Manta Ray
Ballast Point Brewing Company
- From:
- Ballast Point Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,647 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,764 - Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 8.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 144
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 28, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 20
- Gots:
- 162
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
We’ve developed many IPA recipes in our R&D program, but right from the tank, our Manta Ray Double IPA was a winner. Aromas of fresh, citrusy tangerine, melon and light pine leap from the beer and linger over a smooth finish. Like its namesake, this brew can sneak up on you – a big beer without a bite.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4.35/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
RB transfer
Aug 28, 2025
Rated by Sinfull from New York
3.85/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Clear, golden color. Pine, tropical fruits, and malt in the aroma. Strong, hoppy bitterness in taste with a malty backbone. Good, old-school, DIPA.
Jan 16, 2025
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.81/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
355 ml bottle, from the Norwegian importer. ABV is 8.5%. Golden colour, slightly hazy, moderate white head. Nice aroma of pine, tropical fruits and citrus. Well hopped flavour, slightly dry, but still with some residual sweetness. Notes of pine needles, resin and grapefruit.
Dec 14, 2020Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania
4.06/5 rDev -1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.06/5 rDev -1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Mine poured from a bottle slightly more colorful than an ordinary beer. There's almost no head and there isn't any lacing. There's a smell of bitter hops, but it's not pronounced. Onto what matters most, the taste. It's very good for a DIPA, solid malt base with enough hop complexity to make it an enjoyable quaff. That and the almost total absence of the taste of alcohol in such a style, redeems it from its shortcomings.
Jul 05, 2020
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