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Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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3023.9/5.03.89/5.09.6%85.8Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

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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 ChazMania (317), Pasadena, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20

Nov 17, 2006    Updated: Jan 6, 2008
Nice! I love DIPA. This puppy is very smooth and not very bitter. Alot of fruit stuff happening. Does not taste like a 9%er at all. Some slight peachy/mango/grapefruit flavors. Once again, San Diego makes great IPA, certainly I am a fan.

 Hophead22 (365), Redlands, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Nov 29, 2008  
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.


 boto (1241), Granby, Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 20, 2008  
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.


 SamGamgee (646), Isla Vista, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 20, 2008  
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.


 danielcurtis81 (262), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Oct 15, 2008  
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!


 tjthresh (1350), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2008  
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.



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