Shark Attack Double Red Ale - Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port

goschool

California

3.63/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: The pour is amber in color with an off-white head that starts out larger and sticks around longer than heads on most 9% beer would.

Smell: The nose has a nice blend of piney and earthy hops, bready malts, toffee, caramel, and a hint of dark fruit.

Taste: The flavor profile starts off with bready malts, caramel, and toffee, followed quickly by earthy, piney, floral, and citrusy hops. The mid-palate is malt-forward with hops playing a supporting role. A fruity flavor joins the malts and a minor surge of bitterness for the finish.

Mouthfeel: It's medium-bodied and rich with soft carbonation.

Drinkability: This is a good beer, but being simply good makes it one of Port/Lost Abbey's weaker brews. It's also a beer that doesn't seem like it needs such a high ABV to taste the way it tastes.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2008 08:00:40 | More by goschool

jakecattleco

California

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

05-21-2013 18:09:28 | More by jakecattleco

Gregvg

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-19-2013 06:42:14 | More by Gregvg

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

05-16-2013 22:33:57 | More by Slatetank

notchucknorris

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-15-2013 04:27:03 | More by notchucknorris

mitlinks

Switzerland

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-03-2013 20:09:45 | More by mitlinks

Porter

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

05-03-2013 11:15:24 | More by Porter

Yello5

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

05-02-2013 21:33:11 | More by Yello5

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.03/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

We pour a brew of rich coppery golden red coloring. It holds a two and a half finger head of beige colored bubbles, leaving patterned lacing as it recedes at a slower pace. A chill haze is noted in the absence of sediment, while carbonation appears moderate. The aroma is wrought with warm buttery malts, peppery and spicy alcohol, brightly citric and herbal hops, light caramels, tannic unsweetened tea, phenolic plastics, faint cedar smokiness, and faintly browned apples. With warmth we get juicy bubblegum esters, women’s perfume, and a strengthening of the alcohol. Our first impression is that the flavoring is rich with coppery, buttery malts, with surprising smoothness in contribution from the alcohol. The taste opens up with that buttery toasted malt, coppered metallics, light chocolatey depth, a sweet fruit of red cherries and pear. Herbal and citric hops are bittering and spicy, but give hearty freshness. The peak hits with toffee sweetness, bitter roasted malts, browned apple sweetness, coiny metallics, herbal and nectary hops, and spicy peppery alcohol. These blend and pull us to the finish which boasts of more caramel maltiness, soft toast, herbal and citric hops, tomato leafiness, faint woodiness, more stinging booze, mineral, malted milk balls, and drying baker’s yeast. The aftertaste breathes astringently of planty greens, chive, simple ale yeast, number two pencil, ethanol, black pepper, basil meatiness, and metallic molasses syrups. The body is medium to full, and the carbonation is light to medium. There is sticky slurp, smack, with softer cream and froth to the lip. Finishing pop is less noticeable due to this softness. The mouth is left astringently dried after this initial creaminess, and the hard palate feels a bit metallic and streaked. The abv is appropriate, and the beer sips easily.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was the robust start of the flavoring. We began with a nice, toasty, buttery blend of pale and caramel malts, with eventual depth, grown from the plastic and boozy inclusions. These helped to flesh out the meat of this brew, and to hold up against the bite of citric and earthy hops with its own sweetness. Both the nose and the mouthfeel remain soft throughout the tasting, contributing equally to the final picture. This beer is actually quite representative for the style and well executed.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2013 01:13:22 | More by TheBrewo

LightsOut3000

Georgia

1.5/5  rDev -61.1%

04-30-2013 19:07:50 | More by LightsOut3000

Rick778

California

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

04-29-2013 00:40:12 | More by Rick778

Mosstrooper

California

4.21/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured from 22oz bottle into Samuel Adams Perfect Pint glass.

Appearance: Cloudy amber color with a large orange-tinted head that dissipates slowly and leaves behind sticky spotted lace.

Smell: Sweet caramel malt with floral and citric hop aromas.

Taste: Begins biscuity and rounds out to sweet caramel malt flavor. Finish yields toastiness and herbal bitterness with a touch of bittersweet alcohol. The hop profile pushes this one into near-IPA territory. Also reminiscent of Stone's Arrogant Bastard and its ilk.

Mouthfeel: Medium to full, slightly chewy body with a dry finish.

Overall: A pretty good beer and a great beer for its style. Definitely a sipper at 9% ABV. Having this at 2pm may not have been the best idea.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 21:19:50 | More by Mosstrooper

RedDeath987

California

5/5  rDev +29.5%

04-18-2013 05:11:51 | More by RedDeath987

mbw314

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

04-11-2013 04:39:03 | More by mbw314

jmccraney

Washington

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

03-17-2013 18:29:48 | More by jmccraney

saeh

France

4.75/5  rDev +23.1%

03-16-2013 18:28:07 | More by saeh

Peyton5410

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +3.6%

03-13-2013 20:15:00 | More by Peyton5410

Auraan

Arizona

4.69/5  rDev +21.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Poured a beautiful amber with a nice one finger off white head. Scents of caramel malt, floral hops and a bit of alcohol. The flavor is strong, with a high hop bitterness, mostly piney but with some citrus notes, balanced by a malt sweetness, there's also a bit of alcohol on the finish. Very high in hop character, with malt keeping it manageable, but still very much a hop-head kind of beer. Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, with a thick, sticky feel, very good and akin to an American Strong Ale or a lower ABV barleywine. An excellent ale, it reminds me of Double Bastard, but with more hop character and less of the sticky sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2013 05:44:47 | More by Auraan

DaPan

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

03-11-2013 20:43:11 | More by DaPan

heavenlyStash

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

03-08-2013 08:15:42 | More by heavenlyStash

Unchi

Arizona

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

03-08-2013 04:20:13 | More by Unchi

spycow

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -15.8%

03-08-2013 01:14:48 | More by spycow

ryser2k

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

03-06-2013 21:55:11 | More by ryser2k

Alek

California

4.5/5  rDev +16.6%

02-28-2013 23:32:08 | More by Alek

alexsergio

New York

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

02-24-2013 23:23:45 | More by alexsergio