Fathom IPL
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Rotating|
Score
6.92
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Our Fathom India Pale Lager combines time-honored lagering techniques with the hop profiles of a West Coast IPA recipe. The cold-fermenting lager yeast provides a clean base that allows the citrus and pine aromas from the hops to really shine. The result is a gold medal beer with a refreshing, easy drinking character and just the right amount of depth.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Very big grapefruity nose that was enjoyable, but then all downhill from there. The odd lager yeast and hop combination gave this beer an almost phenolic taste that I really didn’t enjoy. Horrible aftertaste. The more I drank the lower the score went. Pass.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2009
at 01:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Crystal clear gold with a white head. Clean hoppy aroma. Grapefruit, citrus, some pine, a little grain, lemon peel. Medium bodied but very crisp. Flavor is packed full of the hops. Grapefruit, citrus, lemon peel, light pine, and just a touch of malt. Finish is dry and bitter. I was surprised at how well this worked. The crisp, clean flavors of a lager really let the hops shine through. Fantastic. (Draught at Thrash Zone, Yokohama)
Tried
on 22 Nov 2009
at 03:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap with the brewer. Clear golden, resiliant head. Aroma is herbacious and slightly citrus. Earthy with a touch of toffee. Taste is citrus andherbal. Crisp and good! Light caramel table sugar malt background. Could have fooled me as a real hop forward IPA. Crisp, medium carb, good!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2009
at 01:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a whitish head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light mineral and malt, and a bit of summer fruit. Medium bodied. Nice bitterness. Grapefruit and summerfruit lingers with a bit of malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2008
at 16:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught. ??My notes, taken from the blackboard, talk about Fathom IPA?? Good yellow head, leaving some lace: pale orangey beer. Very grapey, dry hops, bit salty/oystershell (high DMS?), fruity end. Dry hops, less bitter than expected, orange marmalade and a pinch of quinine. Medium bodied, slick, some alcohol ’t would seem. Good, if unspectacular. If it is really a lager, then it would be spectacular indeeed.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2008
at 05:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draft at Obriens; I thoght this was an IPA rather than an ESL; to me it seemed a lot more IPAish. Nose was lightly garssy hops with a little citrus accent; copper with a small off-white head; flavor had some caramel malt to balance out the hop bitterness; finish was lighly bitter. I would have liked some fruitiness rather than so much hoppiness if it is an ESL. But good anyway!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2008
at 20:10