Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits does their brewing in San Diego, California. Ballast
Point's Grapefruit Sculpin India Pale Ale pretty much hopped out of the lake and into my
cart at a North Carolinian bottle shop. At 7% alcohol, this ale made
with natural grapefruit flavour pours a clear brassy colour under a
sudsy off-white head.
As one would expect, pulpy
grapefruit zest is front and center on the nose, scaffolded with heavy
hops bitterness. The palate is treated to much the same combo, with
sharp citrus as the dominant note and hops playing an enthusiastic
backing band.
As one would expect, pulpy
grapefruit zest is front and center on the nose, scaffolded with heavy
hops bitterness. The palate is treated to much the same combo, with
sharp citrus as the dominant note and hops playing an enthusiastic
backing band.
Sweet but not stifling, tart
but not sour, and flavoured but not cloyingly so, Sculpin Grapefruit is
pretty well balanced. It's not as assertive an IPA as I'd have liked,
but it does have a pretty solid booze bill. Typically I prefer my
grapefruit notes to come from hops rather than from actual grapefruits,
but this stuff was agreeable enough.
Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
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