 hellbilly (837), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Jul 7, 2008
pour a really dark rich amber or cherry stained wood with a soft sponge-like light beige head. lots of web-like lacing on the glass. aromas of caramel, malted grain, light pine/fresh rosemary similar to standing near it in the garden after you just accidentally stepped on it, grapefruit, orange, floral, earthy and grassy as well. the palate is surprisingly NOT cloyingly sweet! it does seem to sweeten a bit as it warms but at that point it doesn’t matter since it’s nearly gone... the flavor is spicy and stingy both from alcohol and hops. pine, floral, citrus and copious amounts of nondescript hops thrown in on top of a woody, caramel-y malt backbone. medium to full body leaves a slight residue on the lips. this goes down way too easily at 9.2%...
jsh12bama (202), Alabama, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle. Pours deep red with thick off white head. Aroma of malt and piney hops. Taste dominated by malt with slight grassy hops. Thick mouthfeel. Decent red ale.
bb (2069), Martinez, California, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Bottle. Ruby beer with a light tan head. Grapefruit/pine aroma with richer malts. Caramel, grapefruit/pine resin flavor with some nuttiness and richer malts. Medium-plus bodied. Grapefruit, pine and caramel linger. Good bitterness. Good aggressive balance between malt and hops (it’s not a "balanced" beer, but it comes together nicely).
HumbertHumbert (77), Denver, Colorado, USA
Aug 8, 2008 Possibly one of the most beautiful beers in a glass. Ever. Deep mahogany red with a light head. Soapy hops. I really wanted more malt. A standard red ale is usually malty/caramely without alot of hops, so I was hoping for something a little richer or maltier. Not a bad beer as is, but other than the color, I’m not sure what differentiates it from other DIPAs or even some American barleywines.
mabel (1583), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 6, 2008 [1367-20080517] 1pt6floz bottle. Hoppy dark malt aroma with leafy toast notes. Clear, dark amber brown body with quick off-white bubbles. Bitter hoppy grassy bits in the flavour, but mostly generic pine malt and bitterness. Medium body is super bitter. Interesting.
(c/o blankboy, w/ others)
Overheard: "Yeah, they’re flavour crystals." (referring to large floaties)
masonjer (429), Lansing, Michigan, USA
Aug 5, 2008 This beer has really confused me. Pizza Port making some great beer in general. I picked this bottle up from a bevmo in CA, and drank it immediately. Not sure what happened to this. Poured a dark red color with almost zero head. Aroma was huge sweet malt and raisins. Taste is hugely sweet as well, over ripe fruit and a huge alcohol kick on the end. The promised hops seemed to have vanished creating a syrupy sweet unbalanced malt bomb. I get almost zero citrus or punchy pine hop character. Not sure what to say, I am very confused as I was looking forward to this one. It is possible that any amount of time does not treat this beer well.
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