trapped (8300) reviewed 216 Dry Hopped Session Ale from Portside 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Jsquire. Pours cloudy dark orange with large foamy off-white head, light floral hops aroma, low carbonation, balanced sweetish floral hoppy taste, mellow palate, medium malty finish. Nice and smooth, very easy to drink.
superspak (10160) reviewed Big Chuck Barley Wine Ale from Portside 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into snifter, no can dating. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, raisin, plum, apple, pine, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, light coffee, floral, grass, and floral/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, raisin, plum, apple, pine, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light coffee, floral, grass, and floral/toasted earthiness. Moderate pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, raisin, plum, apple, pine, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, light coffee, and floral/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and full bodied; with a creamy, moderately sticky, and slightly slick mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is decently well hidden with a moderate warmth lingering after the finish for a while; but minimal booziness overall. Overall this is a very good american barleywine style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast flavors; and smooth to sip on for the ABV even with the warming finish. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Noble Monk from Portside 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at World Of Beer. This brew pours a dark reddish-amber color with a medium white head that recedes steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of yeast, fruit and malt. Full-bodied with flavors of vinous oak, earthy yeast and sweet malt. The finish is oaky with a fruity yeast aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
djd07 (28882) reviewed 216 Dry Hopped Session Ale from Portside 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to George. Pours a cloudy orange with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is citrus and cascade. Medium mouth, citrus, light bitterness, good.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Big Chuck Barley Wine Ale from Portside 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, another beauty courtesy of makrwise, thanks Mark, pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up prunes, brown sugar, cherries, a dash of black licorice and then more sweetened prunes at the end of the draw. The taste has a wide array of pleasing notes composed of various malts such as roasted malts, biscuit malts and then sweet fruity prunes dusted with brown sugar. It then picks up yummy sweet earthy dates toward the finish that smooth over the other notes. This is a solid sipper but will benefit from a bit more age.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Rusalka from Portside 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On draught at Progressive Field. Brownish-black pour with a medium creamy beige head that recedes gradually. Stringy lacing. Aroma of roast malt, vanilla and coffee. Light-bodied with flavors of chocolate malt, vanilla and roasted coffee. The finish is sweet with a vanilla mocha aftertaste. Decent overall.
superspak (10160) reviewed Man O' War Double IPA from Portside 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, no canning date. Pours very hazy deep orange amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, caramel, toast, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity of citrus/tropical hops and moderate malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, toast, toffee, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, toast, toffee, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity of citrus/tropical hops with nearly balanced malt sweetness; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a fairly creamy, smooth, and moderately slick/sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice DIPA. Good complexity of citrus/tropical hops and fairly balanced malt sweetness; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed North Kölsch from Portside 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at The Ohio Taproom. This beer is a clear yellow color with a thin white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing. Aroma of fruit, yeast and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of sweet fruit, herbs and yeast. The finish is semi-sweet with a fruity yeast aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed 216 Dry Hopped Session Ale from Portside 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at Woodland’s Tavern. The beer is a clear orange color with a medium thin white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, grainy malt and citrus. The finish is mildly bitter with a short hoppy aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.