port, Solana Beach. This has to be one of the most interesting things I’ve ever tasted. Pours a very deep red with a small and quickly-dissipating white head. The aroma is heavy malt with hop notes detectable as well. Taste is vinious, with detectable malt and dark fruit with a hop finish. What an interesting, interesting beer....and a wonderful beer.
arrogantb (734), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 5, 2009 I decided to track this down because I am really digging this style lately thanks to Yulesmith, Dead by Dawn, Gordon, and Red Devil. The color is no surprise, reddish-amber with almost no head. The intiial aromas are of pine needles, not cones, serious hops. There is a slight caramel aroma as well. The taste is a blast of green, leafy hops that I enjoy. I cannot seem to find the malt backbone to this beer, just blistering hops. There is some astringency in the mouthfeel that needles the palate. Overall, a nice flavor and aroma but a sipper due to the ABV/mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 03-19-2008 03:42:46
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