Vigilante IPA
Bridger Brewing
- From:
- Bridger Brewing
- Montana, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,714 - ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #17,135 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 9.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 07, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 08, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can. Bottom stamp for canning date is '07.23.2024'.
Partly cloudy, pale gold colored body. One finger of white head. Leaves behind strings of lacing.
Aroma of orange, grapefruit, pineapple, and a little pine.
Taste follows with flavors of orange, grapefruit, pineapple, and somewhat bitter pine resin. Good toasted malt base. Aftertaste combines the bitter citrus pith and pine with the malts.
Medium mouthfeel. Clean and crisp finish. Bitterness is there but not excessive to wreck the palate. Very good carbonation.
Fits in the style of a West Coast IPA, and is hops forward but does not get too bitter.
Nov 09, 2024Partly cloudy, pale gold colored body. One finger of white head. Leaves behind strings of lacing.
Aroma of orange, grapefruit, pineapple, and a little pine.
Taste follows with flavors of orange, grapefruit, pineapple, and somewhat bitter pine resin. Good toasted malt base. Aftertaste combines the bitter citrus pith and pine with the malts.
Medium mouthfeel. Clean and crisp finish. Bitterness is there but not excessive to wreck the palate. Very good carbonation.
Fits in the style of a West Coast IPA, and is hops forward but does not get too bitter.
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.15/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
CAN:
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Sep 05, 2024C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.41/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.41/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Taster at brewery. Dark golden, small creamy head, solid lacing. Aroma is malty, oranges. Taste is light malty notes with a bit of hoppy snap at the back.
Mar 17, 2023
Rated by SamuelMiller from Montana
4.54/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
ONe of the best beers I’ve ever had please drink again self
May 22, 2018
Rated by Slycy690 from Missouri
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Well balanced and drinkable IPA with a smooth finish while maintaining great hop character. Best beer I've tried from Montana.
Sep 07, 2017
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
4.19/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from growler into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer is served a clear orange amber color with a one finger head of pure white foam floating atop the brew. The head has a great level of retention, slowly fading over time to leave a great level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the beer is biggest of a caramel and tangerine sweetness mixed with a decent showing of a hoppy smell of grapefruit and pine. Along with these aromas comes some other lighter aromas of a light grassy nature as well as a little bit of a mango and pineapple smell.
Taste – The taste begins with a very smooth bready taste mixed with a good showing of a grapefruit hop taste. The grapefruit hop grows rather strong right after the start of the taste, to where it afterwards remains rather constant and creates a nice base hop flavor for the brew. Other sweeter fruit flavors of a tangerine and caramel, as well as a little bit of a mango and pear are there. The sweeter flavors start out light and get even lighter as the taste advances. While the sweeter fades, more hops come to the tongue with some pine and earth coming to the tongue, ending up leaving a nicely moderately drier but very smoothly drier hop flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the average side in terms of thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is rather average. For the drier and hopped flavors of the brew the just slightly thicker body and average carbonation make for a nice, still easy drinking medium, but yet still support the hop flavors rather nicely. Overall quite nice.
Overall – A great IPA with a somewhat drier and nice hoppy blend flavor. A very easy drinking and tasty brew overall.
Nov 08, 2014Appearance – The beer is served a clear orange amber color with a one finger head of pure white foam floating atop the brew. The head has a great level of retention, slowly fading over time to leave a great level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the beer is biggest of a caramel and tangerine sweetness mixed with a decent showing of a hoppy smell of grapefruit and pine. Along with these aromas comes some other lighter aromas of a light grassy nature as well as a little bit of a mango and pineapple smell.
Taste – The taste begins with a very smooth bready taste mixed with a good showing of a grapefruit hop taste. The grapefruit hop grows rather strong right after the start of the taste, to where it afterwards remains rather constant and creates a nice base hop flavor for the brew. Other sweeter fruit flavors of a tangerine and caramel, as well as a little bit of a mango and pear are there. The sweeter flavors start out light and get even lighter as the taste advances. While the sweeter fades, more hops come to the tongue with some pine and earth coming to the tongue, ending up leaving a nicely moderately drier but very smoothly drier hop flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the average side in terms of thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is rather average. For the drier and hopped flavors of the brew the just slightly thicker body and average carbonation make for a nice, still easy drinking medium, but yet still support the hop flavors rather nicely. Overall quite nice.
Overall – A great IPA with a somewhat drier and nice hoppy blend flavor. A very easy drinking and tasty brew overall.
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