19 Dec 2008
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Author: Gile
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Name: Gile
Site: http://corebrewing.com
About: My first beer was Budweiser. I was about 9 or 10, Dad and I were broken down and the side of the road and all there was to drink was Budweiser. So I had a swig of his, hated it!
I didn't drink beer again until I joined the Marine Corps. I was in Quantico, attending Small Computer Systems Specialist school, when I accidentally knocked a beer out the fridge and broke it. My buddies said now I gotta drink one! The rest is history. The broken beer was a Red Dog by the way.
Now days I am really a hop head that enjoys the IPAs [Stone IPA; Lagunitas IPA] and Douple IPAs [Moylan's; Hair of the Dog Blue Dot]. I also like Belgians [St Bernardus; Delirium; Three Philosopher's] a lot! I also like the Stouts and Porters [Black Butte] as well.
I enjoy going to breweries to sample as well as going to pubs and taverns. I also like enjoying beer with friends and bouncing ideas off of other intelligent people as well. Last time I was at O'Brien's I was shooting the shit with a couple of random strangers.
I hope to someday do a pub/tavern crawl across Europe. That's all I want. Simple.
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Name of Brew: Sculpin India Pale Ale
Brewed By: Ballast Point Brewing Company
Overall rating: A
Style: IPA
ABV: 7%
IBU: Unknown
Appearance: A nice, light, amber color to it. Light on the head, though that could be just how I poured it.
Aroma: Hoppy! One whiff and you denote hops! A beautiful aroma. Wish I could get some hops for potpourri.
Flavor: Delicious hop flavor. This isn’t an over the top hoppy IPA like Moylan’s Hopsickle. Just nice, smooth hops. No bitter aftertaste. just a hop aftertaste.
Body: Medium bodied IPA.
Enjoyability: If your a hop head then this a great IPA for you. If your not a hophead then this will have no enjoyability. Since I am a hop head, it has TONS of enjoyability. Plus the guy ringing up my order was horny for this brew! He was like “Your gonna love that one!”
Tags: beer review, IPA
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December 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
That thing has a micro head! I like the robust ABV on that sucker though.
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
This picture was taken when I had already drank a bit of it. Oops!
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