Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.70
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The Sculpin IPA is a testament to our humble beginnings as Home Brew Mart. Founded in 1992, the Mart continues to be a catalyst for the San Diego brewing scene, setting the trend for handcrafted ales. Inspired by our customers, employees and brewers, the Sculpin IPA is bright with aromas of apricot, peach, mango and lemon. Its lighter body also brings out the crispness of the hops. This delicious Ballast Point Ale took a Bronze Medal at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival in the Pro Am category. The Sculpin fish has poisonous spikes on its fins that can give a strong sting. Ironically, the meat from a Sculpin is considered some of the most tasty. Something that has a sting but tastes great, sounds like a Ballast Point India Pale Ale.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly orange golden with a white head. Potent fresh juicy grapefruit hop aroma, orange, herbal. Flavor is also juicy citrus grapefruit and pine hoppiness. Quite good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2015
at 00:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy golden body with a frothy white head. Aroma of grapefruit, toasted grain, floral hops, dough, dry grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Light astringency in the finish. Taste of citrus, light resin, toasted grain. Maybe its reputation led to higher expectations than I should have had, but I was not wowed. Lots of ipas out there like this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2015
at 11:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, far too long after bottling date. But as it is what it is, it’ll get a go anyway. Pours golden, with a creamy head. Aroma is unaggressive, yet very hoppy tropical notes with apricots, and sweet roasted malts with bread and toffee. Medium to full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is hoppy tropical notes with apricots, mango and citrusy orange peel, as well as a nice caramelly malty back with bread and toffee. Lingering sweet hoppy finish. Solid IPA, which no doubt is even better a couple of months fresher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2015
at 16:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355 ml bottle, from the Norwegian importer. ABV is 7%. Deep golden colour, nearly clear, moderate white head. Pleasant aroma of fruity hops (citrus, tropical fruits), also notes of pine. Distinct hoppy flavour on a background of slightly sweet malts, notes of grapefruit, pine needles and resin. Bitter finish, very bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Thanks Matt! Rich full and complex beer. Moderate body but easy drinking. Strong bitterness, strong caramel biscuity burnt sugar malty background, strong resiny piney orange citrusy flavours. Classic and very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2015
at 13:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Appearance is hazy amber, with a thick creamy beige head, which clings to the glass. Aroma- orange, pineapple, creamy malt, tropical fruit juice, pine, hop resin. Yum. Taste- massive hop bitterness, orange peel, pineapple, juicy tropical fruit, pine, grapefruit, hop resins. Huge bitter fruit, but also there’s biscuity malt underpinning the whole thing. Mouthfeel is oily and clingy, hugely long bitter finish. Superb IPA.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2015
at 06:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl oz can from Brewdog online store. Deep orange golden colour, foamy white head and aroma of mango, orange citrus, hop resins. Taste is malt caramel with tropical fruity, peach notes and grapefruit, resiny spice, earthy bitterness. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Aggressively hoppy, very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2015
at 13:56