Ballast Point Mango Even Keel

The mango sounds great!!

 

It's not about being "snobby". It's about caring about keeping craft beer "craft" and not helping big beer fulfill their goal of stamping out what I love which will ultimately lead to fewer choices and inferior quality. In saying that, I'm not a big fan of pouring juice, artificial or not, into my beer. I can do that at home. Cheers!

 

It's to the point where I would believe BAers are making up fake labels.

 

Wheat - Wit - Weiss.....

 

I honestly have Ballast Point at the same level as Shock Top

 

Hope to see this on shelves soon in Florida

 

Maybe I'm not a "purist" but I don't have an issue with this. If they're trying to target a broader audience, cool. If they're just experimenting, cool. If the acquisition somehow does send them down the shitter and they start to suck, cool. I guess now I only have 8,999 IPAs to choose from instead of 9,000.

If you think it's ridiculous, cool. Don't buy it.

 

I dont get this fruited craze going on. gratefruit everywhere now this

 

Ironically, this is a pretty darn good beer.

 

the labels posted in this thread get worse and worse with every post. I didnt think it could get any worse than Orange Vanilla Fathom.... then i see the Thai Chili Wahoo post. whyyyyy

 

That sucks for you

 

does it have a strong ginger flavor?

 

You can quote me on this later, but I think from here to 5 years that is gonna be the overall perception for them.

 

Not to my palate. When you think about it, a traditional witbier is brewed with coriander (the seed form of cilantro), orange peel, and sometimes other spices (ranging from chamomile to black pepper to cumin and so on). So, BP using lime (instead of orange), and chili pepers and ginger (instead of the other spices) isn't all that radical. In any case, I thought the flavors all worked really well together, not too spicy at all, just enough to give you that nice warming sensation and tingle on the lips, and definitely subtle on the ginger.

Again, though, in my experience, BP tends to know how to do adjuncts well. It may not be an approach that some folks like, which I get, but, if you're gonna do it, they tend to do it right.

 

I'm guessing this will unfortunately make it harder to find fresh versions of the base beers as these trendy flavored versions will likely sell a lot faster. Not that I buy BP beers often, priced a bit on the high side...except for the $6.99 Big Eye at my local shop.

Hoping my favorite breweries don't follow this path.

 

NOPE

 

I'd drink this one though!

 

These are a product of the injection of cash, sure. But they aren't new ideas. BP has had them in their taproom for a while (I know I've seen the Thai Chili Wahoo on their website for a while, for example), but now they have the money to mass produce them and distribute. Count me in.

 

Well said. These variants have been cycling through BP as R&D beers for years. Just seems to me that they now have the resources to put out the ones they think really work.

 

Watermelon Dorado?!?!? how did i miss that one! sign me up