Beer Review - Bridgeport Brewery IPA

Brewery: Bridgeport Brewing

Location: Portland, OR

Beer Name: IPA

Style: India Pale Ale

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: 50

The beer was poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a hazy golden orange with a decent off-white head and moderate lacing on the glass. The aroma speaks of biscuity malt, pine, citrus fruits and some yeast. The flavor is well rounded with bready slightly sweet malt beginning then followed with some earthy and citrus fruit hops that ends a bit bitter. Light, but creamy body that is crisp.

Overall a great IPA beer. Nothing spectacular about the bottle and label, but bridges aren’t something I get excited about either. Really didn’t stand out aroma wise as many other IPAs do today. The flavor was really nicely balanced, which is sort of unique in today’s big hoppy IPA world. Nice underlying malt flavor paired with yeasty characteristics and a pleasant hop bitterness made for a nice complex and crisp beer. Flavorful, smooth, and well rounded is probably the best things to say about this beer, and that’s not a bad thing no matter how you say it.   

Score

Label/Cap	5/10
Appearance	6/10
Aroma	5/10
Flavor	8/10
Overall	7/10
Total	31/50

Judgment Scale
  0-9 Not worth your $
10-19 A OK Beer
20-29 A Good Beer
30-39 A Great Beer
40-44 A All-star Beer
45-50 A Hall of Fame Beer