Ballast Point Unfiltered Sculpin | Beer Geek Nation Craft Beer Reviews

[@BAOSPodcast]

Tried this recently in SD, pretty solid. Cheers!

[@brentrusche2056]

Date coding for Ballast Point bottles are Julian dated located on the bottom of the bottle.

[@alltheworldsastage]

Brent Rusche I just figured out how to read a date code a few weeks ago. Never had a clue before.

[@BeerGeekNation]

haha ive had people say its on the label and now its on the bottle. I looked high and low and couldnt find anything!

[@ZacDewey]

Really digging the brevity of the reviews, Chris! Not too long, not too short. Good stuff, my man!

[@djerwin135]

the bottle date on ballast is on the bottom. the first thee numbers is the day of the year its brewed on

[@tater19981976]

If you ever get the opportunity to try this on tap, DO IT! It's quite good!

[@BeerGeekNation]

Nice!

[@btmdan]

Has there been any unfiltered variation that you thought was better than the original version? Only one comes to mind for me. DBA.

[@33greenleaf]

You're correct, "Unfiltered" and "Limited Edition" is strictly a marketing gimmick for this beer. The date code should be printed on the bottom of the bottle FYI.

[@BeerGeekNation]

Yeah I agree!

[@mitch89014]

Did side by side, less bitter bite on the unfiltered, and date on the bottom of the bottle, Cheers Chris!!!

[@BeerGeekNation]

I looked high and low and couldnt find a stupid bottle date on that thing

[@justsick]

Ready for your review on the enjoy by Chris, cheers! Good review

[@BeerGeekNation]

MOnday man. Its shot and ready to go

[@idb2b]

Great review, I'll have to try the filtered and unfiltered side by side and see what differences I can tell

[@BeerGeekNation]

Its worth doing. Cheersd!

[@petemcmahon2792]

Yes, if unfiltered they need to use Vermont ale yeast with some outmeal to boost body and give us some new ester compounds like treehouse and trillium, otherwise just gimmick

[@dane5896]

5 year break, time for more reviews! 🍻🍺

[@dnovelle1]

It just tastes like very fresh Sculpin IMO.

[@canadiancraftbeercollective]

love what you guys do! keep it up!

[@buckn5]

Do you prefer the base sculpin or one of the pepper versions?

[@BeerGeekNation]

I actually like the pepper version a lot!

[@dominicparenti6260]

are you talking about the habanero version because the bottle I bought was like drinking a watered down insanity sauce. Not enjoyable and that was the first time I had sculpin.

[@dennypinkham5597]

It's Sculpin......that said it all.

[@BeerGeekNation]

Yep I thought so too

[@cmille24]

I liked it. It's not $13 a 6 good, but it was pretty decent. Stone Unfiltered Enjoy By is wayyyyyyy better. Unfortunately that shit flew off of the shelf at my store and I only got one 6 pack.

[@blinkers88]

That's funny because Enjoy By has reached shelf turd status around here. You can find copious amounts of it at grocery stores LOL

[@cmille24]

It's easy to find regular Enjoy By here, but the unfiltered flies off the shelf.

[@BeerGeekNation]

Exactly its way to expensive for what it is

[@cdog2584]

Did you try Fortem by Firestone Walker? Also very good

[@jm2461]

is it sculpin, though?

[@BeerGeekNation]

Yeah I dunno if I said it enough

[@howamidriving27]

I thought this was pretty clear for an unfiltered beer. Not that I was expecting a NE haze bomb or anything, but I probably wouldn't have even realized it was unfiltered if it didn't say it on the bottle

[@BeerGeekNation]

Yeah I think the yeast they use is so aggressive at this point that they really dont even need to filter it

[@cdog2584]

I love sculpin, but this didn't taste like sculpin to me. It tasted watered down and I didn't get a citrus taste. I was very disappointed.

[@racefrazier7998]

Haha so true. I've never cared for filter/unfiltered beers.

[@beertuben6299]

Race Frazier same here

[@XTheSonofTheSunX]

whatever you do don't step on a sculpin. cheers

[@BeerGeekNation]

I know man its up there with the classics

[@righyan]

Sculpin is good, but it's just too overpriced IMO. Something like $15 for a 6 pack.

[@vikingrbeerdserkr8406]

How often do you find a good beer for less?...

[@righyan]

I usually pay $10 for a 6 pack, sometimes I will find a 12 pack for around $16.

[@adamsbeerblog1212]

It appalls me that even after getting bought out for a billion dollars, they still up charge the shit out of their beers. It's sad seeing sculpin warming the shelves now that's in every grocery store and gas station

[@BeerGeekNation]

I agrre man its almost 80$ a case around me!!

[@wolco003]

For the price? It is terrible. It's like a dollar less than Enjoy by and I sure as hell cant find a date on the cans...good thing cuz it just sits there. Victory at Sea is a different story.

[@beardown2489]

Ballast needs to take break from production, let the market clear out, and relaunch their beers at a lower price point. Sculpin is overpriced. If they got fresh beer into the market at 9.99 or 10.99, it would solve all their problems. They surely must be getting a rude awakening competing against all of these local breweries that produce similar beer at equal or cheaper cost. There is price war going on. It started this spring. In Chicago, I can get fresh Founders Centennial 15 packs for $16. So why would I ever drink Ballast Point? And to be honest, it's not like Foundeds is conquering the market, even with their pricing, i STILL see local Chicago breweries outselling Founders amazing value

[@tnt159]

Way over priced

[@mattr3562]

Not impressed with this at all. Unfiltered IPAs are a bit of a trend now but I've found out the hard way that not every brewery pulls it off well. IMO regular Sculpin is better. Stone & Six Point pull of Unfiltered IPAs very well

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

Yuk!