Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Diego, California USA

Bottle from Olbutikken, Copenhagen. Golden brown in colour with a white head. It has a medium body and a lots of citrusy hop flavour.

Bottle. Golden-brown colour. Hazy. Smells caramel, hops and dried apricots. Taste is hoppy but not super bitter. Fruity taste of dried apricots.

22oz bottle. Medium/dark gold pour. Great hop aroma, just what you would expect from a DIPA. Nice biterness, pretty easy drinking as well. Very good. Had this fresh recently and, damn this was spectacular. So fragrent and hoppy, but very well balanced, top notch DIPA.

22oz. bomber: This one poured a clear, orange tinged golden color. There was a about a finger of off-white head on it. It left some lacing down the glass. Just what I like in the aroma: a big old blast of hops. Mainly grapefruit and piney notes. Perhaps some floral, caramel and fruity notes also hiding in there. The taste is very good. Bitter, but more balanced than your typical hop bomb. Some sweetness in the aftertaste, with some fruits popping up. There may even be a tinge of pineapple in there. Very Nice! I’m pretty sure Vac sent me this a while back in a trade. It’s been hiding in the fridge for quite some time.

22oz bottle. Hazy orange with a fine white head. Instant burst of candied pineapple, strawberry, mint in the aroma. The flavor has an intense fruity, hoppy flavor, mostly of dried mango and mint. A firm malt sweetness enhances the hops, yet isn’t cloying or sticky. A bit fatter than some other west coasters, but not too flabby. Just enough bitterness to cut the body and dry the finish, in tandem with just a hint of smooth alcohol. No harshness or astringency. This bomber is going down dangerously fast, but this is still a substantial sipper. Awesome DIPA.

Getting notebook online. Bottle. Pours an orange hue with some haze to it. Good pine aromas. Decent sweet entry. Lots of hop flavors as well. Real good DIPA!

20090325 Bottle obtained from sfoley over on BA. Pours clear orange with a cascading sticky off white head. Bump appearance 1 pt. The nose in this beer is as good as any of the top IIPAs out there. Big resinous pine and grapefruit notes, with a bit of sugary malt goodness. Bump aroma 1 pt. The flavor is pithy with plenty pine and citrus. There’s a good sweetness in the finish bit its still bitter as all get out. I already had it at at a 9. No bump. Medium full body body with plenty of oil which is good as far as I’m concerned. The finish is very balanced. In my opinion, this is underrated even at 3.9 overall.

20080929 Pours a hazed orange with a bit of off white head. Great big ol pine and grapefruit aromas. Just a bit of caramel in the background. All sorts of wonderful hop flavors. Aggressive but not overbearing. Medium body with medium carbonation. A well balanced long lasting finish. Nice beer. I need to come by a bottle.

Cloudy grapefuit colour, white head and lace. Great hop aroma. Very good DIPA, high IBU but not a bomb of bitter. Full mouthfeel and good drinkability.