Big Eye
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.40
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Our Big Eye IPA is a big hoppy brew, thanks to the abundance of American Columbus and Centennial varieties we use to flavor and dry hop. While the English originally added extra hops to preserve their beers for sea travel, we do it for the love of all that bold, intense flavor that makes India Pale Ale one of our favorite styles.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5
Poured from a bottle it is a reddish amber color with a white head the aroma is of citrus and the taste is of bitter citrus with grapefruit overtones
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 18:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a 12 oz bottle shared at Ryan’s. Pours a clear reddish copper with an off white head. Aroma of spruce needles. Flavors of grapefruit, resin and some grassy notes. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 18:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Decent IPA, though nothing like the Sculpin--THAT should be their flagship IPA. Pours a light copper, with fluffy, quickly-dissipating head. Aroma of hops and citrus, though it’s somewhat muted. Flavor is a bit more smooth--not quite so bitter, this has hop bitterness and malt sweetness that are combined in a bit more of a balance. Mouthfeel is a bit more smooth, not so sticky, and finish is quite bitter. It’s not a bad IPA, but it can’t compare to their Sculpin.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Sep 2013
at 14:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pour is hazy copper. Nose has a soapy aroma with pine and floral hop. Taste is very nice with good hop bitterness and malt backbone. Hop notes are floral and pine.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2013
at 11:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear orange amber with airy but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of hops with notes of citrus. Intense hoppy flavour with citric and grassy notes and a miæd touch of malt. Bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2013
at 08:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
12 oz bottle from a six pack. Aroma seems past its prime; it’s perfumy, spicy, grainy, fruity. Pours clear copper with a nice off-white head with good retention; leaves some lace. Taste seems stale, bittersweet with a lingering bitter finish. Palate is fine. I sure wish I had a fresher bottle, but this was what was offered to me. Addendum: reading the Julian date, this was bottled on July 24, 2013, just a little over a month ago. This should taste a hell of a lot fresher. I wonder if it didn’t travel properly. I expect more from this brewery!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2013
at 18:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from a ABC Store, Honolulu, August 2013. Clear amber with a medium head. Fresh with a lot of hops, pine, grapefruit and resin. Also some light notes of caramel and malt. Bitter but not too bitter. The finish was dry. I wonder if we ever can buy a beer like this is a ordinary "supermarket" in Sweden?
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2013
at 13:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 355ml @ Hotel Room, Hotel Aspen InnSuites, Flagstaff, AZ
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pine, grape and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long piney and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pine, grape and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long piney and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2013
at 23:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
355 ml. bottle poured in to a tulip. Clear, golden-amber colour with a dense, off-white head, that lasts throughout. Fruity aroma with sweet, exotic fruits, pines, grapefruits, resin and citrus. Caramel malts. Taste is bitter. Medium body with a pleasant, creamy texture and an average carbonation. Finishes bitter, dry with a good amount of fruits. Very enjoyable IPA from an ordinary supermarket. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 11:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Purchased at Binny's in Chicago, IL, enjoyed on a cool last day of July after a big weekend. Appearance is a dark copper gold with a thin white head that laces to the glass. Aroma is mostly of bready malt and whole cone hops. Taste goes down pretty bitter, has a unique flavor that is a bit dry and malty. Overall it's a good, decent IPA. I've enjoyed others more though.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2013
at 17:25