Carlsbad Raceway
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch

Carlsbad RacewayCarlsbad Raceway
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From:
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 6.42%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
61
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 03, 2022
Added:
Nov 10, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  3
Raceway is our flagship IPA at Carlsbad. This beer is light in color and is high in hop flavor with a boost of grapefruit, citrus, pine and tropical fruit and a very, very fine finish.

Hops: Citra, Chinook, Centennial, Amarillo
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Rated: 4.06 by Spaceman_Jer from Colorado

Mar 03, 2022
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Reviewed by RyanK252 from California

4/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours golden yellow with a frothy eggshell white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.

S: Classic citrus and pine, a bit of tropical and stone fruit, crackery malt, and a touch of sweetness.

T: Zesty citrus, grapefruit, lemon, and a touch of tangerine. some pine, light underlying tropical and stone fruit, mango, peach, apricot, floral notes, crackery malt, and just a touch of sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.

O: Rock solid West Coast IPA.
Apr 06, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by SDRedDevil from California

Oct 21, 2018
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Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia

4/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Half pint in pint glass at Pizza Port Carlsbad.

Almost glassy yellow beer with a tight white head. The lacing is impressive as it leaves more a coat than patches.

Re-dankulous hops emanate from the glass in shades of weed, tangerine, Meyer lemon, red grapefruit, pineapple, and cucumber.

I’m going in! I find dank hops that drip with orange oil, grapefruit, pine, and maybe some other resin. There’s an inner sweetness and saltine pale malt flavor, but in the end it’s as dry and rough as your skin on a windy frigid day.

It races across the palate, it’s bubbles as hooves, kicking at your tastebuds. Medium bodied beer that’s rough with carbonation, bitterness, and dryness.

Port has another winning West Coast IPA that packs a vibrant punch. The San Diego area truly is a Mecca of craft beer because places like Port have experience putting beers like this together from top to bottom.
Dec 06, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Gobzilla from California

Aug 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by Its_Dipset_Eyy from California

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.01 by Drew_V_dt from California

Mar 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Dominic_Decoco from New Jersey

Feb 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by nmann08 from Virginia

Feb 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by XmnwildX12 from Minnesota

Sep 09, 2015
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Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California

3.95/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Type: Draft
Glass: 16-oz. pint glass
From: Alpine Beer Company Pub in Alpine, Calif.
Price: $6
Purchased: July 26, 2015
Consumed: July 26, 2015
Misc.: N/A

Poured a honey, pale, clear color with two fingers of off white, frothy head. Very good layered foamy lacing on the sides of the glass. Very good retention. (Sight - 4.25)

Good smelling of nectarine, tangerine, Citra, tropical blossom, peach juice, caramel and Mosaic. (Smell - 4.25)

Taste wasn’t as good as the nose, but good. Got nectarine, bitter orange rind, caramel, gritty mango, tropical pulp, peach, Citra and I think Amarillo. (Taste - 3.75)

Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish. (Feel - 3.75)

This was a very good IPA. I changed a few of my ratings around a bit, but I’m happy with this final version. (Overall - 4.00)

3.95 | 89 | B+
Aug 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by brycevolk from Ohio

Aug 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by JSuperman from California

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by terpinsd from California

Jun 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.39 by captainbearcat from Illinois

May 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.36 by Jamison85 from Indiana

Apr 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.21 by ipaxensen from Maryland

Apr 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.07 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Feb 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by sjmad23 from California

Jan 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by SoCalBeerIdiot from California

Dec 03, 2014
Carlsbad Raceway from Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 61 ratings