Big Eye - Ginger
Ballast Point Brewing Company

Big Eye - GingerBig Eye - Ginger
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From:
Ballast Point Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 10.31%
Reviews:
55
Ratings:
247
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 24, 2019
Added:
Sep 12, 2008
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  46
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Ratings by TripelMark:
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Rated by TripelMark from North Carolina

4.23/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Feb 02, 2016
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Rated: 3.75 by Griffith from Connecticut

Apr 24, 2019
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado

3.54/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
September 23rd, 2015 - Ballast Point with big with the ginger on this herbal uppercut. Colored much like the unflavored Big Eye, the smell packs a wallop of ginger which is fresh and rich and certainly better than any ginger flavored packet tea I've tried. Ginger gives the flavor it's sharpest edge, in a way that is fresh, potent and almost medicinal. I also appreciate the restraint of the sweetness, with allows the raw ginger to lead untainted by the temptation to taste like ginger candies.

June 8th, 2015 - The Ginger version of the big eye is a godsend for ginger heads with a puissant palate. Beautiful in color - a deeply orange and red brew - it's aroma is veritably therapeutic with tons of ginger and ginger candy aggressively moving up the nasal canal. It has a floral side too, which sends relaxing ASMR style shivers down my spine. The flavor is more bitter with more hops and a huge dank aftertaste. The ginger note tags along for the ride this time, bringing a light soapiness and potpourri, and a long lingering aftertaste where the ginger flavor gets to coast again unhindered by hops.
Aug 26, 2018
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

4.1/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A-Pours a light copper color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has resounding ginger hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very nice ginger flavor
M-A light bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A nice ginger variation IPA
May 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.98 by Boone757 from Virginia

Oct 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by ummswimmin from New Jersey

Aug 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by armock from New York

Jul 17, 2017
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Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.15/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Rating from notes taken in Austin, TX in Spring 2015:

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Jun 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Georgiabeer from Georgia

Mar 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by Kurzman from Rhode Island

Feb 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Jan 09, 2017
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Rated by churchillps from Texas

3.46/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
My bottle isn't particularly fresh, but I taste basically no ginger
Dec 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by mds1101 from Illinois

Oct 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by nater919 from New York

Sep 01, 2016
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Reviewed by Jshbrown40 from Maine

2.99/5  rDev -22.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Disclosure: I like beers with ginger: that said its a fine line to get it right, and this offering swung and missed. Did not smell or taste much of ginger in it. The balance of citrus/hop, spice and ginger was just not right ( 2016 Alagash Fluxus, and Bissell Brothers i-Lucky are much better offerings of this type of beer). Had this beer in a pint glass, smelled of an ale light spice, low ginger: taste is a cluster F in your mouth. Very disappointing, as Ballast Point has knocked it out of the park on so many other infused beers.
Aug 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by Shafaegalo from Texas

Aug 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.78 by MGibbons from Maryland

Aug 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Patches826 from Massachusetts

Jul 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.35 by Papa_Marsh from Michigan

Jul 22, 2016
Big Eye - Ginger from Ballast Point Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 247 ratings