Bear Republic APEX

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Healdsburg, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

(Draught) Pours a clear orange body with a medium white head. Aroma of orange gelatin, herbs, grapefruit, and caramel. Flavor of orange, grass, pine, and caramel with a dry, bitter finish.

Tap. Pours a pale gold with a thick, creamy head. Some nice citrus/resinous hop flavors. Easy to drink and pretty good all around.

Heck of a beer, very balanced and complex, love it. Had in tap at Apex bar, Portland. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

On draft at SL. Thanks, Robert! Pour was an amber color with a very nice head, ok lacing. Aroma of some citrus and pine. Flavor mostly of that and not much else, malts subdued, and relative to expectations to a bigger and badder racer 5.... Long sigh... Mouthfeel was moderate to light for the style.

Draught:   Copper hued amber, lively carbonation, moderate white head, frothy, nice lacing.   Bright citrusy aroma, some hops as well.   Not much on the aroma says IIPA to me, in terms of malts or sweetness.   Strong citrusy hops up front, minor sweetness, balanced with a bit more bitterness.   This one seems like a nice robust IPA, but lacks depth and body.   Needs more umph in my book.   As is, a very nice 1½ IPA.   Strong citrusy and resiny finish.

On tap at Apex with mcberko, pours an almost clear golden orange. Aroma of orchard fruits - pear, peach - and piney hops. Flavour of piney hops, resin, bubblegum, citrus, and orchard fruits. Very flavouful and balanced.

On tap at Apex in Portland, split with Matts_Property, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of floral, soapy and citrusy hops, with some light fruit. Flavour is very floral and citrus heavy, kind of soapy, with barely enough caramel malt to balance. Finishes floral and soapy. Very well-made.

On tap at tribes; pour is murky copper with a fine bubbled off white head in this tulip. Sticky lacing is present; the nose is apricot, piney hops, caramel malts really. The flavor profile has similar notes of apricot, grapefruit, piney hops, caramel; its sticky, fairly sweet, average carbonation. A nice attempt.