Calm Before the Storm
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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6.92
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Calm Before the Storm came from a quest for a warm weather alternative to our Victory at Sea Imperial Porter. Like its more robust cousin, we infuse a punch of flavor using cold brewed Caffé Calabria coffee and a hint of vanilla. But this time, we added it to a lighter-bodied golden cream ale. The end result is a surprisingly bright, coffee-forward beer that’s perfectly refreshing.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Brewdog Helsinki, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Some fruits, coffee, vanilla, dryness and malts. Clear.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2015
at 09:20
8.5/10
Great mild coffee cream ale
Tried
on 27 Nov 2015
at 15:25
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear amber with a thick, off-white head. Creamy grain malt, vanilla aroma. Taste is light coffee, vanilla, grains... Very creamy.....not overly corny.... A really tasty cream ale....... Thought it was great....wish I had more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 17:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Taproom, Malmö. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty creamy aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty creamy hoppy vanilla flavor. Has a fruity malty creamy vanilla finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2015
at 01:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 11/15/15. Pours a mostly clear orange color with an off white head. Sweetened coffee aroma and flavor that has roast and lactose components to it as well. This is smooth, easy drinking beer with a somewhat lively carbonation. Kind of a light version of Regular Coffee, at least from the way it mixes sweetened coffee and lactose flavors into a lighter colored beer. It has a bit more of a roast component on the nose than you might expect from a beer that looks like this too. The sweetness works very well without getting cloying. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2015
at 15:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle. Aroma is coffee, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is coffee and some cream.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2015
at 18:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aroma: coffee, vanilla Appearance: orange-gold, white head Taste: coffee, vanilla, cream Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 06 Nov 2015
at 22:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Strong coffee and vanilla caramel malt aroma (did I mention coffee?). Golden yellow with with small head. Sweet creamy vanilla coffee, caramel malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body. This is one way to improve a cream ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2015
at 20:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog Birmingham; clear amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has a cappuccino, taste has a little kick of coffee along with cream soda, some caramel, nice.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2015
at 06:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle pours with a clear deep gold body that has a copper core and supports a thin light tan head. The aroma offers up a good load of dark roasted coffee and then some vague sweeter notes in the background. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of sweet malts linked to a thin ribbon of vanilla that sweeten up the bold dark roasted coffee. It stays dark and toasty with coffee and various sweet notes right into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2015
at 21:55