Pizza Port Dubbelicious

Smells of spice, yeast, dark fruity malts, and a touch of smoke? Am I smoking crack? Perhaps, but notes say smoke. Pours a dark red color. Pretty yeasty and spicy w darker malts, fruit, and a salty kind of sweetness that I can liken to being the 6o pounds of raisins maybe. Spicy esters linger.

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Poured a burnt amber color with a thin formation of fluffy heading. Nose detected a minimum of caramel malt and an unknown smell of spicy yeast. The palate is a extremely smooth and almost shows no signs of carbonation. The flavor is a little out of balance though and shows more malty sweetness then the minor spices and yeast present. Wouldn’t recommend this be bottled and sold.

Draft at Pizza Port Carlsbad; Nose of Raisins, caramel, and sweetness; Light brown with a small, glass-lacing, off-white head; flavor is Raisins, banana, light spiciness with a sweet finish.

On tap at Port Carlsbad, thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing it. Dark brownish-red with a white ring, no real head. Aroma is full of malt and yeast, with a lot of sweet raisin notes. Taste is very meaty and sweet. Not bad, but nothing I’d seek out either.

Draft @ PP Carlsbad Pours dark amber with a bright white ring. Nose is sweet and raisin infused. Taset is sweet robust and light, at first I thought it was ok, but I didn’t finish my class.

This one was not for me. Way too sweet from the start with some lactic flavor I just can’t stand. I’m very hit or miss on dubbel and this was a definite miss.

On-tap at PP C’Bad. Pours dark, caramelly brown with dark red highlights. Thin semi-sticky white head with good lace. Smells of sweet, dark red fruits, raisins. Tastes tart and malty up front and then sweet and fruityon the finish. Lingering fruit notes, not overly sweet. Medium body with crisp, vibrant carbonation.

Tap at PP Carlsbas. Pours muddy brown with ruby highlights. No head on this one. Smell is dark fruit, raisins, yeast, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is raisin, banana, dark chocolate, yeast, plum and molasses. Light carbonation but plays well with the style. Good beer.