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We started out in 1996 as a small group of San Diego home brewers who simply wanted to make a better beer. In our exploration, we became obsessed with ingredients—tinkering, testing and tasting to find the perfect balance of taste and aroma. That adventurous spirit leads to award-winning beers in classic and unique styles while challenging our own tastes and expanding yours. We’re proud of our San Diego hometown, our employees, our beers, and our fans. We think of our employees as family, and you, our fans, as extended family. You’ll see us use #BPPROUD as a badge of pride and a way to further connect with our beer loving community.
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BMan1113VR (8092) reviewed
California Kölsch from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small off-white head fading over a clear golden body. Aroma is fruity with acetaldehyde. Taste is light hops and caramel. Light bubbles and a dry mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2009 at 15:26
CosmicCharlie (9860) reviewed
Sea Monster from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head conglomerates as it slowly recedes leaving spider lacing. Dry cocoa, oxiginated vanilla and soy aromas. Upfront creamy vanilla alcohol. Turning to milk chocolate and sour espresso and soy in the finish. A tad thin.
Tried on 17 Apr 2009 at 19:41
Sebletitje (16212) reviewed
Tongue Buckler from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
courtesy of Alen @ Premier Stainless. Pours maber with beige head.Aroma lots of hops, some licorice becoming apparent and caramel malts. Taste, lots and lots of hops, alcohol well present, some sweet candi with some interesting liquorish mouthfeel.
Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2009 at 23:09
thegreenrooster (7471) reviewed
Big Eye from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pour is a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is pure hop juice. Flavor is lots of hop resin with a subtle bitterness after the first sip. The hoppyness is almost to the point of being a double IPA without the high alcohol. Its a typical west coast IPA and that make me a happy boy.
Tried on 14 Apr 2009 at 19:44
CosmicCharlie (9860) reviewed
Dorado from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours deep clear amber into a snifter. Off-white head pancakes and recedes to spot surface leaving slight spiders. Strong pine resin and grapefruit aromas. Sweet full honey upfront turning crisp then syrupy. Lasting resin finish. A sipper.
Tried on 07 Apr 2009 at 19:41
gunnfryd (22478) reviewed
Dorado from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. golden- orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, hop, citrus. Flavour is grapefruit, hop, citrus, malt. Full bodied nice beer with bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2009 at 02:53
Ibrew2or3 (10892) reviewed
Sea Monster from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pours deep dark with amber edges and thin mocha head. The aroma is roasty malts mixing with molasses, mild chocolate and mild amounts of coffee. The taste is rich and chewy with malts. It then becomes mildly coffee like and moving in the direction of molasses, chocolate and a sense of vanilla. Into the finish mild coffee and mild malt astringency round out the experience.
Tried on 02 Apr 2009 at 22:42
diabel (1874) reviewed
Sea Monster (8% ABV) from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, at LCRBM 2008, ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Black body with a brown head. Strong aroma of deep malts with some spicy complexity. Great, robust aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. Heavily carbonated. Good balance. Strong malty mouthfeel with a good complexity to make it interesting, but it is not overwhelming by complexity. Steady beer.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2009 at 03:30
Drake (22980) reviewed
Sculpin IPA from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
22 ounce bottle shared by cdumler. Thanks! Pours a clear medium amber color with a thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Big resiny hop aroma with some mild tropical and citrus fruit notes. Taste is very heavy hops.... pine, earth, vegetal and a little metal. Slight citrusy fruit and caramel notes. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2009 at 22:51
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Sea Monster (8% ABV) from Ballast Point Brewing Company
17 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 66cl. @ LCRBM 2008, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsClear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dry coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081025]
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2009 at 08:24