Barrel Aged Belgian Red IPA
Bridge Brewing Company
- From:
- Bridge Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian IPA
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 05, 2016
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2016
- Wants:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
650ml bottle, number 4 in their Ironworkers series, and aged in Port barrels, which is an interesting conceit.
This beer pours a murky, very dark orange-tinged brown colour, with three aggressive fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves a few instances of growing icicle tree lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and doughy caramel malt, a touch of biscuity toffee, complex dark fruity notes, an estery yeastiness, a further sort of soused generic citrus peel fruitiness, and some understated earthy, leafy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel/toffee malt, some muddled black stone fruitiness (hard to discern it as coming from Port wine barrels, especially), fading bland citrus rind, an ephemeral woodsiness, subtle yeast, and more tame leafy, herbal, and grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly strong in its basically supportive frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and more or less smooth, with a minor airy creaminess arising as things warm up a bit. It finishes well off-dry, the lightly wood-tinged malt carrying the day.
Overall, it seems that very little of either the 'Belgian', or Port barrel treatment really comes through in this brew - there are points of prowess, sure, but not nearly enough to warrant their names being so prominent on the bloody label. An easy to put back brew, to be sure, but more in a sauced-up and hoppy amber ale sense, than anything.
Dec 05, 2016This beer pours a murky, very dark orange-tinged brown colour, with three aggressive fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves a few instances of growing icicle tree lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and doughy caramel malt, a touch of biscuity toffee, complex dark fruity notes, an estery yeastiness, a further sort of soused generic citrus peel fruitiness, and some understated earthy, leafy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel/toffee malt, some muddled black stone fruitiness (hard to discern it as coming from Port wine barrels, especially), fading bland citrus rind, an ephemeral woodsiness, subtle yeast, and more tame leafy, herbal, and grassy hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly strong in its basically supportive frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and more or less smooth, with a minor airy creaminess arising as things warm up a bit. It finishes well off-dry, the lightly wood-tinged malt carrying the day.
Overall, it seems that very little of either the 'Belgian', or Port barrel treatment really comes through in this brew - there are points of prowess, sure, but not nearly enough to warrant their names being so prominent on the bloody label. An easy to put back brew, to be sure, but more in a sauced-up and hoppy amber ale sense, than anything.
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