BrewDog Punk IPA (6%)

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Pours a hazy copper body with golden edges and a luscious ivory head. The aroma is spicy, peppery, hints of cedar wood. Suggestions of ripened red apple, black pepper corns, wet straw, grapefruit zest, pineapple, and apricots. I really dig this beer!! It is a wonderful change from the American IPA; I have become exceedingly accustom too. Hints of a sour dough bread yeast, and some rye spicyness… Do they use rye in this beer? A wonderful caramel malt and spicy bitter finish… A rather memorable brew for me!

Taste is smooth, featuring mild citrus, pine and lemon peel. Decent, but not great IPA.

AROMA - Tropical fruit, mainly mango with a touch of passion fruit. HEAD - Creamy medium head quickly reduces to a light covering. ATTACK - Bitter/sweet tropical fruits, mainly mango. MID PALATE - Apples and a slight metallic taste. FINISH - Bitter like lemon peel. BODY - Light. COLOUR - Light golden. OVERALL - A unique flavour, very refreshing and obviously heavily dry hopped, tastes just amazing. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Even though this beer is retired the best before printed on the bottle is September 2012 so still peak season for this bottle. This beer pours a very slightly hazy golden yellow. It’s only cloudy compared to a simple pilsner like Budweiser. This light and refreshing, fairly heavily carbonated beer has citrus undertones and a surprisingly low amount of hops for the IPA label. This is a decent summer beer but nothing exceptional. Probably Brewdogs most basic beer.

Bottled, BB 12-29-11, 6%. Poured hazy medium golden with a nice cap of white head. The aroma picked up sweet bready and pale malts topped by broken-down floral and peachy hops.. came across quite malty (no big surprise), but it worked. The flavor found mostly bready malts at the core.. a little biscuit too.. moderate grassy and peppery bitterness around.. finished more peppery over biscuity notes. Medium-bodied and a tad grainy on the palate.. past its time, but it was still an enjoyable drink.

"I bought this from The Beverage King in Lebanon, NH. Paid about $8 for it. It was the last one on the shelf. I got home and realized the label: Batch 428, Best Before 29-12-11. I’m 1 month too late on the best by date. My review takes in account that this beer is no longer fresh. However, I don’t mind a beer that’s not so fresh given it’s retired. I’m pretty excited to try it. Poured into a Dogfish Head Signature glass at around 40 Degrees F A - It pours a hazy yellow pour. This is a super cloudy beer. 1.5 finger head that is the same color as the beer. S - I smell some sort of candy. Like a caramel candy corn. There’s a lot of honey. This beer smells very sweet. T - Mild carbonation. I can certainly tell that this beer is not as fresh as it good be but it’s surprisingly good. Most of the heat and carbonation has faded and a lot of honey and syrup notes are left over. There’s something off about it but it is 1 month beyond its best by date. M - The mouthfeel is overall pretty weak but I won’t penalize it though. Honestly, I can tell how this was a pretty damn fine beer but the age of it is just not becoming. O - I’d like to have this again. It’s a nice solid IPA. 6% is a very manageable ABV and it’s not over the top bitter. Nice job, Brew Dog."

Golden, small head. Grapefruit, both aroma and taste. Bitter, some fruitiness. A decent and fresh IPA.

citrus, golden, clear, very bitter, medium body, thin feel, average carbonation, bitter,

33cl bottle. Pours bright orange/gold with medium white head. Tropical fruit aromas - passionfruit & mango especially. Pungent hops at the forefront, Passionfruit in the taste too, decent malt balance, bit of interesting zing that flickers through. A very decent brew. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone