Ballast Point Brewing Company Big Eye

Big Eye

 

Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Rotating
Score
7.40
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 71 Ticks: 211
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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6/10
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 16:27

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
How: Draught.
Where: Saddle & Sabre, Stockholm.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, hops, caramel, grapefruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, grapefruit, hops.
Tried on 09 Feb 2018 at 14:34

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Caramel and tropical fruit aroma. Medium rocky off-white head, Half-clear amber color. Medium sweet and heavy bitter. Medium body, bitter aftertaste.
Tried on 30 Sep 2017 at 11:13

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
355ml can. Pours a hazy orange with a medium, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, peach, orange, grapefruit and light pine needles. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, peach, grapefruit, orange peel and pine needles with a dry, bitter grass finish. Medium to full body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Nice.
Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2017 at 00:58

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2008 (De mes notes papiers). .
Tried on 20 Aug 2017 at 00:13

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From can in front of De Bierkoning (had this on tap once, in California in 2009, pre-RB). Clear deep golden color. Off white head. Aroma’s of caramel, dark malts, bitter hops. Bitterness is more upfront retronasal. Flavor is bitter, with dark malts in the background. Medium bodied. Long firm bitter finish. Now I need to re-retry with a fresh one.
Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2017 at 01:38

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Vom Fass direkt im San Diego Tabroom - frischer geht’s kaum. Optisch astreines Amber. In der Nase schöne Grapefruit. Setzt sich leicht süß im Trunk fort. Mittig malzig, hinten bitter. Ein IPA beim dem für jeden was dabei ist.
Tried on 30 May 2017 at 20:46

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Amber colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have a fair amount of syrupy malts and resinous hop. Quite bitter.
Tried on 15 Apr 2017 at 13:40

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Pours orange with a good head. Grapefruit, orange, black pepper, caramel. Sweet start and a really long bitter finish. Nice full body. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2017 at 02:37

7/10
Tried on 01 Apr 2017 at 16:28