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Pizza Port Solana Beach
- From:
- Pizza Port Solana Beach
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 10.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 07, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
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Reviewed by charlzm from California
3.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Consumed September 11, 2015 at Pizza Port San Clemente.
Clear bright yellow with 1 finger white head. Lacing all the way down to the last sip.
Aroma of pine and melons.
Flavor is slightly sweet with some caramel malt. Piney hop finish. Quite bitter. Some diacetyl.
Parching, astringent and a little hot. Resiny mouthfeel.
Overall: pretty run of the mill DIPA.
Sep 12, 2015Clear bright yellow with 1 finger white head. Lacing all the way down to the last sip.
Aroma of pine and melons.
Flavor is slightly sweet with some caramel malt. Piney hop finish. Quite bitter. Some diacetyl.
Parching, astringent and a little hot. Resiny mouthfeel.
Overall: pretty run of the mill DIPA.
Reviewed by Arbitrator from California
2.8/5 rDev -26.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.8/5 rDev -26.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Chilled growler into a glass, courtesy of Sideswipe. Thanks, John!
A: Pours a dark golden-amber body with a finger of off-white head. Great retention with some lace down the sides. A little dark for the style, but not bad.
S: Oddly enough, melon (think honeydew) and bananas. Really unique hop profile, though I don't understand how you'd get bananas out of hops. The malt profile is simple but very sweet-smelling.
T: Surprisingly syrupy; it's not caramelly, but there is a noticeable residual sweetness that suggests underattenuation. The banana-melon quality of the hops would probably overwhelm this if they didn't carry an associated wet squash (largadeer called it "pumpkin") flavor to it. Not a great combination. Drinkable in small quantities, but between 6 of us, we couldn't finish the growler.
M: Unnecessarily sweet and slightly boozy for a DIPA.
O: This might have been better if it weren't opened up side by side with 2 Hill Farmstead growlers (Society & Solitude 5, Ephraim), which completely crushed it. But, probably not. I've had fantastic Pizza Port DIPAs in the past; this simply wasn't one.
Oct 13, 2012A: Pours a dark golden-amber body with a finger of off-white head. Great retention with some lace down the sides. A little dark for the style, but not bad.
S: Oddly enough, melon (think honeydew) and bananas. Really unique hop profile, though I don't understand how you'd get bananas out of hops. The malt profile is simple but very sweet-smelling.
T: Surprisingly syrupy; it's not caramelly, but there is a noticeable residual sweetness that suggests underattenuation. The banana-melon quality of the hops would probably overwhelm this if they didn't carry an associated wet squash (largadeer called it "pumpkin") flavor to it. Not a great combination. Drinkable in small quantities, but between 6 of us, we couldn't finish the growler.
M: Unnecessarily sweet and slightly boozy for a DIPA.
O: This might have been better if it weren't opened up side by side with 2 Hill Farmstead growlers (Society & Solitude 5, Ephraim), which completely crushed it. But, probably not. I've had fantastic Pizza Port DIPAs in the past; this simply wasn't one.
Reviewed by Halcyondays from California
3.8/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.8/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On cask at Beachwood I, from Pizza Port San Clemente,
A: Pours a hazy translucent yellow orange with a large cap of white foam. Leaves lots of sticky lace.
S: Very fragrant with fresh Citra hops. Gorgeous grapefruit, Meyer lemon rind and pine.
T: White grapefruit and cantaloupe rind. Quite bitter, not as floral as the nose would suggest. A bit more malt here could help. Full-flavoured the hop character is big and in-your-face.
M: Medium-bodied, soft carbonation. Resiny, intense hop character.
O: Aside from the nose, I think this might have been better served to be simply on-tap, as I've found with a lot of IPAs. The cask conditioning isn't really helping it too much. A nice beer, definitely worth a shot.
Oct 11, 2012A: Pours a hazy translucent yellow orange with a large cap of white foam. Leaves lots of sticky lace.
S: Very fragrant with fresh Citra hops. Gorgeous grapefruit, Meyer lemon rind and pine.
T: White grapefruit and cantaloupe rind. Quite bitter, not as floral as the nose would suggest. A bit more malt here could help. Full-flavoured the hop character is big and in-your-face.
M: Medium-bodied, soft carbonation. Resiny, intense hop character.
O: Aside from the nose, I think this might have been better served to be simply on-tap, as I've found with a lot of IPAs. The cask conditioning isn't really helping it too much. A nice beer, definitely worth a shot.
Reviewed by Sideswipe from California
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Pizza Port San Clemente.
Brewed with all fresh hops.
My pint arrives with a finger of dense, white foam atop the coppery hued brew. Aromas of hemp and citrus fruit dominate the nose. Taste is bitter up front with notes of grapefruit and a bit of melon. A biscuity malt profile makes a half hearted attempt to assert itself mid-palate, but the insane hoppiness of this beer crushes it completely. The finish is dry and bitter with grapefruit rind characteristics which linger for awhile. The beer is full bodied wih a slightly viscous quality. Overall a very bitter, finely crafted brew from the crew at Pizza Port. An excellent fresh hop beer of DIPA magnitude.
Oct 07, 2012Brewed with all fresh hops.
My pint arrives with a finger of dense, white foam atop the coppery hued brew. Aromas of hemp and citrus fruit dominate the nose. Taste is bitter up front with notes of grapefruit and a bit of melon. A biscuity malt profile makes a half hearted attempt to assert itself mid-palate, but the insane hoppiness of this beer crushes it completely. The finish is dry and bitter with grapefruit rind characteristics which linger for awhile. The beer is full bodied wih a slightly viscous quality. Overall a very bitter, finely crafted brew from the crew at Pizza Port. An excellent fresh hop beer of DIPA magnitude.
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