RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Home > Brewers > California > Bear Republic Brewing Company >

Bear Republic APEX


 Percentile 
83
overall
An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Bear Republic Brewing Company

Healdsburg, California USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

Local Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
Send Corrections

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in  Advanced 
323.51/5.03.47/5.08.1%19.3Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

No commercial description

Most RecentTop RatersHighest Ratings Who's Rated This?
 can8ianben (641), Pasadena, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 22, 2008  
Oh man, I thought the Racer 5 was their benchmark, but then I started sampling some of their other IPAs and Double IPAs. This brewing company knows how to work with hops. This one was syrupy sweet, and bitter. Very smooth and drinkable. We were confused by the menu discription - the apex is the top... what does that mean??? But when it arrived, it was all hops. So good. It struck me as sublty different than the Mach 10, a more timid version perhaps?


 Nik925 (149), California, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/517/20
Jun 10, 2008  
Tap at their brew pub. A great D-IPA! I think highly of Racer 5, and for me, this is a high water mark for D-IPAs like Racer 5 is for IPAs. Great hop presence, bitter is kept in balance and a wonderful color.


 Bier brauen (139), Bremerton, Washington, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/519/20
Feb 1, 2008  
On tap at Bear Republic. What a wonderful DIPA. Intense aromatic hops, good mouthfeel, beautiful lacing, rich orange-golden color.


 Angeloregon (1969), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 7, 2007  
From a tap at Belmont Station--Poured a light copper-amber body with a one-finger white head. Fruity and flowery hops nose. Essence of grapefruit and orange. Mouth feel is chewy and thick. I appreciated the hops vs. malts presence of this imperial over the Racer X. Mild roastiness in the finish. Very nice!


 Ibrew2or3 (1757), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 15, 2007  
On tap at Cato’s in Oakland, CA. It pours a clear copper with thin white head. The aroma starts out like candied orange wedges. Upon further study grapefruit hops and caramelized malts seem to mix together to create a sweet orange candy aroma. The taste is thick and chewy grapefruit, pineapple and pine hop bitterness. There are brief moments where sweeter grapefruit hop flavor murmurs to the surface. Midway a roasty semi sweet maltiness struggles in vein to be heard over the onslaught of hops. A delicious malty – hoppy IIPA.




WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ MORE RATINGS?
Then join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings.

Desired User Name
*
Valid Email (Needed to verify your account)
*
Relax. RateBeer is 100%, guaranteed spam-free. That's our promise to you.

I agree to the terms of the RateBeer User Agreement

RATE THIS BEER

Aroma

rating assistance

Appearance

rating assistance

Flavor

rating assistance

Palate

rating assistance

Overall impression

rating assistance

TOTAL SCORE

Comments

More Imperial/Double IPAs

Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA (4.27)

Russian River Pliny the Younger (4.24)

Russian River Pliny the Elder (4.18)

Valley Brew Uberhoppy Imperial IPA (4.16)

Bells Hopslam (4.14)

AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale (4.13)

Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA (4.07)

Stone Ruination IPA (4.06)

De Molen Amarillos Winter Warmer (4.05)

Willimantic Pushing the Envelope Extreme (4.05)

More California Brewers

Brewbakers Brewing Company
  Huntington Beach
Takara Sake USA, Inc.
  Berkeley
Indian Wells Brewing
  Inyokern
Manhattan Beach Brewing
  Manhattan Beach
Saddleback Brewery
  Rancho Santa Margarita
Rock Bottom San Jose
  Campbell
Etna Brewing Co.
  Etna
Bayhawk Ales
  Irvine
Jergensen Brewing
  Adelanto
Jack Russell Brewing Company
  Camino
Big Bear Mountain Brewery
  Big Bear Lake
Beach Chalet Brewery
  San Francisco
FireHouse Grill & Brewery
  Sunnyvale
Angel City Brewing Company
  Torrance
sake2me
  Sausalito

About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2008, RateBeer LLC