Hop Czar - Imperial IPA
BridgePort Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.93
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Brewed with three different malts and four hop varieties. Hop Czar will have a deep malt background with enthusiastic citrus and floral notes paired with uber hop bitterness.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with a co-worker. Poured a clear orange color, though sediment really picked up on this one pretty quickly. Aroma was maltier than I would have expected, but a nice citrus character really comes through on it. Lots of floral hop leaf notes. Light chewy character. Grapefruit zest is nice. This had been in the co-worker’s fridge for almost a year and was still pretty solid - would like to try it fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2016
at 10:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Brewpub. Hazy orange with a white head. Hoppy with grass, malt and some grapefruit. Also warming alcohol. The finish was really bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2016
at 08:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Medium orange with a tall pillowy head. Heavy malts over this bitter orange and citrus hopped DIPA. Some light floral notes. A bit sweet, fruity, and bitter. A slightly off-putting finish, however, makes this not one I’ll be coming back to very often. Still, decent enough.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2015
at 19:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a hazy orange colored body with a one finger white foamy head that dies and leaves some sticky lacing
The smell had some bitter hops up front, but slowly combines with the malts to balance as it warms.
The taste had a more bitter than sweet flavoring, but still good for the most part, slightly dry bitter aftertaste, definitely a very dry finish (this definitely has one of the driest finishes I’ve ever had in any DIPA).
On the palate, it sat at about a medium, semi-sessionable. Carbonation seems a bit under for the style, not bad to me.
Overall, definitely not the best DIPA on the market, but still worthy of eventually coming back to, not a disappointment, just not what I expected from Bridgeport.
The appearance had a hazy orange colored body with a one finger white foamy head that dies and leaves some sticky lacing
The smell had some bitter hops up front, but slowly combines with the malts to balance as it warms.
The taste had a more bitter than sweet flavoring, but still good for the most part, slightly dry bitter aftertaste, definitely a very dry finish (this definitely has one of the driest finishes I’ve ever had in any DIPA).
On the palate, it sat at about a medium, semi-sessionable. Carbonation seems a bit under for the style, not bad to me.
Overall, definitely not the best DIPA on the market, but still worthy of eventually coming back to, not a disappointment, just not what I expected from Bridgeport.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2014
at 17:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I happen to love hops, therefore I love this beer. Draft pour. Hop storm with a bitter finish. Loved it.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2014
at 18:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle on The Train Tasting, Part I. Pours clear, bright gold with a frothy off-white head. Dank pine in the nose, leaves. Medium sweet flavor with dry pine, grass, dried pale malts and a bit of alcohol. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish with sticky pine resins, dried pale malts, dry orange. Fair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 02:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap @ Bridgeport Brewing. Pours caramel with a finger thick head. Aroma is hoppy and bitter, with pine and lemon peel. Full body with soft carbonation. Flavour is bitter with pine and orange peel, as well as some balancing caramel malts and honey. Long bitter citrusy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2013
at 09:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Great looking, thick, fluffy head on hazy golden body. Head lasts for a while too. Faint hoppy aroma, taste comes on a bit stronger with some grapefruit acidity, lemon dryness. Finish is abrupt, some tartness lingers. Initial sour face gives way to smile as you savor the hoppiness,
Tried
on 23 Aug 2013
at 19:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle on the high speed train tasting Birmingham Beer Bash. Thanks to Colin. Sweet resin, feet aroma. Orange gold colour with a white head. Some higher alcohols in the flavour. Assertive bitterness. Some orange, fullish body. bitter alchol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2013
at 13:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle on the Black Country Train Tasting Part I, 06/07/13, thanks to oneself having acquired said beverage at the duty free shop at SEATAC airport some 6 weeks prior to imbibing. Lightly hazed golden with a big frothy white head. Nose is hops, light piss, citrus, bitter orange, caramel malt. Taste is caramel malt forward, orange pith, sugars, touch of grapefruit. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, hop bitterness in the finish. Ok DIPA - ticks the boxes but not one I’d likely revisit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2013
at 04:28