BridgePort Ebenezer Ale

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

Date: 12/15/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear dark brown, wispy off white head, chocolate and dark caramel malt aroma with a touch of spicy hops, big body, rich dark caramel and chocolate flavor, nice caramel sweetness, earthy hops provide a good balance for the sweetness, lingering sweetness in the finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Bright golden-amber colour. Malty aroma with nutty, toffeeish notes. Somewhat thin body with light brown sugar notes and faint nutty, toffeeish nuances. A light and painless holiday beer.

Clear mahogany with light tan head. Moderately sweet, caramel, slightly earthy hoppy. Flavor is pleasant, berry sweetness, good maltiness, finishes earthy hoppy.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Hop aroma. Bronze mid brown coloured with a passion fruit flavour. Crisp and slightly bitter pale malt finish.

12oz bottle. Poured a deeper and muddy amber color with a huge sized off white head. Aromas of toasted malts, caramel, and a little bready. Tastes of basically the same.

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a thin off-white head. Aroma of mollasses, nuts, dark fruits, and I agree with Lumpy’s description "spicied rum". Flavor of sweet caramel malt, dark fruit, and spices.

Pours a transparent ruby mahogany with a small, frothy, spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet caramely and grainy English malts with a touch of citrusy hops. Body starts with some foamy carbonation and piny hops toward a thinner, bittersweet finish with some earthy drier malts. An ok English strong ale, but could be a little sweeter.

Sweet taste, of liquorice rather than sugars. Some smokey, fading taste; malts but none too pronounced. Neutral mouthfeel, no new aftertaste. A Winter Warmer, this?