Pizza Port Carlsbad Ruby Black

Brewed by Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Style: Baltic Porter
Carlsbad, California USA

Thanks for sharing this one, iowaherkeye. The body was blakc with an orangeish tan head. The aroma was pancakes and plain brown syrup. I also got some milk chocolate. The taste was more of the milk chocolate with some walnuts. There was also coffee. A nice medium body kept this easy to drink. Solid.

Sampled ’08 BSAF. Beer is very dark brown, almost opaque. Head is creamy/rocky, diminishing, mostly lasting. Tenacious lacing.<P>The aroma is malty with light notes of toasted grain, chocolate, cookie; Hoppy with moderate notes of grapefruit, lemon zest, light note of resin; Yeasty with a light note of tangy dough; Miscellaneous moderate note of buttered popcorn at the start, moderate notes of metal and pepper.<P>The flavor is moderately/heavily sweet, moderately acidic with a very long, moderately sweet, lightly bitter finish.<P>The body is medium, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is flat.

Lagered...nice. Very dark brown. Rich chewy black malt nose. Light nutty coffeeish accents. Very thick, rich body. Slightly sticky. Chewy dense chocolate fudge torte. Light accent of burned plum.

Thanks to Joey for the handbottle! Poured clear burnt umber with a short cap of medium brown head. The aroma made me smile.. semi-sweet chocolates meet charred molasses, toasted wood, and sweeter vanilla.. light, dry herbal notes accent. The flavor had sticky, toasted darker chocolates and a bit of molasses at the core, mostly surrounded by burnt black patent malts (too much for my liking).. bitterness was low and herbal in nature.. some lactic notes hit toward the finish. Medium-plus bodied with a bit too much sweetness on the palate.. also a bit too burnt on the finish. Overall some mighty fine stuff.

Draught at PP Carlsbad. A true lagered porter! Thick opaque black, tan head, liberal lacing, looks viscious. Slightly solvent with a lovely sweet ending with kisses of black licorice and a silky mouthfeel, yum.

Hand bottle from iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey. Sampled side-by-side with Pizza Port Night Rider. Poured an opaque black color. Head was thin and light brown. The aroma was subdued overall with hints of cola, dark fruits, soy sauce, and pencil lead. Slightly sweet, slightly acidic, and bitter at the end. Tasted of chocolate, light molasses, and a bit of sour milk. I liked the Night Rider better.

On tap at O’briens. Pours with a dark brown to black body topped by a pencil thin head with little lacing. It’s slightly sweet and roasty with a nice malt note and a hint of coffee. Full bodied and smooth.

Draught Small, dark yellowish head over black beer. Creamy, lactic nose, superimposed on the classical roasted notes. Nice, if quite burnt taste, expressly roasted. No creaminess in the flavourperception, but it is again present in the MF. Medium to well-bodied, very slick. Good Baltic porter, made with bottom-fermenting yeast.