Bear Republic Racer 5

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Healdsburg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1289	3.88/5.0	3.87/5.0	7%	99	Shaker, Tulip

Commercial Description:
This is a hoppy IPA. Did I say hops? Your brewer is a hop head! This is a full bodied beer using American grains. The goal was to create a base for showing off the unique floral qualities of two Pacific Northwest hops, Columbus and Cascade. Columbus is a new hybrid High Alpha Acid hop used mostly for bittering, but used heavily as an aromatic in this strong brew. Cascade is the balance that ties the malt and bittering hops together. It is a true specialty ale and is our brewer’s statement on this style. 2004 L.A. Commercial Brewing Competition, Silver Medal Winner; 2004 World Beer Cup, Silver Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, San Diego, Gold Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, Chicago, Gold Medal Winner; 1999 Great Amercian Beer Festival, Gold Medal Winner - og 1.070, ABV 7.0%, IBU 69. California State Fair Bronze Medal, 1997 Beerfest Invitational. - og 1.070, ABV 7.0%, IBU 69.

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gorditoabd (162), San Diego, California, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Apr 5, 2009

Pours a golden cinnamon, medium-foam head, lasting and lacey. Solid aroma of citrus and pine. Big hop taste, but not bitter or overpowering, with grapefruit flavor riding in about 3 seconds in. The fruitiness lingers to a very smoothe, full finish. Nice IPA.

milljam (569), Norman, Oklahoma, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 30, 2009

Great aroma.....big notes of orange rind, citrus and grapefruit, with some hints of pine. Flavor is bursting with hops....grapefruit and pine,with some resin notes. Nice malt backbone...not too overpowering....goes along well with the hops...some biscuit presence with a sticky mouthfeel. Great IPA for the price and quality!

skoisirius (573), Seattle, Washington, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 30, 2009

Racer 5’s 1111th Rating: Simply put: one of the best IPA’s North America has to offer as far as flavor, hop profiling, and price. Dank hop candy right here.

beerandIT (182), Richmond, Virginia, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	9/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Mar 28, 2009

Pours a nice golden light brown with about an inch of head. I want to say though that when I had this beer a couple of years ago for the first time I distinctly remember being able to almost chew the hops. I have to say that I think the hop shortage has hit bear republic a bit. Unless my palate as just drowned out super strong hop flavors. Still great though. Nice strong hop smell on the nose. Nice citrus that I want/love/need/desire from my west coast ipas. Great price though, very very reasonable.

webbcreative (111), , Oklahoma, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Mar 28, 2009 Updated: Mar 30, 2009

Pours a beautiful deep golden color, with great 3 finger head. smell is ridiculous, the aroma hit my nose before i could even finish pouring the beer. Smells of wonderful clean hops, and hops, and hops, and hops. Taste - Nice big hop flavor of the bat, which sweetness from the malt midway through, then finishing with a nice hop punch in the end, but the bitterness lingers a little but not uncomfortably long, its really nice. Just a bit of biscuit flavor in there also. Mouthfeel is really, really smooth. Overall, this is an EXCELLENT IPA, would get this one again, and for $5 and some change a pretty good deal also.

JHunter (244), British Columbia, Canada

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	4/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Mar 28, 2009

pours a yellow with a thin head. nice hoppy aroma . first taste a hoppy taste with a malty finish

Maltajo (108), TARRYTOWN, New York, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Mar 26, 2009

On Tap at the Ginger man NYC. Very full bodied, with a great pour. Gave a nice head that lasted. The flavor was outstanding, nice amount of citrus on the grapefruit side. Bitter. Nice balance Long lasting finish. To bad it eventually goes away. I really liked this beer.

Adam77 (407), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 26, 2009

Poured hazy yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma of orange and lemon. Citrus blend of flavors. Sweet.

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