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BrewDog Punk IPA (6%)

 (RETIRED)
Score
9075
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 879   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.43   IBU: 68   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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.


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Leafs93 (868) - Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 27, 2011
Pours hazy orange with white head that left excellent lacing. Aroma is citrus, peaches, pine with astringent qualities. Taste is bitter sweet with the citrus acidity leaving a crisp finish. Very easy to drink but astringent qualities were a little much.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Odland (129) - NORWAY - MAR 27, 2011
Bottle @ Vinmonopolet. A swift hop kick in the face. Pours golden with god head. Loads of bitterhops on the nose and palate combined with a lively carbonation and sweetness from the malts. A true IPA. The taste really lingers in your mouth.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
PorterPounder (3944) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - MAR 25, 2011
Orlando, Fl - Whole Foods - 22.4 oz bottle. Pours a dark murky golden with a sticky, spongy white head that leaves plenty of lacing. Aroma has a light fruity twinge to it. barely there spruce. Flavor is fruit forward and bitter. Plenty of juicy grapefruit and not much of a malty back end. Mouthfeel is spritzier than most IPAs. Solid, just expected a tad more.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Prokroustis (362) - Thessaloniki, GREECE - MAR 25, 2011
Clear golden colour, big white head. Some sweet notes in the otherwise bitter aroma. Nice but mild bitter taste.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Nickls (1297) - SE DC, Washington DC, USA - MAR 23, 2011
Tap, Market Porter June 2010. Mostly clear burnt orange color, with malty sweetness at first in the aroma, lots of fruitiness, candy and flowers. Candied sweetness really comes through in the flavor more, malty, fruity, some melon, and lightly bitter. Medium body and sticky. Bit too sweet and light on the hops.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
milewide (1021) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - MAR 18, 2011
Cloudy amber color with decent head. Aroma and taste were all hop bitterness, with no fruity hops or malt sweetness.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
77ships (745) - Antwerpen, BELGIUM - MAR 14, 2011
bottle@home: as usual full of shit writing/advertisement on the bottle, felt like this one was a hoppier, bitterer & fruitier version of their 77, better but still not as awesome as they claim that it is (but nothing could be that) & not really worth it, once again may have been a great everyday beer but not a special one

2.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
AshtonMcCobb (779) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAR 10, 2011
A nice golden colour in the glass with a little head that sticks around. The nose is very aromatic, being reminiscent of pine needles. For the hop-head this is ideal as it is refreshing to the point of being extremely astringent. Unfortunately, my Belgian Tripel/Imperial Porter palate is looking for a little more sweetness and this beer is not balanced at all in my opinion. Overall, I prefer the 5.4%. .


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