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Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale 3.77 846

Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale

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8463.78/5.03.77/5.06.8%88.6Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
The brew of choice for mountain bikers, and adventurous types worldwide. (Are you excited now!) This fiery red ale is not for the weak at heart. It originally started out as a Scottish red ale but has taken on flavors of its own. This is a very complex recipe using five different grains to achieve it's unique flavor. The caramel malt used is a mixture of Belgian Caravienne and Hugh Bairds Crystal malts. Red Rocket is a full bodied, hoppy brew which finishes on the pallet with caramel malts. Centennial and Cascade hops are used for bittering and aroma.2004 L.A. Commercial Brewing Competition, Gold Medal Winner; 2004 West Coast Commercial Brewers Competition, First Place; 2003 California State Fair, Gold MedalWinner; 2002 California State Fair, Silver Medal Winner; 2001 California State Fair Gold Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, Chicago, Bronze Medal Winner; 2000 California State Fair, Bronze Medal Winner; 1999 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner; 1998 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner - og 1.067, ABV 6.8%, IBU 65+.
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 JaBier (1518), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20

Aug 28, 2009  
22oz bottle. Pours clear red with a big tan head. Sweet malt aroma with caramel and some piney hops. Caramel malt flavor with some fruit and dry bitter hop finish.

 TreborWhip (123), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 18, 2010  
Bottle poured into a trappist glass produced a dark amber body with tall, light tan head. Aroma is burnt toast and alcohol. I could smell the hops as this was poured. Nice sweet malts with tons of pine and citrus hop notes which ends dry with lots of nice bitterness on the tongue.


 keith0718 (190), Olathe, Kansas, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
Mar 17, 2010  
There’s a Scottish ale influence to the malt character. The finish is hoppy and pleasantly bitter. A first class beer.


Getbetter (74), Cucamonga, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 17, 2010  
From a 12 oz botttle,clear, red, white foam, medium bitterness, Super hoppy great red.Will try buy again


 HomeBrewHawk (318), De Soto, Kansas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2010  
12oz. bottle served in a shaker pint. Poured a hazy reddish brown with a finger of off white head. Big citrus hop aroma with some malt sweetness. Solid medium body. Good malt base with a nice hop presence. Some bready and caramely malt. Very drinkable. I usually stay away from amber ales, but this is a top notch example.


 JediMindTricks (258), Hampton, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/513/20
Mar 14, 2010  
Poured reddish brown with a white head. Aroma of citrus. More hoppy than malty. Some caramel.


 williamherbert (610), Syracuse, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/516/20
Mar 10, 2010  
2007: Excellent deep brownish red color, with a colossal pillowy head; cloud-like. Hard for light to shine through, but is probably relatively clear. Major icy lace. Quite enticing. Appears to have a nice balance of strong hops and strong malt. The malt smells sharp and red, and serves as a bitter match to the hops. Very nice flavor with a great balance of dueling bitters; both hops and sharp malt. Complex malt with a nutty, roasted second wave. Deep and rich flavor. Two hits o’bitter. (Reminds me if Cascazilla, for comparison.) Thick and fully body. Feels almost like a porter, believe it or not. Fits the deep flavor. A slight bit bubbly. A very fin, solid beer. Quite bitter; very bitter. And good. And STRONG!


 6ROW (317), corpus christi, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/104/514/20
Mar 9, 2010  
red to orange pour witha small dense creamy off white head.sweet aroma and taste with a bitter finish


 DrnkMcDermott (1908), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/512/20
Mar 5, 2010  
12 oz. bottle from Sam’s (Binny’s), Downers Grove, Apr. ’09. This should’ve been opened some time before now, I guess. Still, it pours into my glass a dark brown with red highlighting, and a short clingy head the color of a cola head. Smell is rich caramel malts, with graininess in the background, probably from aging. Taste is dry to start, still with resiny hops, and more caramel malt. Nice, happy alcohol notes. I kind of like the grainy taste, as it sets off the bitterness nicely. Pretty good lacing on the sides of the glass.



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