BridgePort Kingpin Double Red Ale
KINGPIN is a full-flavored, red-colored ale that uses a rarely-grown Willamette Valley Hop varietal known as Liberty Hops from fourth generation hop farmer John Annen of Annen Bros. Farm in Silverton, Oregon. Jeff and his team of brewers also used rye and caramel malt leading to a unique flavor profile; triple-hopped for bitter aroma and a unique dry-hopped character.
3.3
343 reviews
Portland, United States
Community reviews
Loads of biscuit, breadcrumbs, caramel and alcohol, plus a little apricot and grapefruit aroma. The taste is quite hoppy, with more biscuit and caramel. The alcohol makes it positively warm the throat, but the finish is marred by a metallic astringency. A shame, because it’s otherwise a lot of fun.
Draft pour on nitro. Normally the beers I’ve tried on nitro are better than their non-nitro versions, but not this time. It was incredibly smooth to drink, but it was to the point that it barely had any carbonation, so it tasted flat. Also in this particular version, while the malts showed through, you could barely taste any hops.
6oz pour from bottle into sniffer. Amber, opaque, moderate head. Medium, dry. Aromatic. Bitter, malty. Bold.
Bottle. Clear, amber, frothy, tan foam, medium bitterness, light sweetness, medium body, oily feel, soft carbonation, & long finish.
Pours a nice dark reddish amber color. Aromas of HOPS, and some other hints, maybe fruit, maybe coffee. Flavor is a bittersweet, malty, and hoppy as hell.
@ Bridgeport brewpub 16-3-10: småtrevlig red ale med beska toner, lite tvål och en maltig sötma.
On tap at the Brewpub. Hazy reddish/amber with a white head. Aroma and tsste of hops, pineapple, malt and caramel. Also warming alcohol.
Bottle in Portland. Nice red amber body with slight head. Nose is fruits, caramel and malts. Same with the taste of malts and caramel. Nice bitter finish.
Bottle. Deep caramel, with well retained frothy cappuccino head and heavy lacing. Aromas dominated by caramel, traces of almond, boozy fruit cake and earthy hops. Immediate caramel flavours, followed by a decent whack of alcohol which doesn't detract, cleansing mid palate bitterness and back notes of malty, cherry sweetness, ending with a long, earthy finish. Love those earthy hops. More of these please Brewers.
On tap at Death Valley, Morningside. A nice reddish brew with a hoppy nose. Strong on both malt and hops and the malts tip the scales toward a sweeter finish than most American Strong Ales. Still my kind of beer.
From bottle into glass. Hop forward with good aroma, taste, and bitterness but balanced. Quite good had two and enjoyed
Poured from the 6-pack of bottles, pours red with white collar. This is sweet and some sour. I’ve got some questions about this beer: They have used a rarely grown hop; if it were a good hop it would be grown 24/7. The deScription of this beer uses phrases like triple and dry hopped but all I taste is malt and sugar. It is ironic that a beer named after one of the most uncomfortable movies I have ever seen would also have such uncomfortable characteristics, but just like I never wanted to re-watch that movie, I probably won’t buy this again. Good point: it’s strong, Food pairing: empty stomach
Not much grain flavor. Was very cloudy but not yeasty. Not bad. ---Rated via BeerBuddy for iPhone.
Bottle. Pours a somewhat hazy reddish amber color with a smallish off white head on there. Nose is earthy with a bit of grassiness to it. Taste is slightly bitter with a hint of burnt caramel. Ok, but not great.
Aroma is rye and sweet caramel upfront, some slightly earthy hops and warm alcohol. Reasonably bright with a small but lasting head. Theres some spice from the rye, but its dominated by a pretty one dimensional bitter/caramel flavour that runs through to a lingering bitter finish. Not bad, but not great either.
12oz bottle, poured into a long stemmed tulip glass (19/07/15). Hazy red amber colour with a small off-white head. Medium body and soft/medium carbonation. Sweet aroma - dark fruits, caramel and malt. Flavour of sweet fruit, caramel, malt and hops. Bitter aftertaste but the sticky sweetness overwhelms the beer. Drinkable, but a little too sweet.
Lee Ho Fool(4-Jul-2015)Herbal light berry aroma.Red-brown,white head&suds lace.Spirit berry herb flavour.Bitter herb light resin finish&berry herbal aftertaste.
On tap @ Bridgeport. Clear light amber colored beer with a white head. A lot of caramel malts, bread, and sweet fruits. There’s a little bit of a perfume character to the nose. Very floral. The flavor is a little bitter on the back end, but it’s mostly sweet caramel and berry sort of esters. Pretty sweet and malty, which I guess is to be expected.
Poured from 12 oz bottle into pint glass.
Appearance: pours a 1"+ sudsy off white that that drops very slowly with moderate lacing. Color hazy reddish-brown with moderate amount of streaming carbonation.
Aroma: nice blend of aromatic hops with caramel and yeasty bread dough.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied and fluffy with a somewhat damp finish and lingering alcohol burn in the throat.
Flavor: not what I expected from the aroma. Lack of sweet malt presence leaves with beer with a quite bitter grapefruit and citrus rind flavor along with a strange soapy flavor. There is a some slight caramel and malt sweetness in the middle of the taste, but the initial and following hop bitterness quickly overwhelms any balance.
Overall: really disappointed in this one. Reds and Strong Reds are usually quite enjoyable to me, but this beer seems to be a muddled mess.
Poured from bottle into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a reddish amber color with a one finger head of billowy white foam. The head fades relatively quickly leaving a great sum of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is one the sweeter and beadier side with a good showing of some fruity notes of apple and pear. Other sweeter smells of a caramel nature are strong as well, with some hints of a citrus and herbal hop smell mixed with these to produce a rather inviting aroma to the brew overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a quite bready and moderately sweet taste of a caramel and light fruit nature. These flavors create a strong backbone flavor for the brew, lasting throughout the entire taste. As the taste advances from the start, other flavors of a light grassy nature and some tastes of a herbal and a bit of nut taste hit the tongue. The sweetness gets a little more potent in nature at the very end, with a roasty caramel flavor ramping up in nature. With all the transitions that occur, one is left with a rather malty and fairly sweet red flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is thick and creamy with a carbonation level that is on the lower side. For the more rich sweet flavors mixed with the decent sweetness and moderate hop, the feel is spot on, as it nicely accentuates all the flavors.
Overall – This was a quite enjoyable red overall. While a bit more on the malty side with a lesser showing of hop, it still was quite balanced and very flavorful with a good easy drinking feel. This one I rather enjoyed.
Bottle: Another mediocre beer from an Oregon brewery resting on its laurels from earlier success in the 90’s. Wake up BridgePort! Get back to your roots and start putting out some better new stuff. The competition is getting thick. Having said that, semi-hoppy in flavor with a funky aroma. Drinkable.
Draught at the Bridgeport Brewery Co, Portland, OR.
Clear deep amber colour with a small white head.
Mild sweet malt and some grainy malty notes in the aroma.
The flavour is grainy malt, malty sweetness, sugar and some mild hoppy bitterness. Grainy.
Sampled from a 12 oz. bottle at the Big Texas Beer Fest. Poured a clear dark amber with a beige head. Taste of caramel malt upfront, with a rye and grass hop finish. Fizzy carbonation, light body, thin texture.
Tap, amber pour, white head, nose is caramel, taste is sweet, hoppy, nutty, spices
Pours a dark golden, but not really red. Head is small and settles to a thin skin on the top of the beer. Aroma is a bit malty with some citrus notes. Flavor of slightly sweet malt and dry hay. There occasionally seems to be a bit of a sour flavor too. I know this is a double, but it is a bit heavy and almost thick in the mouth. Not a bad beer but not one that I would want to drink a lot of.
Pretty average. Price was right for a reason. Not enough hop bite for a double ale.
Bottle, cloudy red amber color with a thin off white head. Aroma is creamy caramel malt and a bit of dark fruit. Taste is toffee malt up front and dark sugar up front and a light herbal bitterness. Medium to full bodied with a creamy palate and a long citrusy finish. It’s a good ale.
I'd be mad if I had to pay 6 bucks for a pint of this. It's a pretty mediocre beer. Not what I thought for an imperial but not bad.
Bottle from Fred Meyer. Dark amber in color. Sweet nose with a good deal of dark fruit. Light hoppiness as well. Dark fruit with some sweetness as well. Nice citric hoppiness to round it out.
bottle, picked up with maarty in bondi. rich reddish amber with a lingering head; aroma of caramelised sherbet, tinned forest fruits; decent bitterness, some caramel sweetness, light citric notes