 trokini (1027), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 12, 2009
Like my predecessor, I had to take a growler home after having a pint of this. Poured oily orange-gold with a short white head. Thick, sticky lacing. Resiny goodness in the nose, acoompanied by pink grapefruit, ripe orange, mango, and tropical fruit syrup. Sticky, carbonated mouthfeel, and avoids feeling like syrup. More of the same fruit in the taste; heavy grapefruit and blood orange, but with a resin wallop. Tangy, sweet, bitter, and hoppy all atonce. A noticable malt presence in the back, which adds to the long, sticky finish. All the characteristics of a big, big DIPA.
tokyogoat (567), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 Poured a golden yellow with no haze and only a hint of a head.
Nose is obviously dominated by hops, but a wide range of scents, pine, pineapple, grapefruit, orange, tangerine, and even a slight hint of lime zest.
Taste is heavy on pine resin, pineapple, and tangerine from hops. Body is perfect for such a hop bomb, not so dry that the hop bitterness beats up your pallet, not so heavy that it competes with the hops. Just the perfect amount of a simple caramel backbone to highlight a great blend of hops. I really wish they would bottle this one.
hapjydeuce (773), Del Mar, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 24, 2009 On tap at Pizza Port Solana Beach. Pounded two of these alongside a BBQ Chicken Pizza with Katie...yum. Color is a light yellow, with medium carbonation and a short lived head that settles to spotty white lacing. Aroma is a satisfying floral and grassy hop tone, with a slight funk of weed. Flavor is jacked with hop juices, that begins a bit sweet and finishes rather dry. Good firm bitterness throughout. Lacks a bit of good malt base, but other than that, damn good for refreshing the palate with a pizza. Medium body.
iowaherkeye (1863), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 On tap @ Solana. Clear light gold with a well retained, creamy off-white head. Fruity tropical aroma of pine, pineapple, and tangerine rinds. Flavor adds some light cotton candy sweetness as well as some light sweet caramel. Dry finish with bitterness @ a 5, alcohol just a little warming in the throat. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. Tasty--I just don’d quite understand why they’d serve me a pint, but wouldn’t sell me a growler of the beer yet because it was "too green."
nickd717 (1384), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 12, 2009 GABF 2009. Very interesting name here, and a great beer. Clear golden color with a lasting white head. Aroma is rough citrusy hops and sweet malt. Nice west coast hop blast. Flavor is sweet malt, but mostly hop-forward, with lots of rough citrus as well as some tropical fruit/pineapple. Palate is nice and not too syrupy for the ABV and style, but with some lasting hop oils. Very solid.
HonkeyBra (1355), Lemont, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 11, 2009 Sampled at GABF. Golden color with an eggshell head. Sweet aroma with lots of sweet malt, citrus. Flavor is pretty hoppy, but maybe a bit too sweet. Not too thick on the palate and the high level of alcohol was note apparent. On par with the other DIPAs I’ve had from Pizza Port. Cool name, though.
elihapa (1067), Honolulu, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 4, 2009 GABF Saturday. Pours dark gold and clear, very nice. Aroma is huge bouquet of flowers, matched with crisp lemon and grapefruit. Flavor manages to stand up nicely to the aroma, just a delicious hop-centric drink, West Coast style. Palate remains light, seemingly staying out of the way of the bold flavors. Second best IPA I’ve tried from the Pizza Port conglomerate.
wetherel (1641), Encinitas, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 2, 2009 On tap at PP solana. Wonderful fruity hoppy aroma. Yellow color. Great hop bitterness. Not medicina. Nice lacing. White foamy head. Leans dry. Easy to drink.
ghawener (963), San Salvador, El Salvador
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 25, 2009 Draft @ Solano Beach: Delicious DIPA, without being too aggressive, be careful the 9.5% ABV is not where to be tasted; can drink a pitcher of this stuff easily with one of there great pizzas.. Drank on a visit to the Pizza Port in Solano Bach, must for Pizza and Beer.
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