3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy, orangey-gold color with a decent off-white head that takes a while to fade to a thin cover. Subdued aromas of pine needle hoppiness along with some maltiness. On the palate a sharp hoppy character to go with some pleasing citrus fruit notes. Nice level of carbonation. Very refreshing.
A solid IPA brew. Bridgeport continues to impress due to it’s excellent bang for the buck.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 22, 2006 Bottle. Pours your typical copper IPA hue. Head is medium sized. Aroma is that mostly of fruit (grapefruit), pretty much typical IPA faire. This IPA has a good amount of bitterness while still maintaining a deep fruity body. Very tasty and well balanced. Not amazingly distinctive but an excellent session IPA.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours to coppery orange. Very unique aroma bringing to mind peppermint and cotton candy along with fairly usual hoppy distinctions. The flavor of this is sufficiently malted but strangely hopped. Whether it just didn’t have enough hops to satisfy my thirst for bitterness or just had too many varieties making appearances i don’t know, but this IPA didn’t have enough of a definitive hop character for my taste. With so many worthy IPA’s available, there’s just no reason to get this one. Grassy, piney, lemony, etc. just not enough so.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Draft at Mahoney’s, Tucson. Maybe this is better in a bottle, but I had a hard time drinking it. Aromas were barely there, thin indeed. Flavors were off too, lots of vegtible and some strange soapy bitter aftertaste. Did not like this one at all.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a nice cloudy yellow color with a small white head. Aroma grassy and hoppy. Flavor was not as intense as i had expected. it was very good and had a dry finish. i found my self gulping this brew down. Very good indeed.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a clear slightly dark golden color. Citrus, mostly grapefruit aroma. Malt comes through a bit. Bitter taste. Not a fan of grapefruit.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: OCT 9, 2007 12 oz bottle. Large foamy head. Hazy golden amber color. Grapefruit aroma and flavor. medium bodied. Bittersweet finish that is very well balanced and very complex. Bitter grapefruit, then orange, pear, apple, followed by some malts and vanilla, and then finally by a sweeter lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Yummy stuff. Medium hoppiness. Refreshing drink for a hot day. Oh, and pour the yeast in your glass, this beer is twice as good with it!
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma: Soft fruits, some citrus, floral and a low malt aroma in the background. Surprisingly restrained for a modern day west coast IPA
Appearance: Golden (Orange Hues) slightly hazy with a moderate off white head
Flavor: first thing that comes to mind is balance. Hop character is strong but kept in check by the malt character. Flavors go fruity character from the yeast to a slight malt sweetness right into a firm hop bitterness, with a spicy and earthy hop flavor to boot.
Palate: Medium light in body, with a nice finish which is dry but does not punish the tongue.
Overall: For a west-coast IPA it seems to lean towards the English style IPA with choice of hops. Make no mistake this is a fine IPA with balance as its hallmark. An IPA which begs a 2nd serving. I am not rating as high because it seemed to lack a little in the aroma
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