Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Ballast Point - Miramar, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is fairly chocolatey, with brandy barrels, bourbon, cocoa and dark sugars. Flavour is cohesive, with dark sugars, brandy barrels, light spirit, booze, and cocoa. Cohesive and integrated. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Ballast Point - Miramar, pours a deep dark brown with a reddish tinge and a small tan head. Aroma brings out intense red wine and brandy barrels upfront, dark sugars, red fruits, and caramel. Flavour is rich and balanced, with red wine barrels, some brandy notes, toasted caramel, and dried dark fruits. Cohesive and complex. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Ballast Point - Miramar, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma is full of red wine, roasted malt, dark sugars and some light vanillin. Flavour is very vinous, with tons of tannins, red wine barrels, and relatively dry roasted malt. Really nicely crafted without any harsh edges. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Ballast Point - Miramar, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright piney hops and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is bright and melony, with bright piney hops, green melon, and biscuity malt. Bright, melony and hoppy, remaining clean and bright. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with grapefruit, mango, honey, spruce needles and herbs. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of mango, grapefruit, spruce needles, herbs, honey, a touch of wine gum and a generous citric/piney bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and quite interesting, with lots of spruce tip character coming through. Nice one.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Mocha Marlin from Ballast Point Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle, Winter release) Black colour with big, firm, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with fresh coffee, dark chocolate, black bread, brown sugar and liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with notes of espresso, cacao, black bread, treacle, liquorice and a balanced coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Rich and tasty, with lots of coffee and dark chocolate. Very nice.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Tongue Buckler from Ballast Point Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught@Craft Beer Helsinki 2019. Deep reddish brown colour with a small off-white foamy head. Aroma is pine, toffee and some slight wooden and mild herbal notes. Flavour is pine, toffee, some tea leafs as well as mild spiciness, alcohol and some wooden tones to it. Alcohol suits in well, and gives a quite warming feel to the beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (from Systembolaget Umeå). Ruby red colour, small off-white head. Aroma is plum, figs, alcohol, some toffee and mild rye to it. Flavour is plum, figs, some mild wood, a bit syrupy tones wih some rye and mild toasted notes too. Quite watery when fridge cold, but gets thicker when it gets more close to room temperature.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Manta Ray from Ballast Point Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, some apricot, mild wooden and some nectary notes with some bready malts. Flavour is fruity, floral, apricot, wooden, nectary and some crisp maltiness to it. Smooth and refreshing DIPA.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Sea Monster from Ballast Point Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Black colour with a mediumsized beige head. Aroma is liquorice, liquorice root, some coffee, alcohol and mild spiciness. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, salted liquorice, some peppery tones along with mild alcohol to it. Warm spicy heat to it in the finish and aftertaste.