beer blog Broken Halo IPA

time for another Beer Blog entry! today I am trying Broken Halo IPA by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company in Portland Oregon.

IPA's are an interesting beer to start with. Developed using a high hop content and a higher than usual alcohol level to preserve the beer for it's voyage to English troops stationed in India, these beers are supposed to pack a hoppy bite. If you have never had an IPA before this is a good one just remember it really _is_ supposed to have bite and go ahead and take a second and third drink. Once you get used to the idea of the bitter it makes a great complement to spicy foods.

Broken Halo delivers a good hops bite followed by an oak overtone complex flavor to the malt. It's color is a clean amber with a consistent rim of foam all the way through the glass. IT is definitely a "West Coast IPA"though IPA's in general have the bite this has the American West Coast tendency to really push up the over all flavor of the hops as well as the bitter.

I guess I should come up with a scale for beer if I am going to keep doing this. so I am now arbitrarily creating a scale of 0 to 10 caps. I will grade my beers in three categories, and average the three for a final score.

Type: How true it is to it's claimed type if beer

Drinkability: this is based on how many of my friends would try to walk off with my beer adfter tasting it taking into account tasters preference for the given type of beer.

and finally

Value: Is it worth the price per six pack Typical price for a craft brew in this area is about 8.50 a six.

For Broken Halo I give it 8 caps in type, 7 caps in drinkability and a 7 in value. Over all it gets a score of 7.33 caps. It is an above average IPA and one I will consider when in the mood for a bitter.