BridgePort BeerTown Brown

Brewed by BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Brown Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Nice. Fairly mild. Really easy to drink. Not an extreme beer but it is a pretty good example of the style. Good balance of malty roast and sweetness.

Bridgeport Brewing Company--Beer Town Brown--2007 Release--12 oz. Bottle--5.20% ABV--20 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Tight foamy lacy head. Clear bright mahogeny color. Rich mild Belgian cocao hop front. Creamy cloying sweet tangy crisp toffee caramel mild choco ester body. Zesty clean mild Belgian hop spice end. Nice! Sampled 1/18/2007. Bridgeport Brewing Company--Beer Town Brown--2008 Release--12 oz. Bottle--5.20% ABV--20 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Rich lacy off white head. Clear bright rich ruby brown color. Mild cocao hop front. Mild creamy tangy chocolate mild sweet toasted toffee malty body. Smooth balanced mild hop malt spice end. Tasty refreshing well made Brown Ale. Sampled 1/21/2008. 6-Pack--$8.39.

Bottle:   Moderate brown, ruby hues, moderate light beige head, spritzy, spotty lacing.   Malty nose, a little mealy, slight cocoa notes.   Certainly light on any hop aspect.   Pretty malty, a little mealy, some cereal, with very little bitterness.   Decent, a good beginners Brown.   Very light on the exit, clean, with some minor mealy notes.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate, perhaps nearing the thing side.   Wow, quick finish.   Not much there.   Certainly a light beer for the style, no hop bitterness and light on the tongue.   Wished it was a bit bigger, but as is it probably appeals to most of those who would usually drink BMC.

12oz bottle. Clear amber-brown with a small head. The aroma is doughy with toasty, nutty malt and toffee. Sweet with a little nutty malt and almost no hops. Hint of bread-crust in the finish, along with just a touch of bitterness. Medium-light on the tongue with good carbonation. A very newcastle-veined brown ale; lacking the roast and darker malts in more assertive browns. Nothing really off about it, but just not very interesting or flavorful.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with ditmier. Pours a clear amber with a large tan head that lasted through three-quarters of the glass and left partial lace. Very mild, in fact barely noticeable aroma of malt and not much else. The flavor is weak watered down malt followed by mixed vegetables. Medium bitterness. Light-medium bodied. Pretty forgettable.

Dark reddish, nice color for a brown ale. Small head. Mild, ordinary aroma. Really nice sweetness, good amount of hops to match. Don’t taste the advertised chocolate (which happens to be just fine with me). Not bad at all.

Rich brown pour, light lacing, sour hops, watery, blah, I was a little excited as I usually really like Brown Ales. I was sorely disappointed.

Bridgeport sixers are on sale for $5.49 at the local and I was about to grab some IPA as it is my old standby but I thought "Why not try something new?" Nice brown-red color with a very helathy, foamy head. The smell is at first has a similar component to the IPA so maybe that is the yeast but its followed by a distinct malt smell. Nothing too special but still good. Nutty, brown flavor that is about average for a brown. Not sweet like Newcastle but actually has a bitterness. This would be an interesting Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-22-2008 19:40:27 id: 645884