Riptide
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch

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From:
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
82
Avg:
3.55 | pDev: 10.7%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
26
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 23, 2015
Added:
Nov 06, 2007
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Reviewed by Nugganooch from California

3.48/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On Tap at Pizza Port Bressi Ranch – full pint
11/08/2014

A: Caramel amber body with just a smidge of murk to it. Kind of looks like a jar of honey would. Nice foamy sea wash topper that holds fairly steady. Tracked lines of stick run down the glass as I make my way through the drink.

S: Smells is a bit on the bready malt side with a doughy likeness. A touch floral with wafts of dank weed and some hints of orange in there. Not all that pungent or exciting but still nice.

T: Tastes pretty clean; as in not much bitter resin coming through. More on the malty side with a soft bread like quality. I get some floral hops mixed in with orange jam and grapefruit and a final note of dank herbs. Smooth and clean with no alcohol to report. Kind of just okay for me and not up to par with your pick of Pizza Ports IPA offerings.

M: Light to moderate with a nice frothy texture. Has a light filling nature from the maltiness. Again very clean here with a nice drying lift at the finish.

D: For a Pizza Port IPA this is pretty lackluster. For a Wet Hopped Pizza Port IPA this a bit of a disappointment. Not that it’s bad, actually this is quite sessionable, but more on the malty side where the hops just don’t really pop for me. Seems like they had to cut costs here unfortunately. One shall stick to the Plant To Pint if looking for some better freshies.
Apr 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by double2chin from California

Dec 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by jwswigs from California

Oct 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by More_betterness from California

Oct 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Jenray from Texas

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by rhino54 from California

Oct 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by jeiiVP from California

Sep 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Beerbuddy21 from California

Sep 24, 2013
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

3.85/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the Promenade Beer & Wine Festival held in Downtown Long Beach in Long Beach, CA.

Pours a murky honey orange with a foamy white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, and citrus zest aromas. Taste is much the same with earthy citrus zest flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a slightly better hop presence in the aroma.
Sep 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by t0rin0 from California

Dec 11, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by whatname from Pennsylvania

Apr 19, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by Beezee from Illinois

Feb 21, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by CelticAleMan from California

Dec 21, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by nmann08 from Virginia

Nov 18, 2011
 
Rated: 3 by Neffbeer from Pennsylvania

Nov 14, 2011
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Reviewed by AWolfAtTheDoor from Washington

3.87/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had this on tap last weekend.

Clear and yellow/copper. Lacing was a bit of a let down.

Some citrus, grass, etc on the nose. Seems like they threw every hop aroma in the book at this thing.

Shit this beer is hoppy. More citrus and grass dominate the palate. Malt backbone is straining heavily under the weight of this beer. Holds up, but only just. I feel it could have used a little more balance. Not just a palate thrashing.

Beer seemed a bit dry for an IPA. Not that is a bad thing. Perhaps if it were a bit heavier, it would have been too overwhelming?

Overall it's hard to knock a pizza port beer, and a fresh hop beer at that. I have had better fresh hop beers, but this was definitely worth trying. I may even have it again if it's still on tap the next time I go.
Sep 30, 2011
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Reviewed by thagr81us from South Carolina

3.97/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had at Pizza Port San Clemente while on a recent trip to Cali. Served from tap into a shaker. Poured a dark yellow-orange with a minimal white head. Maintained nice lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, citrus hop, and caramel. The flavor was of sweet malt, bitter hop, citrus, caramel, and citrus hop on the followthrough. It had a medium feel on the palate with medium carbonation. Overall this was a pretty nice brew. It was well balanced and had a nice flavor and aroma. Really glad that I got the opportunity to try this one. I would suggest that you do the same.
Jan 12, 2011
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Reviewed by brokensail from California

3.16/5  rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
On-tap at Pizza Port San Clemente

A: The pour is a surprisingly cloudy copper color with a thin layer of off-white head.

S: A lackluster nose is obvious right off the bat. Very minimal hop aroma to the beer and what is there is sort of sweet with a little bit of orange peel, grass, and floral notes. Overall, though, this is mostly bread.

T: Second verse, same as the first. Bready malts with a decent enough bitterness, but no real hop flavor. Again, some citrus peel and maybe a touch of grapefruit and pine.

M: The body is medium with a fairly lively carbonation to it.

D: A true disappointment, especially for a Pizza Port IPA. I can't recommend this one.
Jan 11, 2011
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Reviewed by kwjd from Canada (ON)

3.58/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had this on-tap at Pizza Port in San Clemente. This was labelled as a fresh hop pale ale on the board next to the bar. Pours a dark orange colour with a thin layer of white head that doesn't really dissipate at all. Some mild lacing on the glass. Smells of fresh citrus hops with a small amount of caramel malt. Just a small amount of bitterness. A nice enough fresh hopped beer, though not one of the better ones in California.
Nov 30, 2010
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Reviewed by jampics2 from Ohio

3.39/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Fat Heads. This was one of two beers I missed out on during the Festival of the Hop event during Cleveland Beer Week and I was thrilled to see they put the rest of the barrel on tap a few weeks later.

The beer is relatively clear and is a copper color with some hints of gold and even some orange/red around the edges when held up to the November sun. There's a very nice head that sticks around and provides great lace. This is off to a great start based on the appearance.

Looks like I spoke, or wrote, too soon. Where are the hops? What happened here? This is more of an English-like toasted malt focused beer and has just hints of hops poking out. Bread and biscuit with just a note of citrus here and there. There are fleeting glimpses of grapefruit and orange, then the malt comes back. Maybe the riptide carried the hops out to sea?

The taste is also just not what I'm looking for in an American IPA, especially one from Port. Don't get me wrong, this is a pleasant enough beer without any real off-flavors, but the toasted and sweet caramel malt dominate the taste as well. There's some citrus hops that mainfest in the forms of grapefruit and orange. This just lacks any bitter punch, where's the SoCal/West-Coast/SanDiego Style love?

The aftertaste is watery when the malt stops, probably because there's no real lingering hoppiness. The body is light to medium without any resiny or sticky notes, probably because of the lack of green matter in the mix. The carbonation is low but that could be the tap system here, I've had a few issues with beers like this loosing their gusto. A drinkable beer that just falls short of my expectations from a Port American IPA. Certainly the least flavorful of the 8-10 Port IPA's and DIPA's that were sent to Ohio this year.
Nov 19, 2010
Riptide from Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 26 ratings