Ballast Point Big Eye IPA

Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Diego, California USA

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich and dominated by flowers and hops. Dry bitter finish.

Bottle. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized white ehad. Fruity aroma of grass, hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of grass, hops and pine needles. Hoppy finish. One dimensional.

Clear orange colour with an off white head. Hoppy, fruity and piney aroma with notes of a light caramel sweetness. Hoppy, piney bitter flavor with a dry bitter finish.

12 ounce bottle. This beer poured a beautiful amber color with a HUGE white frothy head that left great lacing on the side of my glass. The smell of fthis beer was excellent with a lot of citrus, apricot, hops, sweet malts, and pine. The aroma was probably this beers high point. I am definitely not saying that it tasted bad though. Tasted of citrus, a lot of malts, and had a great hop character. The only problem that I have with this brew is that it finished a bit bitter. Other than that, this was an awesome beer!

Amber with a lasting white head, leaving a nice lace. Classic American IPA aroma - grapefruit, orange, pine and malty sweetness. Very bitter and filled with hop flavour. It has body and sweetness, but never gets cloying.

WOW. Fantastic aroma. Mandarin oranges, succulent and juicy resinous sprucy hops. A circus for the nose. Light malts become more prominent as the brew warms and breathes. About a 1 inch thick head of very dense and creamy bubbles. Thick sheet of lacing left behind. Bright orange in color. Slightly sweet flavor with a bit of roasted grains, lots of succulent citrus hops again and a firm bitterness. Somewhat dry palate and very frontal tongue bitterness. A damn good IPA.

12oz bottle. Clear golden amber with a smallish head. Really nice floral, nectar, mango and tangarine like aroma. About as good as hops can smell. The mango becomes more prominent as it breathes, and it’s uncannily awesome. The flavor carries over many of the floral hoppy qualities and sits them over a simple, yet very clean malt sweetness. On the sweeter, maltier side, but not sugary and sticky like some sweeter IPAs can get. Finishes with a firm but integrated bitterness that is well rounded with the other flavors, leaving a lingering mango-grapefruit taste on the tongue. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation. Definitely at the top of the heap for more balanced beers of the style. One of the best examples of hop aroma that I’ve encountered.

22 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with hellbilly. Pours a hazy orange gold with a moderate, bubbly yellow/white head that lasted through two-thirds of the glass and left a layer of lace with each sip. The aroma was excellent with lots of citrus and floral vapors with just a hint of pine in the aroma. Mouthwatering. The flavor begins with some lightly sweet malt and is followed by some citrus hops. Moderately bitter and very well balanced. Really good stuff !