Central City Red Racer India Pale Ale

Brewed by Central City Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Surrey, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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One of my favorite IPA’s; it sounds funny but it is a very well balanced beer!

Pours a nice cloudy orange brown with creamy head. I had high expectations for this beer, as it got good reviews from friends who tried it. I continue to search for a good IPA in cans. I know the can promoters say that canned beer is as good as bottled beer, and lasts longer, blah blah. However, there is a certain gamey flavor in canned IPAs that I continuously encounter - this can is no exception - it tastes a bit....off. Can says F0711 on bottom. If that means it was canned a year + ago, perhaps that is the reason (although supposedly a canned beer should last this long). I continue to believe the Caldera IPA out of Ashland Oregon makes the best IPA in a can.

Can. Pours a hazy golden orange color along with a half-inch of off-white foam. Aroma is a sweet and floral blend of caramel, orange rind, pine and malt. The flavor has lots of mango, passion fruit and herbal hops notes at the start along with some lemon, mint and pineapple. Also a caramel malt backbone throughout that ultimately takes a back seat to the hops. Mouthfeel is mildly creamy and medium-bodied with plenty of vegetal bitterness around the edges. The vast array of fruit and herbal flavors from the hops make this a definite must-try.

A light haze to a deep amber ale. The hop aroma is pure weed with a hint of stone IPA about it. Super bitter in the finish but the rest of the experienced is very well balanced. Oily texture and low carbonation.

12 oz can pours a hazy orange color with a huge fluffy white head that recedes quickly and leaves lots of lacing. The smell is almost overwhelming and full of grapefruit. Aroma balances the citrus and floral hops with malts. This is one of the least bitter IPA’s I’ve tried, and I was pleasantly surprised. Very drinkable. The malts come out in the finish and urge you to get another blast of citrus hops. I bought this for the cool artwork on the can and am glad to have picked up a 4-pack of these.

12 oz can. Cloudy yellow brown with a subdued head, some stays. Nose is pineapple, toffee, musk and melon. Medium body with a lingering buzz., then resiny. Taste is orange peel, lime, toffee and pine. Good one.

From notes. First reviewed 2/6/2011. Poured from a 12 oz. can into a pint glass. A monster off-white cap fills up the remaining space in my pint glass, maybe I poured more aggressively than I intended. Very creamy, but this gradually fades to a more modest size, leaving generous lacing down the glass. The color is golden copper, and definitely unfiltered. Caramel and pale malt support the large hop aroma. Grapefruit citrus, spicy, herbal, and grassy hops are all apparent in the nose. It makes for a unique smell. There is a decent malt backbone in the taste to start. Pale malt gives a little flavor, and caramel malt a little more. Grapefruit hops are the first to hit, with some spices coming in next. The end turns herbally and finishes with a long grassy bitterness. Pleasantly bitter, but with enough malt to refresh my palate with each new sip. This has fuller than medium carbonation for the style, with a crisp feel to it. Grainy. The body is fuller than medium. Leaves a resiny bitterness behind the lips. This is a solid IPA and well balanced to boot. The only issue is the grassy bitterness; that is not my favorite hop flavor.

six pack of cans bought. clear light orange but a poor head. The aroma is one of the strongest grapefruit smells I have ever gotten. Like a real grapefruit pulp smell. Just a few touches of spring flowers as well. Taste is a lighter citrus and pine. And an IPA that is not so bitter that I can’t drink it. one of the best IPA’s I have had in a long time.

orange, clear, rocky head, white foam, medium bitterness, long finish, full body, herbs, woody,

Bought because of the can. Didn’t have particularly high expectations due to the small size of such can. Very nice floral hoppy character, over a very fresh fizzy citrus base. Recommended.