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Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale 3.77 821

Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale

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97
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8213.78/5.03.77/5.06.8%87.6Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
The brew of choice for mountain bikers, and adventurous types worldwide. (Are you excited now!) This fiery red ale is not for the weak at heart. It originally started out as a Scottish red ale but has taken on flavors of its own. This is a very complex recipe using five different grains to achieve it's unique flavor. The caramel malt used is a mixture of Belgian Caravienne and Hugh Bairds Crystal malts. Red Rocket is a full bodied, hoppy brew which finishes on the pallet with caramel malts. Centennial and Cascade hops are used for bittering and aroma.2004 L.A. Commercial Brewing Competition, Gold Medal Winner; 2004 West Coast Commercial Brewers Competition, First Place; 2003 California State Fair, Gold MedalWinner; 2002 California State Fair, Silver Medal Winner; 2001 California State Fair Gold Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, Chicago, Bronze Medal Winner; 2000 California State Fair, Bronze Medal Winner; 1999 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner; 1998 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner - og 1.067, ABV 6.8%, IBU 65+.
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 thefrutigers (100), , Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20

Aug 2, 2009  
bottle: pour deep red with thin head. Smelled of hops and a slight carmel malt smell. Bit more to the bitter side than I like, but flavor had light carmel malts with strong bitter end. Pretty good.

 Butters (1689), Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 4, 2010  
Sampled with scottyp and curly. Pours a murky purple with good tan head and some large particulate. Nose is great caramel and dark citrusy dank hops. Very resinous bitter earthy hop flavor. Delicious beer.


 SpencerDB (135), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 31, 2009  
Cask at Fat Heads in Pittsburgh. The cask temp helped this beer a ton. Aroma of caramel, hops, booze. Taste comes through nicely with definite caramel seeping along the palate. Hoppy taste, smooth and bitter finish, not too boozy, nice.


 satan165 (620), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
Dec 28, 2009  
aroma is caramel malt and good hop pine with a light astringency and spirity booze note. appearance is glowing maroon, deep and dark. very pretty. flavor is excellent balance of well defined caramel and near toffee with big pine/resin backup. low or lack of citrus despite use of cascade (but none to the beers dismay). as beer opens nose moves more towards straight caramel.


 shawnm213 (1035), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 26, 2009  
bottle. pours a clear, dark copper with ruby red highlights and a tan frothy head. aroma of grapefruit, pine, caramel, dough. flavor is much more bitter than expected. a really nice grapefruit punch to it. also some scotch, caramel malts and dough. pretty good.


 OleR (2128), Oslo, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 21, 2009  
From bottle@RBNAG 2009 in Vatlandsvåg. A creamy tan hed resting on a red shaded, dark amber body. A pleasant whiff of caramel up front, along with a distinct citrus hoppy scent. Also some cheesy hop notes is coming though. Taste is rather vinous, bitter-sweet, slight caramelly with citrus notes. Mid-bodied. Hoppy finish. Ok beer, but lack unfortunatly some freshness, due to a light oxidation perhaps.


 rds (230), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Dec 15, 2009  
A very deep ruby body with a negligible dark tan head, very fruity (think plums) nose, and a strong hoppy flavor, but a complex finish


 harrisoni (6947), Ashford, Kent, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 13, 2009  
On tap at The Rake, Borough. Too sweet. But some good grapefruit hops. Took me an hour to drink this. But ended up liking it a lot. Sweetish, but very likeable.


 fata2683 (942), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 3, 2009  
bottle thanks to Treborwhip, pours dark amber with a tall light tan head. Aroma is light toast and alcohol with lots of nice hop notes. This is like a scotch ale amped up on hops. Nice sweet bready malts with tons of pine and citrus hop notes ending dry with lots of nice bitterness on the tongue. I really liked this......thanks Dad!



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