Big Ballard Imperial IPA
Redhook Brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.75
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Big Ballard Imperial IPA pays homage to our original stomping grounds in the Ballard district of Seattle with a bold assertive hop character, light amber hue and crisp finish with a lingering hop character.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Slightly hazy amber/orange with a small, off-white head. Orange, light pine aroma. Taste is sweet orange malt, biscuit, followed by a mild pine and orange-peel bitter. Nice maltiness…… A little alcohol/mineral bittering as well, towards the finish. Overall, a pretty easy drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2019
at 23:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Lemon, orange, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet citrus, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter earthy pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body and balance. Pretty good - not overly sweet.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2019
at 02:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Kroger Lexington, VA, 12/23/18. I wish RateBeer could advance to like 1992 and adopt a website that can actually reflect the time zone in which the user is located. ITS NOT FUCKING CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hazy amber, large frothy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of floral and leafy hops caramel malt. Taste is leafy, earthy, herbal hops, caramel malt, lime. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Sorry for the bad attitude joet, but I'm drunk and this site has problems with its priorities.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2018
at 03:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear amber with a thick white head. Aroma of hops. Taste is fairly light for an imperial IPA but the alcohol is readily apparent. Malt forms the basis of the taste. Palate is Smokey and earthy. Interesting hop profile.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2018
at 02:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Hannaford. Appearance is clear, light amber with fair sparkle, 2-finger width frothy beige head with good retention and decent soapy lacing. Aroma is citrus, light tropical fruit, herbs and pine over cereal malt backbone. Taste is dank resin bitter and citrus, with light pine and grains. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average carbonation and dry, bitter finish. Overall, one of the stronger offerings from this brewer. Interesting complexity, surprising maltiness for a DIPA, though a bit to the bitter side for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 21:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Kroger bottle. I haven't had a Red Hook in ages, and if I remember correctly I hated their regular IPA (checking.... yep). Pours golden-amber with a an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, mango, pineapple. So far this is much better than the old retired IPA. Flavor is mango juice, pineapple, light green hops, pine. This is good. Nice work stepping up the game, Red Hook.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2017
at 17:24