Bombay Bastard

Amsterdam Brewboys in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

IPA Regular Out of Production

Score

6.33

ABV: 6.2%

IBU: 50

Ticks: 12

Never forget Yasphal, an elephant in musth, blocking the Bombay railroad in 1898 holding the East India Train Company to ransom. As the rainy season set in, only a barrel of the finest IPA could calm this testy bull. Since known as the Bombay Bastard. A nickname befitting this monsoon of a beer – Built to conquer the thirst that 35 degrees and torrential rains will summon. Yasphal knew..

Heavy bitters paired with sweet, roasty maltiness and sticky caramel tones. Wrapped together in a mysterious hazy profile with a hint of sea salt on the end of the palate that keeps you coming back for more – whatever the season.

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6.4

tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 11 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Drankenspeciaalzaak Jelle, Amsterdam. Aroma is malt, caramel, biscuit, soft hops with notes of citrus and pine. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium with fairly active carbonation. A modestly hopped IPA with some tasty caramel malts, enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:37

6.1

Icedwarf (4896) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Lichtbruin bier met schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig met iets van karamel, wat geroosterd brood en graan. Niet echt wat je van een IPA verwacht. Desondanks best goed.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2021 at 20:24

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 5 years ago

Tried on 07 Mar 2020 at 13:43

Drebus (8639) ticked Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 6 years ago

Bitter, weinig fruitig, dun en gistig. En toch niet verkeerd.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2020 at 19:44

Fruitsalad (2249) ticked Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 6 years ago

Seems nice but tried it after a 100IBU so needs a retaste

Tried at Little Délirium Café Amsterdam on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

6.8

Benzai (24515) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 6 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Unclear dark red color, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, hop bitter, lightly biscuit malty. Solid. 7-2-7-3-15

Tried on 22 Sep 2019 at 11:17

6.6

blackisle (5698) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 6 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Colour hazy medium amber, tall frothy off-white to beige head, good retention, heavy lacing. Aroma toasted malt, caramel, orange, pine. Flavour medium sweet and bitter, malty, grainy, light citrus, fruity, light pine; malty sweetbitter aftertaste, grainy, herbal notes, burnt caramel; medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation; not really an IPA, but nice anyway.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2019 at 18:36

7.5

ShivanDragon (10851) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

amber wazig, licht geel/witte kraag. aroma van den, gras, hoppig, mout, smaken van den, gras, citrus, caramel, mout, matig hoppig, matig bitter, matig zoet, ok

Tried on 14 Aug 2017 at 13:45

6.2

CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home, 18th March 17. Pours dark amber. Aroma is caramel, hops, citrus. Taste is malt forward, slight sweet, some bitterness. Enough going on to make this drinkable. Not bad

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2017 at 02:12

5.8

Kermis (23416) reviewed Bombay Bastard from Amsterdam Brewboys 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared. Hazy amber with a big off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, light herbal hops and apple notes. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2017 at 14:29