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BrewDog Punk IPA (6%)

 (RETIRED)
Score
9079
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 953   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.45   IBU: 68   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle and keg: Filtered. Cask: Unfiltered.
Ingredients: Marris Otter Extra Pale Malt; Chinook, Crystal, Motoeka hops. IBUs 65
A beer of inherent contradiction. This heavy weight of the beer world is strikingly delicate with a white gold appearance. The light fruity aroma dominates the initial confrontation; lychee, kiwi and passionfruit all prevail with subtle nuances of cherry and strawberry. Don’t be fooled however by this smooth medium bodied ale. As it trickles down your throat as this wolf in sheep’s clothing begins to grow teeth. The bite comes as the bitterness builds and endures no matter how hard the malty sweetness of the alcohol tries to tame this ferocious beast.

NOTE: The recipe was changed at the end of 2009, and this version is no longer made, if you have a bottle with a BBD after 1.1.12, you should go to the "Punk IPA (5.4%)" version.


Boutip's rating

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Boutip (3971) - Gatineau, Quebec, - JAN 3, 2009
UPDATED: FEB 23, 2010 Bottle: Poured a ligth ditry yellow color ale with a thin bubbly head with minimal retention and not much lacing. Aroma of bitter hops are dominating but not as much as your usual American IPA. Taste is also dominated by some US bitter hops with a light dry malt backbone. Full body with low carbonation. Lacking some character and almost closer to an APA then anything else - original rating 2.8 Re-rate February 2010: Loads of citrus notes with a nice Weast Coast feel tot hsi beer. A lor more enjoyable then the first time I tried this. Rating 3.8


most recent ratings

3.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Benfi (292) - DENMARK - MAY 22, 2013
Nice gold blond beer with small carbonization and nice white head. Smell: litchi, citrus, orange and hops, amazing cocktail! Taste: orange, litchi and peache. Aftertaste: citrus an bitter.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
AndyW68 (393) - Louisville, Kentucky, USA - APR 24, 2013
Mild for style, but still very nice. Very hazy with sticky white head. Aroma is lemon grass. Taste follows nose with a mild bitter start that fades quickly. This is a gateway ipa. Something that could get a newbie on the road to more robust ipas.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
maltwolf (17) - FRANCE - APR 18, 2013
Bottle. very refreshing beer, with a good aroma, taste is weak, not as the Punk IPA that I drunk some years ago. Can it be that they have changed the hops?

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
arowthorn (1) - USA - APR 17, 2013 does not count
For a ’punk’ IPA, this is more Busted than Sex Pistols. Mild citrus and grassy aroma, nowhere near as bitter as expecting. Feels like this had been toned down for the supermarkets.

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 16/20
GerryM (33) - Girona, - APR 14, 2013
Cervesa lleugera i refrescant amb regust amarg.Escuma compacta i color dai¡urat

3.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Abijen (206) - NETHERLANDS - APR 13, 2013
A 5.6% bottle. Pours a nice golden pale beer. Good head. The smell is great. Again. Grapefruit, orange. The taste is nice. Good hoppy tast. It tast a lot like the 5am saint. The palate is average. Good carbo, thin body, sticky texture.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
tiong (2242) - Espoo, FINLAND - APR 9, 2013
Originally rated on 20.11.2009. 330ml bottle from Alko? Slightly unbalanced IPA with notes of berries. Not as good as the new one.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Silvan7 (134) - Samarate, ITALY - APR 5, 2013
Bottle @ home. Una IPA eretica! I luppoli sono si molto intensi, ma l’alcool e il malto li nascondono sino all’arrivo dell’aftertaste. non è molto alcolica, ma alla cieca avrei detto almeno 8 gradi...in generale è piacevole e profuma di luppolo, frutti a esotici (lychees , maracuja?). Non è una birra speciale, ma molto buona. la consiglierei.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ferris (491) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - MAR 14, 2013
Draft - Grassy and citrus hops with grains. Cloudy yellow with a thin but rich head. Lemony, bitter and soapy. Just not good for me, which is too bad considering I love Hardcore. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
cagou007 (149) - FRANCE - FEB 25, 2013
Pours a clear amber colour with a medium white head. Aromas are citrus, pine and -of course- a lot of hops. Well balanced, with a great bitterness. But not as complex as the Hardcore IPA by Brewdog !


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