BrewDog's Punk IPA is an IPA brewed with a medley of Chinook, Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin hops. So I'm expecting it to be quite a bitter-forward IPA but with a mild citrus presence to it. 5.6% ABV/35 IBU.
Appearance: Clear golden straw with a very heavy amount of micro-carbonation in the body, thick beige head on top, easily two-two and a half finger's worth. Once the head goes down a bit, it leaves behind a liberal amount of lacing.
Aroma: Incredibly grainy and cerealy, there's a hefty amount of wet barley, the smell of your typical industrial brewery, a hint of caramel, oats, lemon and a bit of a medicinal smell.
Taste: There's a decent hop presence to it that gives off a bit of a piney bitterness, there's also some grassiness, a decent wet grain profile, a moderate amount of caramel, lemon. The beer is fairly dry and has a light pine bitterness and a wet cereal aftertaste at the very end.
Overall Thoughts: I've had this beer a few times over the course of the past few weeks and the first few times I've had it, the hop presence and tropical/citrus notes were more apparent but now they're more subdued. Still a great IPA but it kind of tastes like once it hit a certain date the beer's taste/aroma changed a bit. It's possible that one store had a different canning date of the beer than another, or it could be that the hot shelves at the LC sped up the aging of the beer. At $3.29~ CDN for a 500mL can, I can't complain.. Alexander Keith's is only 15¢ less, isn't an IPA at all and is in 473mL size. Definitely worth the money here.
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