Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.69
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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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craftheads. Grassy and citrus hops. Decent bitterness. Not a wow factor for me, but still pretty nice. Slight candy sweetnes, bit of fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Orange blonde color. Oily hops, grapefruit and pineapple in the aroma and flavor. Blackcurrant. Thinnish. Long earthy oily hopbitter finish. Well balanced, but not a hop monster.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2019
at 14:36
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2019
at 02:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
355ml bottle shared with Cuso, many thanks. F: medium, egg-white, long lasting. C: shiny gold, hazy. A: malty, spicy, orange, bit onion effect, tropical fruits, bit caramel. T: sweet orange, onion, tangerine, decent sweet combined with bitter grapefruits, medium to full body, soft carbonation, very good balanced, great for the style, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2019
at 17:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can, gold amber clear with big white head. Citrus and malt aroma, full body. Intense grapefruit taste, pine finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2019
at 00:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[On tap at the HI, La Mirada, CA.] A hazy amber pour with a lasting white head; citrus aroma; bitter grapefruit taste; and a resinous finish. A fairly standard west coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2019
at 03:25
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Systembolaget Uppsala. Just great. Very well balanced. Very tasty. An essence of IPA. Great
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2019
at 20:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
355mL bottle purchased in Korea. March 2019, Issy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2019
at 18:13
9/10
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Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2019
at 18:44