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Ballast Point Abandon Ship Smoked Lager


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A Smoked brewed by
Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

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213.19/5.03.15/5.06.6%26.9Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein P  Stats

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 JohnnyJ (673), Reno, Nevada, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2008  
On tap at stone. Pours a dark amber color. Bready caramel malts and grassy hops with campfire smoke and salted bacon. The smoke was well under control and not over the top. A well balanced smoked in my opinion.


 SDalkoholic (1033), Chula Vista, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/511/20
Sep 20, 2008  
On tap at Live Wire. Created a decent serving of fluffy heading while it was to hard to determine the color of the beer since the bar was so dark. The aroma was mild with only a hint sign of roast malt. The flavor was overly tart and felt it was unripe with only the faintest taste of a smoked malt profile.


danielcurtis81 (98), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/517/20
Sep 20, 2008  
SDFOB 2008. Draft. Pours darker amber no real head. Pleasant smoke salmon flavors. Finishes clean with some hop tones. I liked this one!


 DaSilky1 (1622), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 13, 2008  
clear amber, always thin but solid sheet.. smoked malt nose, smokey peat flavors, somewhat ashy but clean..a little hop bitterness in the back and finish. had 2 of these, the first without knowing it was a smoked style....truth is, i didnt even notice the smoke in the first pint, but i was drinking to drink rather than analyze....i suppose that means that this was smokey but strongly subtle. the important thing though is that about 20 minutes before the first pint, i found myself smack dab in the middle of a crazy movie-like car chase through residential streets and alleyways. i was driving down a street and this white car jumps out of the alley way through the street and across into the alley again...he’s going to 70 mph...and 2 seconds later, 3 cop cars, sirens blaring...getting air across the street im on, right in fucking front me...i keep going straight and stop at a stop sign before the street goes up a steep hill. then, 5 cop cars appear at the top and speed down it and all 5 of them do movie-style 180s less than 10 feet in front of my car, sirens blaring, i was 90% sure one of these pigs was going to smash right into my car but they were so precisely starsky & hutch, they all went back up the hill, screetched to the left, and the sirens got softer and softer...did i mention that i was high as fuck to begin with.


 trokini (874), San Diego, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Pours clear copper with a small ring of off-white bubbles. Light aroma of smoked corn. Taste is weak until the beer warms. Once it does, it is a pleasant smoked malt with some meat/bacon flavors. A little iron. Good, but I just want more smoke in my smoked beer.




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