Pintail Ale
BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub

Pintail AlePintail Ale
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From:
BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.5 | pDev: 10.86%
Reviews:
28
Ratings:
32
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 24, 2014
Added:
May 28, 2002
Wants:
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Gots:
  1
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Ratings by JohnfromDublin:
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Reviewed by JohnfromDublin from Ireland

3.62/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Tasted on 3rd October 2005. 12 fl oz (355 ml) bottle, no "best by" date to be found.

Poured a copper coloured body topped by a thin off-white head. Head receded quite quickly, but small bubbles continued to form to leave a thin lacing effect.

Smell was subtle, a mild hops with some malt and fruit. Tasted quite nice, though not a complex of flavours (buttery); a bit light. Mouthfeel was somewhat syrupy.

Could easily be enticed to drink a few of these.
Oct 03, 2005
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by Dcbelkot from Washington

Jun 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by harpus from Alabama

Mar 25, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by jjkatter from Australia

Dec 28, 2011
 
Rated: 3.5 by cdwil from Texas

Dec 27, 2011
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Reviewed by Mebuzzard from Colorado

4.1/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured into pint glass.
A good color...dare I say copper? Brown/red/yellow. I wish it had a deeper head; thin, little lacing.
Aroma had malt and hops; weird though as they never balance...you smell one or the other.
Taste was not great, but not bad. Starts with smooth malt, some dark fruit then hits the hops and more of a sweeter tone. No aftertaste which makes what you just tasted seem light.
A nice micro...nothing eccentric, but more diverse than macro
Jan 23, 2006
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Reviewed by Zorro from California

3.53/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear red to copper colored ale with an off white head.

Smell is malty with a toasted cracker scent and a slight buttery scent. Fainter herbal hops and caramel aromas detected.

Taste is sweet with the strong malty flavor that you smell in the nose. The cracker malt flavor is in the taste in full force and is joined by a good herbal hop finish. After the first few sips the malt flavor tones down quite a bit and the fruity flavors and hops take over to make this still a malty ale but much better balanced with a nice nutty flavor.

Mouthfeel is average.

A very pleasant session ale here. This is tasty and mild and a good choice for bringing to a party to finesse a macro drinker in to a better world of beer.
Dec 11, 2005
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Reviewed by 67cuda from Colorado

3.33/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer pours a nice copper color, with a small white head. It smelled a bit sweet, with a little bit of hops, but the smell as a whole was not very powerful. This beer tasted a bit sweet, with a bit of a tart finish, but all the flavors were fairly mild overall. Not a bad taste, but there is certainly better out there. The mouthfeel is a bit better than I was expecting; the flavors linger for a while in the mouth, and there is more body than the mild smell had made me expect; I wish the rest of the beer matched this. It's a very drinkable beer, possibly a good way to start someone's road away from macro swill, but there are definetly better APA's to be found.
Oct 31, 2005
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Reviewed by Thrasher from Oregon

3.95/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
This qualifies as BridgePort's lightest offering, for the Bud Light drinker, although its flavor is a bit more blatant than the extreme subtleties of BridgePort's Blue Heron. Not to say that the beer is brash; far from it. It pours a sunny copper with good seafoam head and spidery lace. The aroma is trademark BridgePort, with a hint of caramel, some rainy day yeast, and perhaps popcorn? Fruity esters are also apparent, and carry over into the flavor to buttress a light toffee malt quality. Hops are muted, herbal, with a slight peppery zing. The mouthfeel is fluid, quite soft, substantial for this kind of beer. The entire package is seamlessly composed; not a jarring note or flavor out of place, to these taste buds at least. I wasn't expecting much from BridgePort's seemingly least impressive offering, but I was surprised by how easily enjoyable the beer was. Another solid selection, not to be overlooked, from a great brewery.
Jan 21, 2005
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Reviewed by Padron4KM from Arizona

2.68/5  rDev -23.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle: Clear amber pour, decent sized, but fleeting head. minimal lacing.

Carmel and bread dominate the aroma. one has to really agitate the beer to bring any hops out and even then they are faint.

Flavor is mildly bitter, mildly sweet.

Body is thin and watery.

finish is short and mildly citrus

Goes down easy so this could be a session beer with some freinds who don't drink much more than Bud.
Jan 08, 2005
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Reviewed by RedDiamond from Oregon

3.27/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pintail Copper Ale is defined by a strong yeast flavor that instills either a firm appeal, or an upfront aversion. I won’t go so far as to say I didn’t care for it, only that it doesn’t suit my personal tastes. It’s very meaty and none too subtle.

Pintail is also true to form in its clear copper body with my pint showing no lace and only an eclipsed head. It had a difficult time standing alone and begged to be paired with food or some palatal contrast.
Dec 10, 2004
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Reviewed by henrysunset from Washington

4.03/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L - as advertised it purs a nice copper tone. Not quite red liek an amber, and not golden. Tall head of medium fine bubbles and decent lacing

S - dry hoppy scent, not very sweet nose. Pleasent but not exceptional

T - Like an enhanced lager to me. Flavors are mellow, and aftertaste is like most ambers, grain taste and pleasent, but this is a little less intense.

M - a bit more body than I expected. Nice flavors linger in the mouth and stick. Very nice.

D - Very drinkable. Somewhere between an amber and a lager again. I would enjoy this at a keg party very much.
Oct 18, 2004
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Reviewed by Boto from Connecticut

2.88/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 oz. bottle: This one pours an amber color, with a bit of white foam. Mild but pleasing aroma. It consists of a mild malt sweetness and a slight whiff of hops. The taste is slightly caramel sweet with a hint of tartness in the aftertaste. A touch of citrus also. OK, but definitely not exciting. This might be a good micro starter for your friends.
Oct 06, 2004
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Reviewed by Hunter from Arizona

3.08/5  rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Lives up to it's name in the appearance...the hue of a bright copper penny. White head that falls quick, leaving a thin film at the top.

Aroma of hops, some malt there, but faint.

Smooth going down, pretty stnadard in all respects. The aftertaste reminds me of a subdued SN Pale Ale - hops are there but nowhere near SN levels.

All in all a decent brew. Drinkable and light, I've no real complaints about it other than that neither the hops nor the malt really shines through. Might be a good intro brew to those making their way out of Bud Light purgatory and into more refined tastes.
Sep 04, 2004
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Reviewed by kbub6f from New York

3.68/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
There are two fingers of creamy-white, fine, soft foam on top of the almost perfectly clear, dull copper beer. Small spots of lacing with a couple of swoops. It smells caramely, a little tangy and roasty. The front is fruity with apples leading to a tangy, caramel+fruit middle. The beer finishes very tangy with more apples. It's quite bitter. This is a decent, tangy, caramel, amber ale with strong apple highlights.
Aug 26, 2004
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Reviewed by HochFliegen from Oregon

3.13/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours a light copper color with a small white head and lacing that slowly disapates as you drink.
The smell is fruity with some melon tones. There is also a light carmel smell in the end.
The taste is fruity with a lemon zest in the end that is very refershing. It has a touch of melon flavor as well and a nice malt sweetness that balances quite nice with the hops.
A very refreshing and drinkable summer brew.
Jun 25, 2004
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Reviewed by beertaster13 from Washington

3.53/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a very rustic looking orangish yellow with a very nice frothy white head that stays throughout, not much lacing left on glass as you drink. Smells of citrus oj and hints of banana and mango, slight molasses/caramel brings up the rear. Taste is of zesty lemon and lime with great citrus aftertones. The pinepapple/mango is a great sweetness to the balance of the bitter buttery hop. A medium bodied ale, very refreshing, would drink again.
Jun 09, 2004
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Reviewed by tavernjef from Minnesota

3.6/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Lighter copper color, clear body, small thin off-white cap, little lacing. Aroma is a bit on the fruity side with some melon, a bit of citrus tones from hops and slight pine, buttery sweet and clean, but a bit too sweet, more hop tones needed I think. Taste is much better, but not a bad drinker, sweetly fruity with more then enough malts, melon-like, pears and dull apples mark the flavors mostly, some hoppy things approach the finish with a bit of grassy spice and pine but lacks depth with a very mild little bite. Feel is shy of medium with a lower carbonation and malty sweetening thats a bit sticky upfront but it drys out some for the finish. Not a bad drinker, just a slightly better then average pale with more of a malt rendered approach which may suit some, but not I said me.
May 30, 2004
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Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina

3.53/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a six pack at Sprouts, the local organic grocer that has a decent little selection of brews for $5.99. This is a copper colored ale but is really more like a pale ale. Poured a nice head leaving a nice lacing down my pint. Detecting a citrusy smell to this beer. The taste is like a pale ale, sweet malty start and a slight citrus, light hop finish. Mouthfeel is adequate but not complex. Is a decent little beer, even my wife (Miss Bud Light) enjoyed this at the brewpub in Portland last summer.
Apr 12, 2004
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Reviewed by HiroProtagonist from Maryland

4/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bridgport Pintail Ale was served from a 12 oz. bottle. In a pint glass, the beer was beaming copper hue, with a small white and nice lacing. The nose was pleasantly citric, zippy, and quite enticing. The taste presented a soft and mellow malt base that was decorated with a lively lemony lime citric transition into a lightly bitter finish that held lingering limon citrus and a touch of sweetness. The flavor was satisfying but quite mellow, making this a great hot weather quencher. The body was full and very smooth, and the extra carbonation worked well with the citrus effects. Well done and refreshing.
Feb 20, 2004
Pintail Ale from BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 32 ratings