BridgePort Haymaker Extra Pale Ale

Brewed by BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Draft. A hazy pale golden beer with a thin head. The aroma is sweet with with light notes of citrus, while the flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of citrus, leading to a dry wheaty finish. The body is thin.

Date: August 08, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker
Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, light floral hops
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor, well balanced with floral hops, touch of cereal, light bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 1   Bread : 1   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : XX   Hay : XX   Toasty : 3   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 4   Leafy : XX   Spicy : 3   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : 3   Orange : 2   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : 2   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : 3   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Sharp aromatics, better expressed malts than most.

on tap-pours a white head that laces and yellow color. Aroma is grassy/grain-caramel, like a pilsner with extra medium malt. Taste is grassy/spicy-hops, grain/light malt-sweet caramel, crisp. OK effervescence.

Bottle courtesy of RiversideAK. Pours gold with a nice white head. Smells citrussy with some grassy hints. Tastes of citrus, some sweet malt, hints of tartness. Nice.

Draft @ Bridgeport in Portland. Mostly clear straw colored body. Nose of skunked grains and hazy and dry, twangy, strange hops (moldy). Flavor is malt-forward but thin on the palate, skunky and twangy, simple and sour grains. Not good.

Bottle: Pours a goldish yellow color with light head and some lacing. The nose is dry and husky with some wheat and malt, the hops are dusty and a bit vague. The flavor is thin, lots of pale malts, maybe even pilsner malts. Lacking bitterness. Thin finish. Lawnmower beer for sure, and not a bad one at that. I’ll take this over that ever-so-popular Full Sail Session Lager any day. Then again, a Terminal Gravity IPA would best them both combined. Touché!

Draught @ Flyers Restaurant & Brewery, Oak Harbor, WA. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a malty grainy and slightly hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty grainy hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish.