Indra Kunindra - Ballast Point Brewing Company

pukahi91

Hawaii

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%

01-06-2013 02:51:41 | More by pukahi91

gleemonger

California

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

06-12-2013 21:52:57 | More by gleemonger

NathanMcIntyre

California

4.41/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

What an amzingly balanced beer. So many interesting flavors in my mouth. Huge notes of curry and spices finishing with a magical waterfall of coconut. A great beer to share with friends after a nice meal. I'd love to meet the guy who came up with this recipe.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 18:31:24 | More by NathanMcIntyre

mtstatebeer

West Virginia

3.73/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4

22 oz. bottle served in a tumbler glass. Pours a cola color with a fizzy, brown and almost instantly diminishing head. Aroma is roasted malt, cumin, curry, pepper, and chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt, curry, pepper, lime, vanilla, a hint of coconut, and chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium, dry, bitter, low carbonation, and mighty spicy. Very interesting beer, the aroma is slightly scary, but the malt background allows a bit of a balance with the spiciness.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2013 02:48:51 | More by mtstatebeer

bonkers

New Jersey

3.65/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

poured from a bomber into 2 snifters, jet black with a moderate head. The aroma is lots of spicey curry. the spiciness of the curry is the dominant flavor, there are also subtle hints of sweetness in the finish. the body is moderate, good carbonation. lad I split it with a friend. One of the more interesting brews I have had, but if you are not a fan of Indian food don't pick this one up, for me the curry was a little too much.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 10:04:07 | More by bonkers

savagepm

Colorado

4/5  rDev +5.3%

06-07-2013 22:57:13 | More by savagepm

cooler4life

Quebec (Canada)

4.13/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.5

Best By 3/12/14. Picked this up on one of my journeys to California.

A: Poured a jet black color, no light can permeate the glass. Beer has an average viscosity. Half finger head that settled to a paper thin ring around the glass. Carbonation appears very fine.

S: Incredible. You inhale and get a refreshing breeze of coconut, lime, pepper and curry. As others have mentioned, if you breathe deeply, you will get some burn! Dark fruit, and caramel round out the nose.

T: Begins with some vanilla, caramel and builds into a collaboration of Indian spices, banana, and coconut. Ends with massive heat on the back end, your palate stings of cayenne, black pepper, and red curry. True to form! No hint of any alcohol flavor.

M: Body is a little on the thin side for a stout, this may be more of a chile ale style. Your mouth develops a burning sensation after awhile, which in my mind, is not a sensation I desire with beer.

O: I couldn't imagine how good with would go with some butter chicken or any curried meat. Never had a beer like this before, but what a masterpiece of building Indian/Thai qualities into a beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2013 21:36:15 | More by cooler4life

drlovemd87

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +18.4%

06-04-2013 16:13:24 | More by drlovemd87

Chaney

District of Columbia

4.38/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Stoked to try this!

Served in a Port City snifter.

A: Poured black as night and with no head whatsoever. Lots of particles floating around in the beer though. Curious.

S: Holy crap this is a curry bomb! Along with the cumin, coconut, and Kaffir lime, to say this is "India-style" is an understatement.

T: Not for all tastes, for sure. If you hate these spices, this won't be your thing. It's amazing that you can taste each and every one of these spices. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

M: Just enough carbonation to be dangerous, and I really dug the milkiness added by the coconut. That especially rounded out the finish... while the cumin burns the back of your throat!

O: Come one peeps, you know you love this beer! The most unique brew of 2013 so far. I'd have it again.

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2013 02:39:16 | More by Chaney

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4.43/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

I don't care if you don't like curry, you have to admit this beer is brilliantly made! horrifically underrated here on BA. this pours a radiant inky black color, unsuspicious, and boasting an inch or so of lacy mocha head. the nose is just insane, like dank takeout indian food. there is all of the elements, curry powder, cumin, which is very strong, kaffir lime leaf, which is almost refreshing amidst all the dark roast, and coconut, to sweeten things up. there is also the cayenne, if you take a really hard sniff, it almost burns the nostrils, true to form. the taste is every bit as good as the nose, like exceptional takeout food. the curry is strong, the cumin is fresh, the chili is just in the finish, and the coconut and lime leaf cut through some of the other heavy flavors. I can only imagine how many times they made this beer wrong or out of proportion before they got it right. it certainly is dialed now, seriously fantastic. the mix of flavors here is like nothing I would have ever expected in a beer. I have to say, a whole bottle would have been too much, and im not sure im in a hurry to find this again, but what a wonderful treat to get to try such a creative and artfully crafted bottle of beer. this is really something special, and it puts the countless spiced beers to shame. you wont believe this beer until you taste it!

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2013 17:27:12 | More by StonedTrippin

jbar920

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-30-2013 14:30:12 | More by jbar920

basickness

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-25-2013 18:45:15 | More by basickness

JOTAS

Virginia

4.56/5  rDev +20%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

I've had this beauty on tap at Savor 2012 in DC and was fortunate enough to be in San Diego last week to have it on site as fresh as can be. Once you put your nose to your pint you are hit with various wonderful aromas that compose this delightful beer.

You don't get hit with the heat right away, it comes right at the end and it just leaves you wanting more and more. It's nice and subtle and very approachable as far as taste. Your mouth and brain are lost as to what they are experiencing with the first sip, yet everything begins to come in balance and in order after the first, second and third sip.

A good "snack" to have with this pint is some good fresh toasted coconut macaroons as they pair absolutely perfect with this beer. Oh and is curry and the other spices and afrodisiak? Well they seemed to be for me.

Serving type: on-tap

05-21-2013 22:27:30 | More by JOTAS

MystikCelt

New York

4.75/5  rDev +25%

05-21-2013 10:19:01 | More by MystikCelt

clay23

New York

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-19-2013 01:26:59 | More by clay23

thepenguin

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -27.6%

05-17-2013 18:22:57 | More by thepenguin

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

05-17-2013 03:00:36 | More by Kegatron

Zbeetleman

California

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-15-2013 03:41:24 | More by Zbeetleman

baybum

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%

05-15-2013 02:43:40 | More by baybum

dbrauneis

New Jersey

3.74/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours an opaque yet clear very dark brown (approaching jet black) in color with some light to moderate amounts of visible carbonation and some cola brown highlights. The beer has a half finger tall dense foamy light tan head that reduces to a medium patch of very thin film with a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Light to moderate aromas of roasted malts underneath the light aromas of toasted coconut and Indian spices - cumin, curry, and kaffir leaves stand out.

T: Similar to the smell, there are light flavors of roasted malts underneath the more pronounced flavors of the Indian spices. There is a light presence of coconut with moderate to strong flavors of cumin and curry. Slightly light flavors of kaffir leaves and cayenne pepper. There is a moderate amount of lingering spicy burn.

M: Slightly heavier than light bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Light amounts of dryness from the spices in the finish.

O: There is a surprising amount of spiciness to this beer - probably a bit hotter than the average Indian food that I have ordered all over the US. There is a nice amount of kick to the spiciness but it does make the beer a little tougher to drink much of - definitely reduces the drinkability. Lots of complexity to the flavors and smells. Don't think I could have more than one of these.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 23:18:36 | More by dbrauneis

Absolut

California

2/5  rDev -47.4%

05-14-2013 14:39:09 | More by Absolut

Zimm

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-13-2013 00:36:08 | More by Zimm

Pecafaced

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%

05-12-2013 23:55:39 | More by Pecafaced

IPeteA91

Texas

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-12-2013 22:22:55 | More by IPeteA91

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%

05-11-2013 15:21:29 | More by mikeburd1128