BrewDog Punk IPA

Mostly clear gold with a thin white head. Slightly bitter, slightly malty. Much like an ESB or a Pale Ale with lots of English hop character.

330 ml bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. JA23/09.

App.: Clear golden with a loose white froth. Aroma: Sharp, pine, slightly citrus hops, lemon and grapefruit, green and resinous, light biscuit and bread crust, some light sweet honey-like aromas, slightly floral. Palate: Medium body and almost flat. Flav.: The hops comes through strong as pine, resin, and, to a lesser extent, citrus, less of the biscuit/bread crust malt, still a touch of floral honey and lightly fruity; a bit sweet with good bitterness and light lingering malts.

An interesting and refreshing change from the American-style IPA.

My Bottom Line:
This floral IPA’s silky mouthfeel is conducive to showing off its lightly honeyed cereals and poignant leafy bitterness, as well as facilitating the largest gulps.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam surrounds the hazy blond.
-The hop aroma is not explosive à la West Coast-style IPA...with a text on the label that nearly plagiarizes Arrogant Bastard and a name like Punk IPA, I have to say I was expecting a West Coast-style IPA.
-This bottle is a tad undercarbonated, which might emulate the cask mouthfeel Scots are used to?
-The lingering hop bitterness is leafy as well as resinous.
-The sweet cereals are present throughout even though they do not contribute tons of flavors.
-Dried tropical fruitiness stems from the union of potent hopping and sweet cereals.

Bottle; batch 135, best before 10/08/2009.

Pours a murky orange color. I’m impressed with the hop profile from the Scots here. Big bitter, lemon citrus and grapefruit flavors. Aroma is faint but has a bit of citrus in there. For a straight IPA this has some good flavor. The malt profile is a little non-descript but has a faint caramel tinge in the way back.

Managed to knock half of this over and slice a finger on a shard of glass. Took it all in my stride though - after a few sips of this mischief and mishaps will be second nature. Tastes a bit like woodwork lessons - sawdust, electric shocks and fingers in vices. Despite the japery, there’s a serious beer in here too. A prominent, considered bitterness and a wealth of flavour. Would definitely have again, though perhaps not too many...

Aroma of some yeast, bread, orange peel, and pale malt. Color is opaque orange with diminishing head. Flavors are sweet and lightly caramely with a light fruity bitter duration with a hint of grapefruit on the finish. Palate is fairly flat with a light creaminess. Duration is short and lightly bitter. This bottle might be a little old as the beer is fairly lifeless on the palate although the flavors aren’t bad. The printing is hard to tell if it was best before 7/7/08 or 7/7/09. Doesn’t live up the the aggressive commercial description here or a different one on the bottle either. I’ll try it again sometime. Seems quite quite tame and wimpy compared to the two Great Divide Hercules Double IPA’s I had last night.

Bottle.Hazy muddy yellow colour with white head.Heavy aroma of greapfruits and others tropical fruits.Flavor is malty and balanced,has a nice dry finish.

Bottle, best before 01/01/09. Oh well. Aroma of various citrus notes, orange peel, lemon flesh, maybe even some tangy limy sort of notes. Flavor also filled with unusual fruit notes jumping out at various moments, all vaguely connected to citrus, but in a way I’ve never really tasted in other IPAs. The malt showed moments of dark fruit and brown sugar richness as well, as is to be expected past its best before date. Really nice and intriguing beer.