Bridgeport IPA

[Lounge Lizard]

Pretty dang hoppy. I just made a clone and it calls for about 4 oz. of pellets.

It does taste pretty hoppy. I was just wondering how hoppy is hoppy. Thanks for your response. Bridgeport IPA is starting to grown on me. The first bottle was something different, for sure...

 

[KSBrewer]

I agree with El Pistolero your own is always the best, however I'll put Bridgeport up against any commercial beer. Sierra Nevada PA was my favorate until a trip to Oregon. Hands down Bridgeport is the best!

 

[Brewsmith]

So I was able to pick up a sixer of Bridgeport IPA from the only place that I can find that carries it in So. Cal. It must have been sitting there for a while or in the light, or both, because the hop flavor or aroma is not there. I was expecting the nice grapefruit flavors of my first experience with the IPA, but this is just bad. I think I'll pick up another sixer in Oregon before I buy down here again.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

bummer! that's one decent beer i can get at my local supermarket, and it's always good. we can get the blackstrap stout from Bridgeport too.

maybe you'll like that Elissa IPA i sent????

 

[Brewsmith]

Well I finished off the sixer of Bridgeport IPA that I bought that turned out to be bad. The last two bottles I had were not as bad as the first. They had more flavor and aroma than the first ones, but were still very off. It must have been the side to the outside of the shelf that more light exposed to it that was worse. Remind me to dig to the back of the shelf next time...

 

[AllHoppedUp]

I'd still like to know if I should judge IPAs by their offering? Is it just about what all IPAs are about?

No. Just as there is great variation between different beer styles, there can also be variation (to a lesser extent) within beer styles. This style guide has the basic rundown on IPA: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/slack/bjcp/styleguide07.html

If you want to get a good handle on it, buy a 6 pack of IPA with each bottle a different brand. I have been a Bridgeport IPA crack addict for 4 or 5 years now and it is, IMHO, the finest IPA commercially available.

As I've mentioned in another thread on this forum somewhere, however, I may have found a superior IPA in Stone's Ruination IPA. I need to drink a few more of them to be sure, but that was a damn fine IPA as well.

I just made a clone and it calls for about 4 oz. of pellets.

Oooooooo - will you share your recipe with me? Pretty please?

AHU

 

[George]

One of my co-workers told me how much he enjoyed a sixer of Mirror Pond recently. I told him that if he liked that beer, he really should try the Bridgeport IPA. It's been about a week. I haven't seen him yet, but I'm dying to hear how he liked it.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Oooooooo - will you share your recipe with me? Pretty please?

AHU

Yep, I'll type it up tomorrow.

 

[StudentBrewer]

Hey I thought I'd help billybrew out here. I too asked for this recipe a while back and he was kind enough to PM it to me. So I'll just do a little copy and paste from the PM that he sent me. I'll let him comment on whether this is the actual recipe that he brewed however. It is next up on my list. Here's the recipe:

1 gallon water
10 oz crystal malt steeped
sparge with one gallon water, bring to boil, remove from heat and add
4 lb alexanders pale malt syrup
3.33 lb m&f extra light dme
1 oz Chinook @ 11%AA
add enough to reach 2.5 gallons water
boil 45 minutes and add
1/2 oz east kent goldings
1/2 oz cascade
1 tsp irish moss
boil 14 minutes and add
1/2 oz east kent goldings
1/2 oz cascade
1/2 oz crystal
boil 1 minute, strain into fermenter, add cold water to reach 5-1/8 gallon water
at 80 degrees add
1st choice Wyeast 1056 American ale
2nd choice Wyeast 1332 Northwest ale
ferment 7 days
siphon to 2ndary
add 1/2 cascade
set 3 weeks
prime with dme and let set for 3 weeks

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Hey, thanks. I forgot that I had done that. I bottled it this weekend. It was a little sweet, but I didn't taste it until after I had added the carbing DME. Other than that it was tasty. Well, could have been a little hoppier. I dry hopped 2 weeks before bottling instead of the recommended one week. That might have done it. I still think it will be a good beer though.