BridgePort ESB

Brewed by BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Portland, Oregon USA

amber color with limited time only white lacy head. very grainy. yeasty flavors, some carmel and some floral notes. not a huge fan of the style but this was aight. moderately bitter and a bit heavy on the carbonation.

Medium amber-orange hue with a medium, creamy/frothy off-white head that’s short lived. Caramel, grainy, doughy yeast. Citric/floral hops. Fairly neutral flavor. Moderately sweet flavor. Lightly sweet, moderately bitter finish. Medium body, watery texture, moderate carbonation. Third out of three Bridgeports that I’ve found to be a bit grainy.

A nice simple beer. A dark orange appearance with a caramel and peach aroma. A slightly bitter yet malty taste with more caramel and peaches in the flavor. Nothing impressive but ok for a session ale.

A clear copper body is topped by a smallish head. The aroma is malty with a bit of caramel, but not much in the way of hops. Touch of bitterness in the end.

Bottle, coppery brown clear pour. I could smell the alcohol in the aroma - weird for something thats only 6%. Medium caramel malty aroma, and citrus hops come out for me. Caramel malty flavors, with lighter hop flavors present than in the aroma. Thin.

(12 oz bottle: Liquid Solutions in Tigard, OR) The beer looks impressive enough, boasting a clear, dark ruddy-amber color, and a small but creamy off-white head, but the rest is a bit of a disappointment. The aroma is sugary sweet, caramely and earthy rather than genuinely malty, and shows little in the way of hops. While I’m picking up a bit of roasty maltiness, a sugary sweet caramel dominates the flavor as well, and makes this seem a little cheap. Hops bitterness is minimal in my book, and though hops might help a little, with or without hops, the sugary sweetness is an issue for me anyway. There is a slight smokiness in the finish, and that’s at least something to hang my hat on. Body is medium, but without the hops, the sugary flavor becomes a bit tiring on the palate. Carbonation levels are fine. The head has faded to a wide ring, but lacing is non-existent. Just another so-so effort from BridgePort, but an ESB with hardly any hops bitterness is not something I’d seek out again.

Bottle. Pours a crystal clear copper color. Beautiful dense, off-white head forms and slowly fades to a light foam layer and ring at the edge. Intricate lacing left behind. Fresh, floral aroma with a hint of caramel and toast. Light bodied to medium with a pleasant carbonation. Flavor is floral hop with an underlaying sweetness. Quite a nice ESB.

Poured a clear copper color. Hoppy aroma. Mainly malt but a good amount of hops mixed in. More than expected. Touch of alc as well. Malty flavor with a bitter finish. Reminder me more of a pale ale. Nice beer.