Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin IPA

Spicy Beer

How fitting that “Ring of Fire” would start playing at The Glendale Tap after my pint of Habanero Sculpin hit the table. The well-balanced, citrus-forward, hop-backed IPA from Ballast Point received an added jolt from habanero peppers, the often orange chiles that frequently factor into Yucatán cuisine. The chiles jabbed me in the back of the throat and the spice seemed to amplify the effects of the hops, or vice versa, and yet, I couldn’t stop drinking the amber hued beer. Spicy beers are far from sessionable, but when they’re expertly crafted, as Habanero Sculpin is in San Diego, they can also prove irresistible.

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Joshua Lurie

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