Central City Red Racer ESB

Brewed by Central City Brewing
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Surrey, Canada

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: MAY 19, 2010 2010-03-13, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, as Red Racer ESB, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Hazy amber color. The aroma, malty, is also quite fruity. Sweetish caramel flavor, correct bitterness. The hop gives a pleasant fruit touch, also citrus fruits, but in the end the bitterness is too aggressive.

2008-07-30, draught at The Railway Club, Vancouver, as Big Kettle ESB, 7-5-7-5-15=39
Hazy amber color, creamy head. Very nice hoppy aroma, fruity (mango) and very light cheese, a bit yeasty. Good and strong toffee flavor, with a very powerful hopping, resiny and fruity; the yeast touch gives it an English facet (side to side with the Phillips IPA, it’s sweeter, with more character, more fruity, the hop bitterness is less aggressive). Very long final. Lovely.

2008-07-21, draught at the brewpub, 6-4-7-4-13=34
Nice amber color. It’s the upper step from the Red Racer Pale Ale: more body, more caramel flavor, more hop aroma, more bitter, and the hops show more resins and citrus character. Pleasant.

2008-07-17, draught at The Alibi Room, Vancouver, as Baby Boomers ESB, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Hazy amber color, creamy head. It has a good balanced flavor, caramel, medium sweet, and American hops, with a citrusy and resiny touch (6 hops here, I’m told). Very good.

Pours an amber colour. Smells like citrus, honey and resin. Balanced sweetness on the tongue with a bitter finish. Very drinkable. Really liked this.

Aroma of grapefruit, grapes, honey. Taste is bitter hops, sweet malts, honey. Red colour with white (quickly fading head). A solid ESB.

A orange amber ale with a thick frothy mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with grassy British hops, some treacle, nice. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with burned sugar, nice herbal British hops, a bit piney, nice and smooth. Can.

The beer pours a amber color with a light white fluffy head. The nose light citrus rind with hints of pine, hops and malt. The body is medium weight. The flavor starts with a malty pine followed by a floral lite hoppiness and finishes with a bitterness that lingers but not to intense. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

(Une courtoisie de papat444) Un liquide à la robe orangée. Une belle mousse. Un nez de houblons fruités. Des notes florales. Une bouche encore une fois mal définie. Des houblons inintéressants. Une base maltée déficiente. Des notes âcres. Un corps maladif. Un pétillement incontrôlable. Une texture légère. Une finale sur des notes métalliques.

Canette gracieuseté de Patrick. Bière orangée voilée avec une belle mousse. Elle a une belle tenue. Les arômes sont bien agréables aux nez avec des effluves de mangue. Le nez est classique des bières Red Racer on peut lire la signature. Il y a aussi de métal. La bouche est mince, elle manque de corps. Il y a du métal et beaucoup de bulles. Il y trop d’effervescence. Encore une fois une bouche qui n’est pas à la hauteur du nez.

07/25/11. Pours an amber colour. The head was nice and off white, with fluffy bubbles, but that died down pretty quick. Well it smells real hoppy. There’s a good amount of pine, light citrus, and juicy kind of peachy smell. A nice caramel sort of smell in there. Well, up front I taste a lot of grain, and the caramel flavour from the malt. Then the hops come in, both in flavour and bitterness. It’s not as pronounced as in the smell, it’s pretty mild pine, but the bitterness is a lot stronger though. Some bready kind of flavours, kind of like a really bitter like grainy bread. Mouth feel is pretty slick, its smooth, not very carbonated; lots of flavour and lasting bitterness.

Pours a terrific amber colour with a frothy white head. Tons of grapefruit in the aroma. Mouthfeel is thick with low carb but itreally works with this flowery bitter flavour. Well done!

355ml can pours a light brown color with a finger of white head which settles to some thin lacing. Aroma is lightly toasted malts with some grassy and citrusy hops. Taste is a pleasing hoppy bitterness balanced nicely with some malty sweetness. Body is light to medium with some pleasing carbonation on the tongue. This is quite a nice bitter, but I think it is a little overrated on this site.

On cask. Appearance: light brown with a small white head. Aroma: malt, lots of grain, a little hops, some spice and bitterness. Smells great. Flavour: perfume like hops, grains, spice, lots of tea and a bitter finish. Not a bad tipple.