Pizza Port Ripper English Pale Ale

Brewed by Pizza Port (San Clemente)
Style: English Pale Ale
San Clemente, California USA

on tap at toronado, san diego. dark orange color with a malty hop caramel and lemon aroma. Somewhat flat hop bitter taste. Really liked the aroma.

Tasted at SDCF. Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Caramel and hops aroma. Nice clean caramel taste, bitter hops, and a smooth grainy taste.

Draught at the brewpub. Copper with a white head. Lots of herbal spicy and woody hops in the aroma, along with some darker bread crust. Toasty and light caramel malt flavor with some almost bunt bread crust and a resinous bitter finish. Pretty well balanced, but the finish is definitely on the dry and bitter side, with a pretty complex malt flavor pretty much giving way to the hops. Medium-light in body with medium bobbles helping the hops out. There are English hops all over the aroma and finish of this guy. Tasty, and surprisingly not seemingly enjoyed as much by most other people. I think they are dialing this in with the new batch.

From tap at the Carlsbad brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Crisp fruity hops aroma, light herbal touch. Dry hoppy base flavour. Subdued caramel malt base. Bitter and floral to fruity dry flavoured finish.

On tap@Port Solana Beach: Dark amber brown color with a small (bar pour) off-white head. Aroma is bready, malty and light caramel. Flavor starts with some caramel followed by a tangy hop bite and a light dry finish. Light body is crisp with lively carbonation. Also on tap in Carlsbad.

Draft in Carlsbad. A pale golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, hops, and spices. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops, spices, and herbs, leading to a dry and very bitter, hoppy, and spicy finish. The body is light.

On draft at The Taproom, in PB. Yes, English Pale Ale, that’s it, now it makes sense rather than an APA as it appeared to be classified on the ’specials’ board. Arrives in the glass a medium to dark amber with a creamy off-white head that leaves stringy lacing. Aroma is primarily of grainy and biscuity malts with floral hops. Flavor is dominant of toasty malts, with sharp and bitter herbal and floral hops. Medium body and prickly carbonation.

(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, nuts, and roasted grain. Flavor of caramel, grass, and earthiness with a dry, bitter finish.