Ballast Point Fathom India Pale Lager

Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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Draft via the sixtel in my dual tap. Poured a good looking medium density rusty orange body with a large fluffy white head that leaves lots and lots of lace all over my Captain Lawrence footed tulip hybrid thingy. Aroma is some grains and toast upfront along with some grassy hops and light citrus notes. Medium bodied with softer carbonation and a bone dry finish. Flavor dry toast and some nut shells along with dry grass and citrus rinds plus some yeast. I was expecting more when I first had this but the more I drink it the more it grows on me.

Dégustée en fût au Farmhouse Tap & Grill à Burlington, VT. De couleur orangée-dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle, moyen de houblon herbeux, légèrement fruité (agrumes, traces d’abricots) aux notes florales (une amertume présente en arrière-goût toute la gorgée) ainsi qu’avec des notes de pain. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture moyennement huileuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, légèrement floral et fruité (agrumes, traces d’abricots) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt pâle légèrement sucrés avec un moyen goût de pain ainsi que des petites traces de miel et de biscuits puis en finale l’amertume de houblon revient en premier plan en se faisant légèrement asséchante et bien herbeuse. Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux aux notes florales, fruitées (zeste d’agrumes) et résineuses avec de faibles notes épicées (poivre très doux). (17 avril 2013)

Aroma: floral hops and a good dose of fruit, some light malts. Appearance: light golden color, white head with good retention, some lacing. Taste: light malts and some crackers, nice hop character with lots of fruit and mellow citrus, medium bitterness, very clean and controlled. Palate: light/medium body with medium carbonation. Overall: quite tasty and refreshing.

On tap takeover at Cole’s in Buffalo. Pours light gold and clear with a zesty hoppy aroma. Taste is very mild and light, you can tell it is a lager, but it has a bit of flavour.

Draft @ the brewery. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.

Pours almost clear copper in color. Aroma is hoppy with some citrus floral and slight touches of toasty malt. Taste is assertively hoppy with a light breast malt body. Clean and well made. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

this is more like it. Pours orangy amber with a ample off white head. Nose of grapefruit and tangerine. Taste follows with even bitterness and some cereal malt and faint caramel. Body is solid but adds crispness. I could drink this all day.... or atleast untill I passed out.

golden/yellow color, aroma of citrus hops, grain, same flavors, very light body, not much of a finish

Draft pour at Proletariat in New York. The pour is golden copper with a smallish white head. The aroma is lightly sweet malt, along with citrus, floral and pine hops. The taste is more hop forward then the nose, coming right away with resin floral pine hops, mildly sweet citrus, and then moves towards the clean biscuit malt flavors. The finish is resin, bitter hops. The palate is light to medium bodied, active carbonation, and the dry resin after taste. Easy drinking beer, well executed to style.

On tap at Gingerman. Pours a golden yellow with a slight amber hue with a white head. Has a nice grassy citrus aroma with some hints of caramel. Has a sweet caramel taste with a hint of hop spice. Nice hop layer. Excellent beer.