Bend Big Eddy Bitter

Brewed by Bend Brewing Company
Style: Bitter
Bend, Oregon USA

On tap at Bend Brewing - Pretty decent beer. Nice aroma and looks good. It has a decent balance of hops and malt, and it has a nice finish.

On draft at Belmont Station. For what it is, quite excellent, drinkable, etc. What I’d call a "light bitter" as opposed to a heavy one (as in I(x)PA, Barley Wines).

Big cracker malt backbone with big hops. More of an IPA than a bitter, but it was really fantastic. Dry with some earthy and caramel components. Tried to get a growler of this but they had ran out after my sampler.

Sampled draught at Bend Brewing Company, Bend
Copper color, light head & lacing. Nose of light hops & esters, fairly light. Note of diacetyl and watermelon. Flavor of Columbus hops. Very earthy & up front with the hops. Finishes light, average, kinda malty.

Amber with strong lacing and a frothy head. Eh, bitter slightly with almost a bland or stale malt aroma. Some citrus. The flavor is mostly bitter. The stale malts give it an almost card board like taste. Bitter finish.

Amber in color, mostly clear. Sweet malts balanced by a very healthy, building bitterness. Creamy and smooth texture, though just a bit cloying and cobwebish in the finish. Nevertheless, a pretty decent bitter.