Blue Ridge (SC) Double Ball n Chain IPA

Brewed by Blue Ridge Brewing Co. (SC)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Greenville, South Carolina USA

Poured at Brewgrass Festival. Pours a relatively clear copper orange, with a medium, foamy light tan head. Smells of pretty sizeable hops, with some citrus and malt characters as well. The flavor is big on the malts, with the big citrus grapefruit hops to give it some good balance. A little sticky on the palate, with a mildly bitter aftertaste. Pretty nice flavor, and fairly easy drinking for its alcohol content. Pretty nicely crafted brew.

Date: September 21, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy orange, wispy beige head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet orange citrus aroma
Flavor: lots of sweet orange flavor is quickly balanced by a big earthy bitterness that lasts through a long finish

Date: September 23, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Appearance: lots of layered lace
Flavor: good crystal sweetness enhances the orange flavor

Date: February 06, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Aroma: lots of floral hops in the aroma
Flavor: sweet sweet orange flavor, picking up a bit of husk astrengency in the bitterness, sticky honey like sweetness with a sticky glass

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Growler: Pours a transparent copper orange with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma has a fairly fresh, earthy grapefruity hoppy presence with touch of sweet pale malt. Body starts with good malty sweetness and plenty of citrusy bittering hops toward a crisper drier finish. A pretty decent IIPA, but could use a little more balance.

Hazy red amber body with an appropriate head. The aroma is Centennial style hops. The hops are a little burny in the taste, but it’s oddly not an unpleasant lingering bitterness. This is pretty damn tasty, yo.