BrewDog Punk IPA

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

330ml bottle, batch 135, slight cloudy golden hue, with an off-white head, hint of biscuity, honeyed pale malt, with a floral hop leafy nose, with a citrusy, grapefruit note, with some faint piney, grassy accent in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty bubblegum, juicy flowery hop character of grassiness, pineyness, with a mild cedary accent, with a light toasty malt, toffeeish note, and some lemon, grapefruity zestiness, leading towards a citrus, hop piney, leafy, minty bitterness finish.

Pours a medium yellow with a noticeable white head, and leaves a winterful of lace. As neutral as I can say of aroma. Mouthfeel is light, until lots of lace coats mouth at the end of 600 ml bottle. Decent IPA, very drinkable, bitterness and hops are there but its not outstanding for the style. Still enjoyable. Damn! I just bought this recently and it had a 1/1/09 expirey date. Drank 5 weeks later. Good but not worth $12 USA (OK, 11.99)

(Batch 14 Bottle from Waitrose) Poured a light amber colour with a white head that lasted long enough. Smells hoppy and a bit flowery but not overly impressive or strong - taste on the other hand bursts alive with flavour. Notes of sweet fruit balance out the big bitter flavour the hops bring. Refreshing yet tasty - a great combination! The dry finish is brilliant. Overall an impressive and highly aggresive beer.

Golden yellow color with a slight haziness. Aroma is of citrus, grass, and floral hops. Flavor is slightly watery with a moderate hop bitterness and a slightly wet palate.

Golden colour, straw, very light colour, the feature of this beer that I find the least impressing, small almost non existant head with some lacing. Aroma is hoppy and fruity, pine, citrus, some sweet notes that i associate with pineapple is also present. Flavour is packed with hops but there is more malt present to balance it than I usually find in American style IPAs. Mouthfeel is very lively with a lot of carbonation. I really like this beer, I’ve had several bottles and I look forward to have more of them! Serving type: bottle

New beer at the beer store so of course I had to try it. Initial impressions: Reminds me of Stone IPA, but with European hops. Dry, crisp, clean malt/bitterness up front, crisp finish, and some noble hops going on. Fairly well balanced bitterness/hoppiness for your average IPA. Low malt flavor, moderate hop aroma and moderate hop flavor make me things its alright, but could be better.

22.6 oz bottle - Pours light copper with an ample white head that laces well. It smells of citrus hops and some bready malt. The flavor is of a pale, bready malt with aggressive hops and the expected dry, bitter finish. The hops are definitely a more European varietal and aren’t going for the big citrus characteristics we so often have in American IPAs. Overall, it’s a good IPA, but I really think the price point is worth noting. This beer is little more than a good session beer. It’s not particularly unusual and it’s not a special release. Yet I’ve seen it going for $15/bottle around here. I got it for just under $8 because a store had it for half price.

Crushed with Jakebra. Damn, nice nose right there. Incredibly hoppy and awesome. Flavor…bummer. Very dishsoap-y. Could be way awesomer, but they blew it. So much dishsoap.