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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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Miramar. I was gonna scroll past this one, but I’m glad I didn’t. It pours a nice clear reddish pink color with a super creamy light pink head. The aroma really does remind me of red velvet cake with some light hints of berries, heavy cream and white chocolate. The flavor is silky smooth and sweet with cocoa, cherry, raspberry and hints of white chocolate. Light buttery biscuits and a touch of earthiness from the beets. Pretty awesome.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2016
at 08:11