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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice caramel and golden coloured body with a thinnish tan head and a nice glow. Aroma of potent cascade hops, with a bunch of alcohol and a plentiful amount of sugars. Medium-bodied; Assertive potent hops with a medicinal, earthy and almost syrupy flavour showing a good malt backbone, some alcohol and a pleasant finish. Aftertaste has a lot of hop bitterness, some mild sugars and not much else - perhaps a good overlay of malt. Overall, a good imperial ipa, on the lighter side for the style, and one that I prefer, since I like normal IPAs much more than Imperials. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Colorado Liquor Mart in Denver, Colorado on 14-February-2010, sampled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 10-April-2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2010
at 15:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Amber in colour. Hoppy aroma with hints of grapefruit and toffee. Very hoppy taste with grapefruit and a lingering bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2010
at 10:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle-pours an off white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is pine/perfumy/grapefruit, some light/medium malt. Taste is pine/perfumy/resin hops bite, some light/medium malt-some caramel. Very dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2010
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a clear orange color with a medium and foamy light beige head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing. Citrusy hops, pine and malt in the nose. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character, along with flavors of pine, fruity esters and sweet malt for balance. The finish is hoppy with a lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 20:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
$7.50 for a six pack of DIPA? - sweet! - well, I suppose it would be sweet if the beer were better, anyway - pours a completely clear copper color - faint ring of bubbles - smells and tastes kind of like a stronger version of a british ipa, rather than the american beast you expect it to be - the hops are dry, bitter, chalky, but not crisp and punchy like one wants from a DIPA - they even become a little soapy on the back end - this is supported by a bready malt base that fails to contribute much aside from a generic sweetness that doesn’t compliment the hops at all - some heat and peppery character on the tail end - I mean, I love most all hops, so it doesn’t taste terrible to me, but there isn’t a whole lot happening here.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2010
at 19:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
22oz bottle
Appearance: Pours slightly hazy dark golden with a nice creamy white head and some lacing
Aroma: Pine, fruits, citrus
Taste: Pine, citrus, lemon peel. Bitterness and malts at the finish that stick with you.
I love a good hoppy beer, but this just doesn’t have the right combination of hops for my taste.
Appearance: Pours slightly hazy dark golden with a nice creamy white head and some lacing
Aroma: Pine, fruits, citrus
Taste: Pine, citrus, lemon peel. Bitterness and malts at the finish that stick with you.
I love a good hoppy beer, but this just doesn’t have the right combination of hops for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2010
at 15:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the Bridgeport Brewery. Amber-orange color with lace. Very earthy hop aroma with cut grass, cow shit and marijuana. Flavors of grassy hops, pine, dark fruit, caramel, with a long, earthy, hop and grass finish. Very complex hops and enough malt to make it work well. Wacky but interesting aromas, and a rich, full mouth. The best of the day.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2009
at 18:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Pours a flat copper color with a finger of frothy beige head. Lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is sweet with citrus hops and caramel. Nice and rich. Flavor is consistent with a big citrus hop profile, florals, and caramel malts. Lingering sweet and resiny bitters. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2009
at 11:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22oz Bottle pours a cloudy amber/light brown. Huge sandy head with lots of blocky sticky lacing. Hop aroma is decidedly citrus and spicy and very pleasant. A little floral. Malt character is mild and light. Big bitter hop flavor, just barely enough malt back bone to keep up. A bit papery imediate aftertaste...and then the lingering bitter iBUrn. This late stage bitterness is actually not as pleasant as other DIPAs. The body is moderate but very smooth and almost slick. Carbonation is a bit soft and contributes to this. A skin of "whipped cream" head just doesnt go away. A decent, "in your face" IPA but a little more late hop flavor would be nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2009
at 02:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bomber. Cloudy dark amber/orange body. Large frothy, off-white head. Pleasant aroma, if not all that complex, of orange, flowers, toffee and toasted grain. Notes of pine and resin emerge as the beer warms. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium to full body with a creamy texture. Lively carbonation. Solid, fairly well balanced double IPA.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2009
at 00:32