Bear Republic APEX

Tasted at GABF 2008. Golden pour with white head. Nose of sticky hops, grapefruit, citrus and grass. Flavor is rich with an okay malt bill.

on cask at Day of the Living Ales ’09. pours gold white head. nose of citrus, grapefruit. flavor citrus, grapefruit, grassy. a pretty nice ipa.

Yummy full floral hop aroma, with a good caramel wave beneath. Orange amber clarity.w/ quick khaki head. The malt makes a brave stand against the hop flavors but is a overwhelmed as the hops accumulate into harshness.

Cask at Day of the Living Ales. Soapy pour. One of the best beers at the event. Ultra piney and resiny, pineapple, lemon. Easy to drink.

cask at DOLA....pours a clear apple cider brown with a thin soapy white head... tropical fruit and citrus hoppiness with some underlying sweetness....flavors of sweet malts, hops, and very fruity. medium body. that’s all i gots on this one.

cask at DotLA III. pretty sure i ranked this beer #1 in the voting, and i also think it was the first beer i had. BR can’t do anything wrong, can they. i had no idea there was that much alcohol in it. "light clear orange. well hopped, fruity, sweet aroma. super bitter. uber hoppy. zero malt, extremely dry" guesss the numbers i assigneed to it that day don’t correspond to a score better than some of the others i rated (but didn’t score) that day. oh well.

I had this at the Day of the Living Ales 2009, GI Wrigleyville. The aroma was perfumey with the blending of floral scents, grapefruit and pine, and a sweet light maltiness. The malt was stronger, light but caramelly, in the flavor, but the hops were stronger yet. It also had a hit of heat from the alcohol. Dry, hot finish with a smack of bitterness.

ok, i wanna like this beer. i love double ipas. but this one was like eating a pineapple and kissing someone with morning breath. i can’t say I’m down with it.