Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA

Ballast Point Brewing Company Dorado Double India Pale Ale. 10% Alcohol by Colume. Handcrafted and bottled in San Diego, California, USA.

Clear with an orange tint, small chalk-white head on top.

Aroma: Pine aplenty, pungent and dank, with lemon and lime on the side. Big, bitter aromatics.

Taste: There it is, bouncing on the palate, outrageous bitterness going to town in the mouth…vibrant, resinous, sticky on the tongue. Floods every crevice in the canyons of the mouth.
Medium bodied, long, brilliantly bitter finish. Alcohol content remains quiet in these first few sips, but shows glimmers of it's power. A few more sips and it fairly rumbles and starts to roar. Bracinlgly bitter hop flavor increases in intensity. Nothing to report malt-wise, as it's staying on the sidelines, letting hops take focus.
This is one of the big, ballsy ones, meant for the most masochistic of hopheads, eager for a delivery of punishing hop bitterness and flavor.

What's the story? "One a quest to make delicious beers, our brewers have continually sought out new creative ways to accentuate the delightfully aromatic & flavorful qualities of hops. Hopheads rejoice! Dorado double IPA takes hops to a new level. Mash hopping, kettle hopping & dry hopping create an award winning beer that embodies San Diego's reputation for making world class IPAs. Our bottled robust series gives all beer lovers an opportunity to try our most rare beers, previously available only on draft at select tap houses. Enjoy!"