Hop Czar - Topaz Copper IPA
BridgePort Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.85
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As BridgePort Hop Czar - Topaz Copper IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a average, open and frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, riped fruit, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, hoppy, sweet fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140814]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Tadg’s. Orange-amber with a low head. Very grassy nose, pine, orange, some caramel. Flavor is stone fruits, grass, pine, some caramel and biscuits. Big body. Seems not completely fresh but decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bridgeport Hop Czar 6.5% bottle at Tadg’s a clear amber with a big malty sweet with a dose of hops. Malty, spicy bitter hop goodness. Tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours hazy amber to red with a small tan head. Aroma is greasy hoppy, earthy and pine. Bitter, grapefruity and pine. Light herbal and mild sweet into the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2014. Pours a clear golden pale copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
How: Cask.
Where: GBBF 14.
Appearance: Opaque light brown colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Spices, hops, cinnamon, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Spices, hops, citrus, floral, caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
14th August 2014
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Lightly hazy amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and crispy. Light malts, touch of toffee. Hops are spicy orange and orange marmalade. Light floralness. Finishes smooth and dry. Spicy linger. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ GBBF day 3. Lightly unclear copper orange color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lots of hops, quite fruity, nicely bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
At GBBF 2014. Amber copper colour sticky toffee big hoppy. Wow big and hoppy. Good big ipa. Wow. Good hop.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask gravity at the 2014 GBBF. Clear clean copper with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is big caramel sticky sweet, hops are subdued by all the caramel. Hops are resin and pine. Some hot alcohol. And rubber. Flavour is caramel, harsh bitterness and hot alcohol, some marmalade orange peel. Medium sweet palate with lowish carbonation. Pretty poor.