Tongue Buckler
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.40
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Our Tongue Buckler Imperial Red Ale doesn’t pull any punches. This is a big brew with hops and malt in extreme abundance. The I.B.U.’s (International Bitterness Units) alone test the limits of your palate. Yet while the timid should take warning, Tongue Buckler generously rewards the bold with an exceptional ale experience.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Hair of the Dog, Phrom Phong. Poured a hazy clear copper with a thin white head. The aroma is liqouice bitter metallic floral hop, The flavour is strong bitter with a dry woody metallic hop bitter, light burning alcohol palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2017
at 11:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber, from Wine Warehouse, I think. Pours hazy brown with a frothy beige head. Aroma of sweet dark fruit, caramel, black tea, orange peel. Flavor is orange peel, dark fruit, burnt caramel malt, grapefruit rind, and finishes with bitter cold coffee.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2016
at 14:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Caramel, malty, pine. A- Reddish copper color, hazy liquid, off white head. T- Burnt caramel, malty, medium bitterness, floral spices. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Loads and loads of burnt caramel malts and a touch of floral bitterness. Not bad but equally not all that exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 09:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich copper and light ruby body with a nice, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of rich malt, alcohol, earthy and grassy hops with a distinctly nutty and toffee scent as well. Medium-bodied; Nice robust malty flavour with a lot of grass and deep caramel flavours showing some nice hop bitterness with a bunch of alcohol warmth to finish it off. Aftertaste shows the malt at first with some nuts, earth, caramel, alcohol and of course - a good deal of bright herbal and grassy hops. Overall, a nicely balanced beer, especially for 10% abv, with a lot of sweetness and an assertive malt and deep fruit finish. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 17-January-2016 for US$7,99 sampled at home in Washington on 08-May-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2016
at 01:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Hazy red amber color, compact head. Moderate aroma of fruity hops, oranges and other similar fruits, lightly animal too. Bold structure, the sweetness is moderate, not excessive, the malt profile seem to reveal too much Crystal; the bitterness is very strong and the hops come with a quite harsh wood resin, just lightly fruity, and heavily roasted nuts; I find that these beers are almost buttery sometimes.
Aggressive, good, but a bit too much over the top.
Hazy red amber color, compact head. Moderate aroma of fruity hops, oranges and other similar fruits, lightly animal too. Bold structure, the sweetness is moderate, not excessive, the malt profile seem to reveal too much Crystal; the bitterness is very strong and the hops come with a quite harsh wood resin, just lightly fruity, and heavily roasted nuts; I find that these beers are almost buttery sometimes.
Aggressive, good, but a bit too much over the top.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2016
at 00:50