BridgePort IPA

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

Draught at Richmond Arms, Houston
Beautiful amber color. Delicate hoppy aroma. Good flavor, not extreme, malt with fruity hops. Refreshing. Playing darts, in Houston, on Christmas night… strange experience.

Bottle. Porued a murkey golden color. Aroma of citrus and hops is very present. Taste of orange and a bite of bittering hops at the end.

12 oz Bottle. Pours a cloudy hazy orange. Smells of hops and citrus. Very nice, clean crisp, some nice citrusy flavors with good hop backbone. This could easily be a session beer, not to bitter, but yet tasty and easy to drink.

Served on tap at the Windbag in Helana Montana in a fucking frosted glass. Once this warmed up it was a decent a IPA with lots of everything including balance. Page 81 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide only 453 of 500 Classic Brews to go.

12 oz. bottle and on draught at multiple locations. Pours a wonderfully clear golden yellow with ample crown. Decently good retention with good lacing. The aroma is rich with citrus and herbal hops, not too strong but not weak by any stretch of the imagination. It is exactly what I expect to smell in a good IPA. The taste screams of hops but it is more aggressive than offensive. There is a slight malty backbone but the hops features all the way through to the hoppy finish. For me, this has never been a bad decision to drink and I almost enjoy it like a session beer since the hops are strong enough to be an IPA but not too strong, like a DIPA or Imperial IPA that makes you pucker up. Finish is crisp and leaves such a pleasant aftertaste. This IPA is so perfectly balanced, IMO, even in the hop flavour (e.g. not too citrus, not too bitter). Overall, this is one of my favourite standard medium-bodied brews to drink at a bar or with pizza. And it’s relatively cheap and available in Atlanta too. Highly recommended whether or not you’re new to IPAs or if you’re a tried-and-true hophead.

This is a great American IPA. The aftertaste is amazing. It blooms in your mouth.! Bridgeport secondary bottle conditions this ale, and you can see the yeast sediment in the bottom if you hold the bottle up to the light. Maybe this has something to do with why the result is sooo good. BTW, the bottle says 5.5% alcohol, but I think this a low estimate. I had bottles of beer marked 1% higer and the Brridgeport; side-by-side in the freezer, and guess what? The other beer started to freeze first!

I’ve had a few IPAs before, but I’ve never had one so hopped or double fermented. There is so much head in the bottle that it was amazing. The taste starts off like a typical IPA, but transitions into a nice grassy aftertaste. This is definitely a good recommendation for an IPA.

Bottle at just the right temperature. Poured clear gold with a white head. Aroma of hops and slight malt. Full in the mouth with a hoppy bite. Finish like the final note of ’A Day in the Life’. Wonderful. This is low enough in alcohol you could drink a crate in an evening and be able to dance.