BrewDog Punk IPA

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.

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.

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.

(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

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.