Pizza Port Revelations

Brewed by Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Carlsbad, California USA

Draft in Carlsbad. A golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of spicy hops, oranges, and peaches, as well as a touch of butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus, wheat, hops, spices, and a weird note of something I’ve a hard time to name, but is a little like butter.

On tap. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast and fruit. Medium body, yeast and fruit, some phenols. Dry finish. 060709

From tap at the Carlsbad brewpub. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Light yeasty and grassy hops aroma. Flavour has light subdued peppery yeasty note. Bitter and towards dry yet with a light malty sweetness. Vague phenolic touch. Ends dry and yeasty spiced.

Date: 12/02/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Strong Ale Fest

opaque yellow, frothy white head, drops of lace, lots of spicy ester aroma on a sweet malt base, medium body, lots of spicy flavor, nice sweetness, good balancing bitterness well blended with the spicy character,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Highly cloudy pale golden hue beer with a tall, moderately lasting frothy white head. Emerging yeastiness betrays a young age that borders the unfinished domain with undeveloped estery nature as of yet that seems pretty limited to meringue-like airy, foamy bananas and lemon pie touches. Pinches of hops offer a soft underlying dryness, but dough dominates to the point that it dulls the malt out. Quite heavy on the carbonation, rather expanding big bubbles, yet pretty sweet. Like trying to make a great sandwich with factory sliced white bread.

On tap at the 10th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival: Pours a hazy deep golden with a large, pillowy white head. Has a semi-sweet, lightly toasty bready Belgian yeasty aroma. Body starts sweet and biscuity with good clove spice and authentic yeast character. Very true to style and reminiscent of Duvel.

Draught at Pizza Port Carlsbad
Lightly hazy yellow color with thin head and lacing. The nose is ripe with fruity esters of banana and clove, lots of alcohol and bubble gum. Creamy light funky fresh beer. Odd; a bit overwhelmed with esters and other funky weird belgian things.

Hazy blonde with a thin white head. Light orange and orange peels in aroma, with some funky barnyard notes. In mouth, smooth sweet malt with nice orage peels, and rich and pleasant body. At EBF 2006.