4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20For the price, the best IPA out there! Compare to Ballast Point Sculpin or Russian River’s Pliny the Elder. Sculpin has a tad bit more citrus to it than the Racer but this is my go to IPA in any occasion.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home. Gorgeous vivid amber, thin head fades with light lacing. Candy fruit, orange pith, grapefruit, bright piney perfume nose. Slightly sweet, juicy resin, orange pith. Long, juicy, slightly spicy finish. Class US IPA.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma is mild grapefruit. taste is mild resin with bitterness. The finish is a lingering bitterness. Overall a good sessional IPA, but not a go-to for me.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Good ipa... Before it was great ... Today on tap just missing the aroma hit I remember... Taste wise it's wonderful... Very good ipa
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4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Hop loaded. Lively head is kept. Lemon and grapefruit with spice. Lengthy aftertaste which warms. Stonking beer!!!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Racer 5 pours a nice golden color with a white cap. Smells like lemon and a little herbal. Flavor is citrusy (lemon rind) and hoppy.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A - clear (top of bottle) becoming hazy (bottom of bottle) golden with creamy white head that, as is typical for IPAs, has limited retention.
S - strong aroma of hops; fresh, piney/sprucy, floral and nicely complex. There’s probably some roasted malt lurking in the aroma too, but the hops just jump out.
T - Frankly, the strong piney hop aroma, while very pleasant, is a bit forbidding as it suggests an intensely bitter and piney taste. Such is not the case. This is a refreshing, easy-to-drink IPA that has moderately strong hop flavor together with a quite strong aroma. Moderately bitter grapefruit/pine finish and aftertaste.
M - good body and carbonation
O - an outstanding Amer. IPA, particularly suitable for those who prefer a strong aromatic contribution from hops more than a strong flavor or pronounced bitterness. Quite different than, but overall about on par with, the local Sweetwater IPA I had (for about the 20th time) earlier this week.
(from 2011 notes)
3.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours hazy yellow with nice bit of head. Big hits of grapefruit and lemmon on the nose. Lots going on here taste is grapefruit up front, with a bitter clean finish, great smell. Great IPA
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Citrus notes with a hoppy kick. Grapefruity after taste left on palate. Great beer and now easily accessible across the east coast US.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle clear golden. Nose with pine and floral hop. Grapefruit and pine hop initial taste, mid palate sweetness, and nice bitter finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a hazy golden with white head and little lacing. Aroma of big floral hops, grapefruits, piney. Taste is very hoppy, grapefruits, piney, a bit of tropical fruits, little sweetness. Medium body and medium carbonation. Very good!
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