Red Velvet
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - White / Blond Rotating|
Score
6.49
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Impossibly reddish in color (due to the beets) with nitro cascade fading into a pink cap of stable foam, great clarity. Seeing the beer in the glass shows the obvious resemblance to a slice of red velvet cake (red cake on the bottom topped with a layer of creamy white frosting). But the similarities don’t end there. The aroma is dominated by chocolate with earthy notes of beets and subtle wafts of roast coco. The flavor is similar to the aroma but with faint roast and hop bitterness coming in at the end balance it out, not cloying or overly sweet. The mouthfeel is medium and the finish is luxuriously smooth. It’s dessert served in a pint glass!
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5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: (very cool artwork on a plastic wrap) Slightly hazy, red/orange/amber with a small, creamy, off-white head. Chocolate, cream, biscuit scent. Taste is mildly bitter, rooty/earthy....over chocolate malt and light cream. Doesn't deliver on several fronts.....it's not very Stout, rather watery and weak.....It's not sweet like a proper cake, and whatever Nitro method they used is useless....Can it with a Widget and I'll give it a second look, otherwise, it's one and done for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2017
at 18:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at BP Scripps Ranch. As Red Velvet Cake, 5.3%. Pours red with pinkish head. Chocolate, vanilla, some fruity notes, sweet. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Ballast Point Brewing - Scripps Ranch
on 26 Aug 2017
at 02:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Red with lasting pink head. Earthy chocolate nose and palate with a vague roastiness. Interesting
Tried
on 17 Jul 2017
at 15:54
5.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Sampled on draft this beer poured a dark pink-red color with a large creamy pink head that lingered forever and left incredible lacing. The aroma was sweet sugar, cream and was a bit malty. The flavor was sweet cream, strong artificial sugar and a touch of vanilla. Very long finish. Medium bodied and smooth. Not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2017
at 19:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Tap) bright reddish colour with a small pinkish head; aroma of roast, milk chocolate; smooth palate; balanced flavour with a long, very light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2017
at 16:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with my folks. Pours reddish pink with the typical nitro creamy head. Mild aroma of roast and earthy bits with a little sweetness. No dominant flavors emerge… a little roast, a little cocoa, somewhat earthy and sweet at the same time. I haven’t had a beet in so long I have no way to validate that taste. Smooth and easy drinking, I’d have it again, but wouldn’t search it out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2017
at 16:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Velvety is the right word for this beer. It has a sweet syrupy feel to it. Bright red in colour. Ballast pt SD ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 28 Apr 2017
at 17:54
Did not like.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2017
at 15:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Pours bright red with a huge head that lasts for ages (barman inverted the bottle and shook vigorously as he poured to get this effect). Vanilla, white chocolate, strawberry, little earthiness in the taste, lots of sugar. Full smooth body. Extremely fun, and has some very good points.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2017
at 04:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy amber to red with a creamy off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, caramelish. Toasted malty. Sweet, toffee and caramelish. Sweet malty and lingering toasted finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 13:58