BrewDog Punk IPA (5.6%)

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium to dark yellow orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, dusty grass, orange - citrus, overripped orange - mandarin. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110413]

Bottled. A hazy dark golden beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of fruits, lots of spices, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, limes, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks joergen for sharing.

From tap at Cloisters as Punk X, 5.6%. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity. Mild mango touch. Fruity and crisp hoppy into a bitter yet crisp finish.

Can 33 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Pours a cloudy yellow with a huge and frothy white head leaving quite some lacework - amazing retention. Very citrusy and even herbal hop aroma. Medium body, low carbonation, sweet fruitiness with dusty and dry hops - almost astringent. A little late sweetness. 100511

Draught@Plan B, Copenhagen. Slightly hazy amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, caramel, some citrus and mild crisp maltyness. Flavour is very similar in a pleasant balance. Also had it a week after from a bottle from systembolaget, and the bottled one was much more harsh and lacked most of the tropical fruits.

Bottled. Hazy deep golden, small head. Peachy grapefruit. Dryish with clean mouthfeel and light-medium body. Lots of salty grapefruit. Long bitterness.

Can at Papsø. Hazy golden coloured with a huge white head. Fruity aroma of hops, citrus peel and pine needles. Fruity flavour of hops, citrus peel and pine needleswith notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy fnish,

Draft @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty peachy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy peachy grapefruit finish.

Bottle @ Kvickly, Odense. Pours dark unclear golden with a lasting creamy white head. Nose is fresh hops. Peach and grapefruit. Crisp, dry and hoppy flavor. Medium bodied. Ends dry and bitter. Nice

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2012
2012-06-08, draught at Pibar, Lausanne, 8-5-7-4-15=39
Cloudy golden color. Nice fruity aroma, citrus fruits, oranges, some manure. Toffee flavor, sweetish and earthy, dirty, with some good fruity hopping; strong bitterness. Rough, but good after a sequence of bad beer that I had tonight.

2011-07-14, bottle, bb 17-05-12 (batch 207), 8-3-7-3-16=37
Blond color, hazy; medium sized head, quite compact. The aroma is pungent as it should be, from the Nelson Sauvin; passion fruit, lemon; and later some smell of Chinese cooking. The body is lean, the mouthfeel very dry; there is light flavor of malt and dry toffee, with a peculiar grass and hay edge; strong bitterness but without fruity components from the hop.
Because of the dryness and relative balance, it’s a great thirst-quencher.

2011-07-09, can, bb 11 Nov 11, 8-3-7-4-15=37
Cloudy deep blond color; generous frothy head. The first aroma impact if fruity, citrusy, tropical fruits; later it becomes more resiny and sweaty; in the end, a bit earthy and yeasty. Dry toffee flavor; the hopping is powerful, very oily and resiny, with a fairly good mix of tropical fruits; but the flavor is also unclean, probably due to the yeast. Long final, thirst quenching.
Very good, but in general the first version impressed me more.

2011-06-10, draught at Plan B, Copenhagen, 7-4-7-4-13=35
Hazy deep blond color; creamy head. The aroma is strong and very fruity but not penetrating like other times; the mouthfeel is soft but also weak, and it seems to terribly lack of malt (toffee) backbone; resiny and fruity hops, with a lot of passion fruit and some jam; chaotic tonight.