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BrewDog Punk IPA

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4543.4/5.03.39/5.06.1%60.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
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.
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 esox (263), Oulu, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Bottled. An invicible hazy yellow liquid (like witbier). Small white head is cramy and durable. Aroma is hoppy: dry pine/resin with floral notes, lemon and some grass. Malts are quite dry. Some toffy in the finish. Flavor is dryis and hops really have power. MEdium bodied. A bit sticky texture of bitterness. Quite lively carbonated.


 iammarc (193), Inverness, Scotland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 28, 2008  
What a bite!! Ouch!! A nice pourer, thin head, fizzing away as quick as you can say "citrussy". A long finish, bitter aftertaste. This is going down very well. Oh, orangy aroma...


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottle. Straw colored beer with a white head. Citrus (orange/grapefruit) aroma. Citrus, light pine flavor with some malt. Decent bitterness. Medium body. Lingering citrus, touch of grass, and some pine.


 mullet (798), Melbourne, Australia
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 23, 2008  
Wowee. I recalled this being pretty awesome and it seems my memory is good (for beer stuff at least). Massive weedy, sweaty, resiny British hops in the aroma - incredibly intense in the best possible way - with a hint of rosewater. No real esters or malt, quite clean besides the hops. Tastes incredibly bitter but really good. Pale malts are there but don’t really bring any sweetness, just enough structure to carry the hopping. Very dry, loads of hop flavour, very bitter. Though it shares a lot philosophically with US IPAs (clean yeast, massive hopping) it’s basically unrecognisable as such. Barely any malt sweetness, no hop weirdness and no Pine O Cleen. Kinda like the beer world’s answer to a martini. Fun stuff, though I imagine a lot of people would hate it. I like it a lot.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Pours pale gold with 2-finger white head. Nose is Simcoe hoppy with that cheesy, feety hop aroma, tropical fruit, malt, white pepper. Nice nose on this. The flavor is hoppy, malty, with intermingling citrus, white pepper, and tropical fruit notes throughout. This is a unique, well made IPA.


 SSSteve (2060), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Jul 20, 2008  
a surprising gold clear gold color with almost no head. a pear/peach hop aroma. flavors of pear, pineapple. not a big malt presence here. light bodied with a dry finish.


 Papsoe (14883), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Jul 20, 2008  
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Slightly hazy pale golden with a rough, off-white head. Lightly citrusy hoppy nose. Medium body with lightly sweet pale malts, fruit accents and a fairly dry and hoppy finish. 250308


 agl108 (503), Manayunk, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
22.4 oz. bottle. Poured clear orangish gold. Thin white head. Very nicely balanced between citrus hoppiness and sweet malts. Finished with a dry, lingering bitterness. Sessionable. Not a big fan of the marketing campaign; the "we don’t care if you don’t like our beer" micro schtick is a bit old.



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