Punch Bowl IPA
Russell Brewing Company
- From:
- Russell Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 8.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 31, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 27, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Allen_Modine:
Rated by Allen_Modine from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 12, 2016
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 12, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
2.4/5 rDev -39.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.4/5 rDev -39.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Clear light amber color. Poured a short head of mostly medium sized bubbles. Dropped back to a thin, patchy skiff after a minute. Low flow of tiny bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass.
Smell is a blend of vegetable hops and malt, with some light yeast smells. Swirling the glass kicked up a sharp barnyard that quickly disappeared.
Taste starts off with a barnyard that is replaced by the vegetable hops and then the malt. A lighter barnyard returns as it warms up. The aftertaste is another burst of barnyard and then mostly the hops and a medium bitter fade down.
Some tongue tingling as it foams up past cream to a medium and then large mass of bubbles. Medium light body.
Way too much brett, leading to a nasty barnyard. I thought everybody worked it out of their system and agreed it was a bad idea last year.
Either the recipe has really changed for the current batch, or else brett has infected the stock yeast being used. My rating is a clear outlier compared to previous years.
Jul 31, 2020Smell is a blend of vegetable hops and malt, with some light yeast smells. Swirling the glass kicked up a sharp barnyard that quickly disappeared.
Taste starts off with a barnyard that is replaced by the vegetable hops and then the malt. A lighter barnyard returns as it warms up. The aftertaste is another burst of barnyard and then mostly the hops and a medium bitter fade down.
Some tongue tingling as it foams up past cream to a medium and then large mass of bubbles. Medium light body.
Way too much brett, leading to a nasty barnyard. I thought everybody worked it out of their system and agreed it was a bad idea last year.
Either the recipe has really changed for the current batch, or else brett has infected the stock yeast being used. My rating is a clear outlier compared to previous years.
Rated by CraigFarrell from California
4.73/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Smells great, I'm a sucker for the smell. Nice clean finish no bitter after taste. And it's pretty smooth.
Apr 06, 2017Reviewed by dillybarrrrr from Canada (BC)
4.13/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Russell Punch Bowl 650mL pour into a tulip. 65 IBU and 6.5% purchased for 6.95 + tax
The label (which is outdated from the image on this page) drew me in, very colourful and comicy with 2 boxers touching gloves and hops are exploding from it.
L: Pours a clear amber golden brown with a skinny finger of head
S: Quite earthy, almost grassy with hints of spice and mango
T: Doesn't taste earthy or mango-y at all. Its all balanced very well so it tastes like a very nice smooth beer with a bit of bitterness to it.
F: The finish is where the 65 IBU kicks in, you can taste the hops for sure but nowhere near overpowering, like i said nicely balanced, quite smooth, could drink more than one in a sitting.
OV: the label didn't disappoint me, glad i picked it up. The final rating is going to drop due to the fact i didn't particularly like the smell, (not into grassy/resin-y beers) but could pick up again at any point on a whim.
Jan 30, 2017The label (which is outdated from the image on this page) drew me in, very colourful and comicy with 2 boxers touching gloves and hops are exploding from it.
L: Pours a clear amber golden brown with a skinny finger of head
S: Quite earthy, almost grassy with hints of spice and mango
T: Doesn't taste earthy or mango-y at all. Its all balanced very well so it tastes like a very nice smooth beer with a bit of bitterness to it.
F: The finish is where the 65 IBU kicks in, you can taste the hops for sure but nowhere near overpowering, like i said nicely balanced, quite smooth, could drink more than one in a sitting.
OV: the label didn't disappoint me, glad i picked it up. The final rating is going to drop due to the fact i didn't particularly like the smell, (not into grassy/resin-y beers) but could pick up again at any point on a whim.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.9/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On tap at Blackbird, Vancouver.
Pale amber with steady white film. 3.75
Light mango and canned orange slices with glace cherry. 3.75
Thread of toffee, then tangerine, cantaloupe, and a touch of resin with a little sting at the end. 4
Halfway to medium, crisp, some cling. 3.75
Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo
Nose doesn’t promise much. I wouldn’t call is Punch Bowl - there are 1000 juicier IPAs. But nothing wrong, and doesn’t forget the IBUs. Russell is always good, rarely great. 4
Jan 10, 2017Pale amber with steady white film. 3.75
Light mango and canned orange slices with glace cherry. 3.75
Thread of toffee, then tangerine, cantaloupe, and a touch of resin with a little sting at the end. 4
Halfway to medium, crisp, some cling. 3.75
Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo
Nose doesn’t promise much. I wouldn’t call is Punch Bowl - there are 1000 juicier IPAs. But nothing wrong, and doesn’t forget the IBUs. Russell is always good, rarely great. 4
Reviewed by Ghrymm from Canada (BC)
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a 650ml bottle.
A: Pours a clear amber with a thick white foamy head and nice sticky lacing.
S: Great nose with this one,a West Coast Tropical Fruit nose as i like it.
T: Lots of citrus and tropical fruit hops nice and bitter.
F: Good carbonation the hops stay with you.
O: A good IPA West Coast Style ( West Coast USA) best beer i have had from Russell for sure.
Mar 04, 2016A: Pours a clear amber with a thick white foamy head and nice sticky lacing.
S: Great nose with this one,a West Coast Tropical Fruit nose as i like it.
T: Lots of citrus and tropical fruit hops nice and bitter.
F: Good carbonation the hops stay with you.
O: A good IPA West Coast Style ( West Coast USA) best beer i have had from Russell for sure.
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