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Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, CA (We've had too many of these. See pages 2 and 3.)

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Ballast Point Aloha Sculpin
IPA - 7% ABV
Pete
     Awesome beer. Pictured 2nd from the bottom. Obvious tropical fruit smell and flavor when it's going down. It also has a nice piney/spicy finish, a nice combo of hops/yeast and maybe a little maltiness that I could really get used to.

Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Big Eye
IPA - 7% ABV
Pete
     This is a pretty generic IPA. It has a relatively mild bitterness that lingers for a big after drinking.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Black Marlin
Porter - 6% ABV
Pete
     This is an extremely dark porter. It is rich and chocolatey. It's a bit on the thick side, so don't expect to chug it, but it's delicious.

​Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Bonito
Blonde Ale - 4.5% ABV
Pete
     Dangerously easy to drink. A little bit of nice flavor and it's quite light. Even at 4.5%, you could get drunk fast off these.

​Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Cinnamon Raisin Commodore
Stout - 6.5% ABV
Pete
     This is a pretty good, rich stout. I get the cinnamon flavor, which is a nice addition to a standard stout, but I don't really taste any of the raisin flavor. It's possible that it just balances it out but doesn't present itself, because this certainly was a good balanced beer.

​Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA
Imperial IPA - 10% ABV
Pete
     This tastes just like a fairly standard IPA, but somehow it's 10% alcohol, which you wouldn't notice. A few of these will do the trick.

Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Dreams of Green
Imperial New England IPA - 8.5% ABV
Pete
     Pictured on the left. Collaboration with Gweilo (haven't had any of those as of 1/7/23). Really tasty underripe citrus IPA but it's a touch too sweet/boozy to be truly excellent.

​Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Fathom IPA
IPA - 6% ABV
Pete
     Pretty much a bitter bomb with some maltiness. Not my favorite beer. 

​Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Fathom IPL
India Pale Lager - 7% ABV
Pete
     This is a decent hoppy lager, but I just don't think that's really a great combo. It's hard to describe why, but I'd say that lagers are just too smooth to produce a truly great IPA-style flavor. Still, I would drink this again, as it went down real fast.

​Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's


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Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
IPA - 7% ABV
Pete
     This is a really outstanding IPA. I was afraid the grapefruit would be too bitter with an IPA, but it really works. A nice edge to this one.

Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's