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Ballast Point Big Eye IPA

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6133.74/5.03.73/5.06%94.9Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
It is brewed with four malts for a deep golden color and to lend a malty counterpoint to the hops. Its full hop flavor is guaranteed to please the palate of the true hop head. <br /> ABV 6% S.G. 1.070 F.G. 1.015 IBUs 55
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 EHSRanders (1120), Randers C, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Bottle. Clear orange/amber colour with large creamy white mostly lasting head. Hoppy aroma. Sweet flavor. Bitter finish.


 maugus4ever (121), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Pours copper with a thin dissipating head. Nice citrusy, hoppy aroma with flavor to match. This was a very enjoyable IPA with a good balance of hops and malts.


 tronraner (1918), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 18, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours copper orange with sticky beige head. The aroma is pine, mango, and a light honeyish sweetness. The flavor is toasty malt and a disembodied fruitiness, with canteloupe, orange, and mango. At first taste it strikes me as a little more gentle and malty than I thought it would be, but it finishes with a strong piney bitterness that lingers into an aftertaste of wood and grass. Pretty good.


 golubj (1289), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Bottle. Nice orange pour, some white head that dissipated quickly. Nice citrus, orange peel, and pine hop aroma, The flavor is just like the aroma, lots of orange peel / grapefruit-like bitter flavor. Some resin and pine in the back. Nice ipa... I think this was a good year for hops b/c all the CA IPAs have it going on.


 LtDan (512), LA - Originally from South NJ!, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/105/516/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Had it as a sampler at Stone 12th, then ordered it later that night for dinner. Full bodied, wonderful tropical fruit like hops, malts with perfect sweetness.


 Jonte (821), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 15, 2008    Updated: Aug 26, 2008
Bottle. 6.0% ABV. Orange color with an off-white head. Aroma: American hops, citrus, tropical fruits, pine, caramel and a little bit of salt?. Flavor: Very hoppy with notes of grape, pine, exotic fruit, caramel, salt and herbs/grass.


 FrankJohansen (3369), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 15, 2008  
Bottle. Clear orange colour with a fairly large whie head and a good lacing. Sweettish taste of malts and fruits with a good heavy hoppy finish with notes of citrus and flowers. Good beer.


 vyvvy (2059), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Pours clear copper with an off-white rocky head. The aroma has grapefruit / floral hops with some pine and some malt for the backbone. Medium body that has a bit of roughness with some moderately harsh carbonation on the finish. The flavor starts with lots of hoppiness ~ grapefruit, light pine, woodiness, caramel malt backing things up. There are some oxidized characteristics but this is supposed to be fresh. The finish shows more oxidization and is quite harsh. A decent beer, but didn’t live up to the hype.



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