Ballast Point IPA

Ok. So this is my first very informal beer review. If I'm to start Master Brewing School in January at UC Davis, I better start familiarizing myself with different beer. Yesterday, at Nugget in Elk Grove, when I had a cart full of different beer bottles that I was planning to sample, the guy behind me suggested the beer that he had in his cart (Hoptologist Double India Pale Ale from Knee Deep Brewing Company at http://kneedeepbrewing.com/) was a good one and I should try it. He admired all of mine and we talked. Long story short, I told him my intentions, to sample all this different beer as preparation for Brewing school. Then the guy behind him chimed in how bad he felt for me that I had to drink beer to prepare myself for my career. I KNOW! Rough life. Made me believe even more that life is short and we should do what we want.

SO, anywho! Here it is. Just sampled Ballast Point Brewing Company IPA (http://www.ballastpoint.com/). To be fair, I'm not a hoppy girl. I actually think most people are not hoppy. I think that people that say they love IPA's just like it because it's hoppy enough and distinctive enough that they can tell they're not drinking Coors Light or MGD. However, I drank it. And, yes, it's hoppy. But the color was beautiful, like liquid honey. It had an extremely crisp, clear, and hoppy flavor. I liked it enough that I finished it. There you have it.