Ballantine India Pale Ale
Ballantine Beer in San Antonio, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.58
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First introduced in America in the late 1800’s Ballantine IPA was a beer for connoisseurs. It has been credited as an inspirational influence for the present day craft beer revolution in America. Handcrafted by our master brewers, this delightfully hoppy brew resurrects its deep heritage and storied past to embody an IPA worthy of the original Ballantine name. For well over a century the interlocking Borromeran Rings showcased on our label have come to signify Purity, Body, & Flavor, just like the delicious Ballantine IPA inside. We hope you enjoy it.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Whole Foods Bowery, NYC 12 ounce ($3): Pours light amber with a white head. Aroma is hops. They are somewhat nondescript as they are not particularly citrusy, resinous, or piny. Taste is malty with a nice bitter undertone. This isn’t bad. It probably is nothing like the original Ballantine IPA (which I assume was more like an English ESB), but hey, at least they are trying.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2014
at 08:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours Amber into a shaker. White head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Resin aromas. Soft with sour caramel upfront turning to resin in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 19:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased a bottle from Julio’s Liquors for $7.99 before the Wild Six Discount. Lasting head on a copper color liquid. Aroma is mild citrus floral and mild pine hops and hints at being more sweet then it tastes.
The flavor has a toasted malt and pale grain base that helps balance the deep lingering pine and floral hop punch. Damn! This is one of the most balanced IPA’s I’ve sampled in a long while. The bitterness has a deep pine that lingers but the mild sweet, pale malt really makes it refreshing. I never had the original and I haven’t looked up who actually owns the Pabst Brewing Company but this is solid. Truly if this is anything like it was 50 years ago it would have been the Heady Topper of its day. A pleasure to drink but best grabbed fresh because I could see this turning to sweet.
The flavor has a toasted malt and pale grain base that helps balance the deep lingering pine and floral hop punch. Damn! This is one of the most balanced IPA’s I’ve sampled in a long while. The bitterness has a deep pine that lingers but the mild sweet, pale malt really makes it refreshing. I never had the original and I haven’t looked up who actually owns the Pabst Brewing Company but this is solid. Truly if this is anything like it was 50 years ago it would have been the Heady Topper of its day. A pleasure to drink but best grabbed fresh because I could see this turning to sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2014
at 18:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Look, I could rate this straight up, but this one is a bit nostalgic. I remember drinking this some thirty plus years ago when India Pale ales were scant to find. It was uniquely different back then and undoubtably the first big hop brew I ever experienced. So rating this new version is a bit of a challenge. I want to do the memory of my youth justice, but I need to be truthful with what sits in front of me today. This brew is amber orange with a nice creamy beige head that leaves a clinging lace. Aroma is pure grapefruit hops. Flavor is toasted grain with more grapefruit hops and rich caramel malt. Bitter hop finish and aftertaste. As I remember, the older version was a bit more subtle. This new version is more hop forward and complex. All in all, I am glad to have Ballantine IPA back! , .
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2014
at 19:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bert’s Pours a crystal clear deep golden color with a huge frothy off white head that slowly dissipates to lots of stickies on the sides. Aromas of caramel and toffee with just a hint of fruit, mineral and earthy resin. The flavor is sweet up front with sweet bread and a hint of caramel. Light fruitiness with a touch of alcohol and a lingering earthy almost woody hop flavor. Medium body and level of carbonation. Decent enough brew, feels very English inspired, but a bit more balanced than the style has morphed into over the last few years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 15:32
1/10
Repulsive.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2014
at 12:39