Ballast Point Brewing Company Barmy

Barmy

 

Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
6.68
ABV: 12.0% IBU: 23 Ticks: 44
Our Barmy is a strong golden ale that lives up to its name…in a way. Some know “barmy” as slang for crazy or wacky. But historically it’s referred to the froth coming from fermenting fruit or beer, a definition that suits this brew made with apricots and orange blossom honey. With a tart fruitiness and a sweet, but not too sugary, finish, the only thing crazy about this Barmy is the amount of flavor
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Clear dark golden to amber colour, minimal off-white lacing; aroma of grainy, dried apricot, some orange peel and biscuity notes; taste is like an alcoholic apricot jam with definite amount of hops; I like it

Tried on 10 Nov 2023 at 05:29


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draft - Butterscotch and sweet stone fruit. Opaque with a decent white head. Fruity and a touch of booze with some long sticky fruity notes.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2018 at 23:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

bottle - Hazy orange pour. Smells of apricots, malt, and honey. The flavor is sweet and fruity with ample honey character. Almost too sweet, but it's enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2017 at 08:43


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild herbal, dry berries. Sweet, berry fruity. Sweet. Light fruity. Bitter and slight herbal. Dry berries finish.

Tried from Draft on 10 Sep 2017 at 22:28


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Wenig Perlung, kaum Schaum, aber entdecke auch grad, dass das Teil satte 12 Pferde hat. Dann mal durchschnauben und ran an den Fisch. In der Nase hauptsächlich Honig, trauben, alkoholisch. Im Trunk Aprikosenlikör, süß, alkoholisch, Frucht. Sehr speziell, schwer zu trinken. Warum muss das so stark sein?

Tried on 01 Sep 2017 at 09:21


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the dregs run. Cheers Stuu! Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of apricot and almond. Taste has honey, dried apricot and more almond, almond essence in fact. Faint spice linger.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2017 at 07:45


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

bottle at home .. golden amber .. thin white lacing .. soft dry floral fruit nose .. sharp zezty passion .. dry peach fruit ... light bitter

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2017 at 13:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Golden and strong. Looks perfect, tastes wonderful, and is relatively mild on the belgian flavours but bold on flavour. Ballast point SD ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 28 Apr 2017 at 17:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, honey, sugary, taste is sweet honey, toffee, floral, light fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2017 at 09:48


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle pour. Appearance is hazy light brown/dark yellow with nice sparkle, ephemeral less-than-finger-width white head with trace lacing. Aroma is champagne-like yeast, tart, apricot, honey/candied sugar over malts. Taste is candied sugar/honey, apricots over malt base; hints of barley wine in here; alcohol hidden well. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, lively carbonation and sweet honey finish. Overall, a little on the sweet side--which is hard to do with me--but some complexity here.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2017 at 19:45