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Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA 3.91 431

Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

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4313.93/5.03.91/5.09.6%93.3Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
On a quest to make delicious beers, our brewers have continually sought creative new ways to accentuate the delightfully aromatic and flavorful qualities of hops. Hopheads rejoice! Dorado Double IPA takes hops to a new level. Mash Hopping, First Wort Hopping, Kettle Hopping, and Dry Hopping create an award winning beer that embodies San Diego’s reputation for making world class IPAs. Our bottle Robust Series gives all beer lovers an opportunity to try our most rare beers, previously available only on draft at select tap houses. Enjoy! Get the Point! World Beer Cup 2006 Bronze Award Winner
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 sayravai (3790), Helsinki, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 6, 2008  
(Bottled, 0.66l, 9.1% ABV) Hazy amber with a small, but firm head. Strong and fresh pine-lemony-hoppy aroma. Pine-hoppy, aromatic flavor with lots of grainy, pale malt - and warming, but not intrusive alcohol. Somewhat similar to NBE, but sharper and not quite as malty. Long, bitter aftertaste. Medium to full body with somewhat high carbonation. A quality double IPA for the of sharper hop fans.


 Bockyhorsey (2561), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jun 5, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of .Ughsmash. Aromas of floral and pine are great thoughout beer. Cooper body off white head and plenty of lacing. Flavor is citrus but at times is over bitter and dry. Leaves a dry aftertaste on the palate making you want water than another beer.


 SuzyGreenberg (1411), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/515/20
Jun 3, 2008  
22 oz. bottle - thanks to weeheavySD for the trade; pours cloudy, pale orange with slight white head; aromas are sugary sweet with hop and malt mix; pretty much perfection to this point; but going down, it seemed the nose and flavors were out of whack; very bitter and incredibly dry; the body is missing the malt balance as it drinks almost like apple syrup; overall, a little too bitter for my liking


 fonefan (11944), VestJylland, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Bottle. 66cl. Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, pine, resin, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice. (180408)


 Bragesnak (2361), Aarhus, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 31, 2008  
Garden-party tasting, From Chas. E., Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 300508. Light orange colour with light head. Aroma of fruit - oranges and melon. Flavor of some malt and loads of grapefruit bitterness. High carbonation.


 badbeer (433), Iowa, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/104/518/20
May 28, 2008  
Apricot color, creamy white head with great retention and lacing. Apricot, mango, honeydew, cantoulope, tons of melon. Juicy grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine, a touch of orange, and resin; a beautiful blend of citrus and melons. Somewhat high carbonation and medium bodied. When fresh, this is an outstanding beer.


 GeneralGao (3081), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 25, 2008  
22oz bottle. Poured a clear medium orange color. Head was bubbly, off white, and reduced over a minute or so to a soapy film. Aroma was of caramel, raw sprucy hops, and alcohol. There was some sweetness initially, but it was ruthlessly suppressed by moderate to assertive hop bitterness of about 7 out of 10 that lingered beyond the finish. I tasted caramel, orange liqueur, and sprucy hops. And the bitterness keeps on keepin’ on. Pretty good stuff.


thingstr (5), Hedehusene, Denmark
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 25, 2008  
Flot cremet skum på en orangeagtig øl. Duften er overvældenen, smagen lige så! Eftersmagen er de først par slurke meget bitter, efterhånden virker øllet mere og mere rund og lækkert i munden.



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