Pizza Port (Bressi Ranch) Chronic Amber Ale (2011-)

Chronic Amber Ale (2011-)

 

Pizza Port (Bressi Ranch) in Carlsbad, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
6.20
ABV: 4.9% IBU: 33 Ticks: 106
Historically brewed with hemp seeds, Chronic Ale has been a staple at Pizza Port for over a decade! This mellow amber ale is the most popular beer in all of our pub locations as it agrees with everyone’s palate and goes great with pizza. It was a dream come true to finally put it in a can and give people the chance to carry it with them wherever they go!
 

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Fraught at cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Clear amber pour. Fresh hops and a bit of shortbread. Inoffensive.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:18


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From tap at Basement Beer Bar, Aalborg. Aroma is chewy bready and biscuity malt, caramel, toffee malt, hint of berries. Flavour is moderate sweet. Body is medium. An ’okay’ malty brew.

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:36


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Angel's Trumpet Ale House, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has dry bready malt, subdued hops, and earthiness. Flavour is dry, with washed out hops, bready malt, and some vegetal notes. This is not well-calibrated at all. Surprising that Pizza Port would churn something out this haphazard. Poor hop expression, thin malts, just not good quality.

Tried from Draft on 15 Nov 2024 at 07:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16 oz can from Total Wine - Las Vegas. Pours a dark amber color with a khaki head and very good retention. A few small spots of lacing. Caramel malt aroma. Caramel malt flavor up front with a little hops flavor in the finish. Slightly sweeter and less hoppy than your average amber ale. Medium body with a semi-slick mouthfeel. Light carbonation. Closer in taste to an amber lager versus an amber ale. Low bitterness. Better than expected.

Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2024 at 22:05


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Smell of bread, caramel malt. Copper colour, high off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, some toffee, bread and faint grass. Slightly oily texture. Medium sweet. Soft carbon.

Tried on 24 May 2024 at 03:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Flight at Tapas & Beers, San Diego, CA, USA. Pours amber gold, transparent, with fine whitish foam. Aroma is malty. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately bitter, with a little sweetness in the back as well. Final is average.

Tried from Draft on 17 Nov 2023 at 20:56


7

On tap @Pizza Port Solana Beach, 01/10/2023. Color amabarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores cereal, malta, cuerpo medio.

Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2023 at 18:37


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Sunshine Company Saloon in Ocean Beach, CA. Amber orange pour. Brief beige head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavor is sweet toasted malt. Herbal hops. Mild citrus. Mild toffee. Medium bodied. Average for the style.

Tried from Draft on 31 Jul 2022 at 05:01


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Amber body with thin white head. Light malt aroma. Sweet pineapple bit among the malt. Light finish

Tried on 15 Sep 2020 at 01:39


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at Bamboo. Malty, some sweetness, but quite grainy. Bit of citrus, decent spritziness. Minerals and lightness in the taste. Toffee. I was smashed at this stage, so who knows really?

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02