Sculpin IPA - Aloha
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.01
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With Aloha Sculpin, we used Brux Trois yeast to turn our award-winning IPA into a tropical oasis, with bright and refreshing notes of mango, pineapple and guava, along with a slight haze and smooth mouthfeel.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wine Warehouse bottle. Pours slightly hazy gold with an off-white head. Aroma is tropical fruit and citrus, some floral notes too. Flavor is bittersweet pineapple, orange and grapefruit peel, pine, green grasses, and a little melon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2018
at 22:25
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2018
at 15:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Citrusy nose with some floral, coconut and light alcohol aromas. Citrusy on the palate, touch of pine and dank bitterness. Finishes smooth. Very enjoyable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ballast Point Aloha Sculpin on 12 Apr 2018 at 20:52 - Score: 7. Original review text: Citrusy nose with some floral, coconut and light alcohol aromas. Citrusy on the palate, touch of pine and dank bitterness. Finishes Smooth
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2018
at 17:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ Ballast Point Brewing - Miramar, San Diego, CA. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty pineapple hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty pineapple hoppy tropical fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy tropical fruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2018
at 16:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Whole Foods Wauwatosa. Hazy orange, thin creamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of mango, papaya, grapefruit, pale malt. Taste is resin, pepper, lime, grapefruit, lychee, tropical fruit. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2018
at 00:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy rich yellow with large foamy whitish head, citrus aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter citrusy taste, thun body, long finish. Couldn't really get the 'tropical' flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2018
at 13:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Old Town Pub in Bordentown, NJ. Amber orange pour. Small creamy tan head. Dank hoppy nose. Tart citrusy malt flavor upfront. Big bitter notes in middle and finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2018
at 21:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from 7-11. Hazy golden coloured. Supposed to be a hazy ne-ipa. Its ok, with a little juicy milkshake-ness but otherwise very similar to the regular sculpin. Short dry finish, fairly bitter. Could've been better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2018
at 16:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 3/6/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of huge tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, toasted bread, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, Brett yeast, and moderate bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, toasted bread, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, toasted bread, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, Brett yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready, grainy, sticky, resinous, and rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a fantastic IPA. All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, Brett yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink with the moderately bitter/drying finish, never overly aggressive. Fantastic juicy, dank, and vibrant hops; solid bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. Really great levels of tropical Brett complexity, along with the usual citrus/fruity/resinous classic Sculpin hop profile. A highly enjoyable offering as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2018
at 00:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear (not hazy) amber with moderate head. Aromas of pine, tropical fruit, and toasted malts. Flavors of pine. spruce, spicy resin, bread crust, pineapple and other dried tropical fruit. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2018
at 02:48