Pizza Port Frank Double IPA

Formerly brewed at Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Carlsbad, California USA

Sampled at Woodshop Tasting. Poured a hazy orange color with a decent off white head. Aroma was slightly old floral spicy, citrus and grapefruit hops along with a touch of caramel. The flavor was a tad old but still had a good amount of hops still left. A great treat to taste once again, but not the same as years ago. Thanks.

Shared with moejuck thanks to Mr.Dick.Had this one a while back and moe pointed out I hadn’t rated it.Big citrus hops in the aroma.Pours a hazy orange with a big white head.Lots of big citrus hops and some big malt as well makes up a very nice balanced flavor.Full mouthfeel with lots of citrus hops in the finish.

Bottle. Thanks to jsquire for sharing. Very small off-white head that quickly dissipated with sparse lacing, murky, no visible carbonation, and a deep golden hue. Malty, caramel, hoppy and citrus nose and ditto for the flavor. Tingly and dry mouthfeel. Medium body. Not my favorite style, but I did enjoy this one.

Bottle from Glenn at the Beerinator gathering. What a surpirse, thanks Glenn! Nose is still hoppy-grassy, dank hops that I lost my nose in for several minutes. Sticky, mouthfeel with tasty hops and sweet malts that balance oh so well. This reminded me a lot of the Goose Island Double IPA I had a couple months back. This has held up very well.

Bottled shared by LBHH Glenn, thanks. Wow, this is a good IPA. Aroma is quite floral and citrusy, but the flavor is much more complicated. Starts out as a sweet creamy grapefruit hopped IPA, but as the taste continues, the piney/grassy hops take over and finish out the ride into a long lasting bitterness. What an amazing brew, I really wish this was still available.

Bottled. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel, toffee. Appears a hazy yellow-orange color with a small creamy off-white head that mostly dissipates. Flavor is sweet malt and caramel up front with a huge grapefruit hop character in the middle, which slowly dissipates in the finish, long after the caramel has become a memore. Palate is medium-thick and somewhat chewy, with some effervescence, and with a clean finish. Overall, an excellent Double IPA, and one in which the flavor profile really delivers in a four-dimensional sort of way. I do believe my bottle may be somewhat aged, as I found much less hop aroma and much more caramel than others.

Thanks to Mr. Dick for this one! Always worried that such a highly rated beer will let me down, but this one came through in a big way. Incredible citrus hop aroma hits you as soon as you crack this one open. Cloudy orange color with a nice white head. The mouthfeel is thick and sticky. The flavors are a really great malt profile with tons of wonderful citrus hops. Really solid and great to drink.

One of my favorite DIPAs. This DIPA exhibits a strong hoppy aroma and taste (both during consumption and afterwords.) Strong body from heavy malting (translating to alcohol content) helps balance this beer although its clearly a taste dominated by hops.