Bridge Road Summer IPA

Brewed by Bridge Road Brewers
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Beechworth, Australia

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Small head but lasting misty orange pour weak carbonation aromas citrus some apricot sweet malt the flavours grapefruit and sweet malt apricot strong bitter raspy taste on tongue sweet rock melon the finish tasty ipa goos hop flavours lasting bitter smooth enough goes down well

Bottle from purvis cellars poured into a tulip glass. Opaque dull golden colour with specks of sediment settling at the bottom. Poor head retention with poor lacing. Blunt guava smell with a tinge of glue. At first the flavours are quite diluted. They later crescendo into a toasty malt flavour with a late mild bitterness. Smokey character reveals itself when the sediment at the bottom is reached.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours a weird, hazy amber-green colour with a perfectly sculpted white head. Nose is very tropical and grassy. Fresh hops and like the hop suggests, it is very summery. Although it’s a cold winter night, I’m still loving it. Lots of stone fruits and grassy undertones in the taste. taste is a little thin which is it’s only downfall. Very nice single hop and would love plenty of these

330ml bottle. Pours a hazy honey amber color with a low white cushion of foam. Fruit in the aroma with peach, nectarine and melon coming through. The flavour is solid with a nice smooth, almost creamy, mouthfeel.

From a 330ml bottle on 29/4/2012. Pours a cloudy dark golden orange with a small head. The aroma is dominated by fruit, with some light honey and floral notes. The flavour features stone fruits, some English pale ale yeastiness, and a slightly spicy hop bitterness. This is solid IPA, if perhaps a touch subdued. Definitely worth a try, but I preferred their Galaxy and Stella single hops.

Bridge Rd must be making the best IPAs in Australia at the moment? Another wonderfully clean and balanced single varietal. Some subtle character but there is no denying the wonderfully sweet cut grass, biscuit and slightly funky cereal note. Lacks out and out punch but still a very competent drop.

330mL bottle, pours a cloudy orange hue with a dense white head that looks like it might go the length. nice citrus/mango aroma. Has nice hop/hop resin flavour for a 4.8% IPA which is great. I dont mind this hop its showing alot of promise.

On tap at cookie, not bad, but not the best IPA, it lacks malt support. Aromas of hay, grass, and citrus. Taste is sweet, slightly tart, also with bitter notes; average length. Palate is oily, and medium bodied. Yellow, with a frothy head.

Bottle thanks to hawthorne00. Pours a golden orange. Very slight haze. Smallish light cream coloured head. Furity sweet aroma thanks to the hops plus a little light caramel. Flavours is somehwat sweet with some nuttiness that does sit overly well with the style. Harsh light resiny hop bitterness. Thinnish mouthfeel.

Slightly cloudy orangey amber body with short lasting head. Pear and melon notes in taste and aroma. Not a lot of bitterness, alcohol strength but just enough hop flavour for it to be an IPA, in my opinion.

Pours dark amber with a small fading head. Nose shows masses of fruity hops, with apricot and pine along with softer melon. Underneath is cookie dough-like malt and caramel. Flavours are similar; melon, caramel, pine, but somewhat faint. Finishes with a bold bitterness. Could use a thicker body and more carbonation.