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Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

San Diego, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4263.93/5.03.91/5.09.6%93.1Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
On a quest to make delicious beers, our brewers have continually sought creative new ways to accentuate the delightfully aromatic and flavorful qualities of hops. Hopheads rejoice! Dorado Double IPA takes hops to a new level. Mash Hopping, First Wort Hopping, Kettle Hopping, and Dry Hopping create an award winning beer that embodies San Diego’s reputation for making world class IPAs. Our bottle Robust Series gives all beer lovers an opportunity to try our most rare beers, previously available only on draft at select tap houses. Enjoy! Get the Point! World Beer Cup 2006 Bronze Award Winner
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 andersand (271), Malmö, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Hazy amber colour with a large off-white head. Aroma is typical clean piney hops over a caramell foundation. Flavour is the same, quite generous and fairly balanced with a good hoppy aftertaste. Could do better with a less pine-tree and a more juice-like hop character. In my.. Opinion..


 chriso (4679), London, Greater London, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 27, 2009  
Bottle, April 2008 tasting. Dark gold colour. Powerful hops throughout - lots of pine and grapefruit. Minimal malt backup and rather astringent bitterness knock it down a notch. Still a very tasty DIPA. Certainly doesn’t stray into that sweet sticky territory that some do.


 sirpsycho (342), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange, creamy off-white head. Hops, caramel and sweet malt are present in the aroma. Flavor is dominated by hops and more hops, some sweet caramel and a touch of peach in the background. Finish is bitter and lingering.


 hombrepalo (745), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 20, 2009  
22oz bomber courtesy of Maximum12 (Cory, Beeradvocate). Hazy orange color with fluffy head. Sweet hoppy citrus aroma. Grapefruit, orange, lemon, pine hops, and a malt backbone. Palate is smooth and a bit on the light side. Alcohol not noticable at 9.6%. Not as tasty as the Scrupulin but an above average IIPA. Thanks again to my fantasy baseball team and Cory.


 Madsnp (610), Odense C, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours clear golden coloured with a nice big off white head. Aromas of caramel, malt, grapefruit, grassy hops and zest. Great! Flavours of resin, sweet malt, grapefruit, caramel and toffee. Tasty stuff..


 sfhodense (554), Odense NØ, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Pours golden with a large off-white head. Aroma is malt, hoppy, grass, citrus and grapefruit. Flavour is sweet malt, hoppy, citrus and grapefruit.


 brentfeesh (1030), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Oct 5, 2009  
I don’t know if I can say anything about this beer that has not already been said. I find this to be a very fine DIPA. The color and appearance are right up my alley. Golden with a nice amount of carbonation and head. The aroma lets you know right off what you are getting yourself into. Plenty of citrus right out there in the nose. The flavor starts with a combined malty orange and hop orange citrus that fades quickly to grapefruit juice. The body is just right for this one and as it is not too thin or too heavy, it makes this DIPA quite quafable. I could have a couple of these in a row, where as many other DIPA’s I have to stop at one. A fine brew.


 Enjoyit (1697), Vadum, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2009  
Clear amber of color with a foamy beige head. An aroma of grapefruit, hops, pine and malt. A flavor of malt, hops and grapefruit.



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