BridgePort Stumptown Tart (Cherry Wheat)

Formerly brewed at BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Fruit Beer
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Flute

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Bridgeport Brewing Company--Stumptown Tart Cherry Wheat--Wheat Ale With Oregon Sour Pie Cherries--50% Ale Aged In Oak Barrels And 50% Ale With Cherry--Bridgeport Big Brews Series--2009 Release--22 oz. Bottle--8.30% ABV--10 IBU’s? (4.5 / 5.0) Sour Ale--Belgian--Thin no lace white head. Clear thin bright cherry orange color. Delicate cherry oak floral wheat ester front. Mild sweet slightly tart rich dry thin textured wheat malt oak hint balanced cherry body. Refreshing smooth clean light citrus cherry fruit end. Balanced. Sampled 10/1/2009. $5.49 Each.

A wonderful belgian nose shows sour cherries green apples and some age, I would not pin down oak casks if I did not know but can definitely pick it up now. The intro is almost flanders in style but quickly detours and shows slight oxidation and beautiful sour cherry and sour apple flavors. Which I find quite refreshing in the heat. The malt is light but fitting and the hops are spot on. Overall a very good Belgium style fruit beer.

Oregon Brew Fest: reddish orange with fizzy white head, aroma of cherries, flavor has tons of sour cherries mixed nicely with pale malt.

Bottled@The Chriso Gaylord tasting. Orange colour, not much head. Aroma is tart fruits, some sligt wooden notes as well as herbs. Mild cherry pips as well. Flavour is spices, sour wooden notes, mild tartness as well as some fruityness and mild earthyness.

A Mes rate. Bottle at Chris O’s Night of the Gaylords.
Murky amber with a thin white head. A very tasty and spicy IPA like thing with lots of cinnamon and lemon plus plenty of oak and obvious cherries. Really different and interesting. Nice one.

22 oz, 5 bucks at whole foods, i am glad i tired it, i am always looking for something different, i wont buy it again

22 oz bottle via Fred Meyer. I cannot believe they even had this. They never have squat there, let alone limited release micros. YeehaW!. Pours a hazy amber with a small white head. Nose is sour fruit..cherries, apple, and a bit of wood. Taste is ...diffent. My first sip tells me this is not your typical over the top fruit beer..it is more of a hop vs fruit...balanced to the point that they almost cancel each other out..or do they just blend perfectly..hmm, lets try a few more sips. Well i can see people either loving or hating this beer. Personally i find it TOO balanced. I either like beer to have a tiny bit in the fruit dept, or go over the top and be all fruit. THis one is just too balanced for me. Body is medium, carbonation is moderate/high. Finish is pretty dry. I think if i had another bottle i would lay it down for a year. Abv is well hidden so gets extra credit for that..i would have guessed 6.3, not 8.3%!

UPDATED: SEP 12, 2009 Found in Brown Jug in Anchorage AK. Pours clear and bubbly, golden color and a white head that fades FAST. Sweet aroma, some sour cherry tartness and a little oakiness. A sour mash taste upfront, a good wheat character, malty and hints of cherry and some farmhouse notes. A clean easy drinker, light body and full flavored. Goes down really smooth, an a bit complex for a fruity wheat ale, I like it. Seems like it could be labled a sour beer.

I actually quite liked this beer, though I would label it a sour beer instead of fruit beer. The cherries really make the body so face squinching bitter, and not really sweet. However, this doesn’t taste like cherries per se.

Golden ale with orangey hints,large bubbly off white head. Subdued aromas,wheat,barn and pepper. Intresting tase..strong wheatiness overlayed by tart cherrys with a bi of pit thrown in. Some alcohol tasted at end. Not bad on the palate not thin but I would say sprightly, good summer drinking. OK beer good drinking for the alcohol%.