Kingpin Double Red Ale
BridgePort Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.57
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KINGPIN is a full-flavored, red-colored ale that uses a rarely-grown Willamette Valley Hop varietal known as Liberty Hops from fourth generation hop farmer John Annen of Annen Bros. Farm in Silverton, Oregon. Jeff and his team of brewers also used rye and caramel malt leading to a unique flavor profile; triple-hopped for bitter aroma and a unique dry-hopped character.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a very dark amber with about a half finger of white head. Aroma of pine and citrus with a hint of caramel. Taste is medium bitter and light sweet. Lots of pine and citrus with a little caramel. Medium bodied with a sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, pretty good. I would drink this one again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2012
at 18:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from QFC - Seattle (Ballard)
Beautiful dark amber color, hazy, with small head. Tere is some caramel aroma, but it’s too simple. The caramel flavor is quite good, a bit chewy; the hopping is medium strong, some fruity character (apricot) and mild resins.
Simple.
Beautiful dark amber color, hazy, with small head. Tere is some caramel aroma, but it’s too simple. The caramel flavor is quite good, a bit chewy; the hopping is medium strong, some fruity character (apricot) and mild resins.
Simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2012
at 00:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz amber-tan color. Respectable off-white head..steady. While there is some faint resinous hop aroma, its pretty tame for a double or triple anything. Very grounded in malt, a decent Amber I suppose, but just not that hoppy. Balanced, yet apparent big American-style ingredient overload. The rye shows up in the finish, stealing the show. Not bad by any means, just a little more subdued and bland than I was hoping it would be.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2012
at 22:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught (nitro) @ Hawthorne Hophouse. Rated on 11.07.2012
Aroma is sweet with fruits, peaches and honey. Flavour is hoppy with resin and some peaches. This has some hops that linger in my mouth for a long time and they do not feel nice.
Aroma is sweet with fruits, peaches and honey. Flavour is hoppy with resin and some peaches. This has some hops that linger in my mouth for a long time and they do not feel nice.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2012
at 08:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Aromatic hops and some caramel in the background. Amber hue with medium persistent head. Sweetness from the malts upfront easing into a hoppy bitterness. I think the bitterness is a bit over the top for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2012
at 17:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Pours a dark auburn color with a creamy tan head. Picking up the florals and earthy hops in the aroma, as well as some bready malt. Flavor is more in the bready/caramel malts department with light floral hops. Much less hoppy than I was looking forward to.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2012
at 08:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a dark red with a small whtie head. Aroma is a ok sticky sweet malt with some lingering hop. Flavor is deffinatly a rye malt spice with some sugar and a minor hop. Finish is bitter with a little alcohol. Decent but not great. Needs a heavier malt base and a lot more hops.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2012
at 16:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Loose single from Binny’s. Finally my first Bridgeport beer, although there are some bombers somewhere in my cellar. I get a big nose of malts and alcohol at the pour, not as much hop. Carola brown pour under a spongy beer head, not much bubble activity in my glass. More hops found in the taste, a kind of slight citrus and slightly "dry" hop note. Or maybe just a standard hop bitterness. Either way, it matches nicely with a slightly spicy malt bill. Texture seems a little light, but it’s leaving sticky traces on my lip, and the alcohol comes in to warm me up on this cold night.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2012
at 20:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle that I could tell was at the correct temperature just by placing my finger on it and actually touching it. This beer clearly lacks a slick gimmicky label scheme to relieve me of the need to actually touch the bottle, . . . ICK!! Well, it pours clear amber with a rutty red tint and white head. The aroma has bold sweet dark fruity esters, some caramel candy and a sense of earthiness. The taste delivers prunes, cherries and some raisin. These notes mix with some roasted malts, some chocolate malts and a bit of earthiness. I also get a bit of spicy hops here and there too. Seems like an estery old school brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2011
at 18:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium to dark orange amber colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, candy, flowers, light yeasty. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt caramel, light yeasty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110622]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2011
at 23:08