Central City Red Racer Pale Ale

Brewed by Central City Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Surrey, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottled at pre-RBJG festivities in Kyoto. Hazy golden, minimal head. Perfumy apricot aroma. Mid-dry with clean, yet chewy crystal malt-like profile. Inviting, but a little sterile until orangey hops brings it to life. Finishes with medium bitterness.

Name: Classic Pale Ale
Date: September 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear gold, fine white head
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, light floral and citrus hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor balanced by a good dose of hops and bitterness, long lasting bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Draught at the brewpub
Golden color. Light but nice hop aroma. It has a pleasant caramel and hop flavor, not complex but drinkable. Strong bitterness.

UPDATED: SEP 22, 2007 Light amber colour and dead flat. It’s on cask, so it probably looks just fine in other formats. Toasty, woody anisey aroma. Balanced flavour - some great slightly pearlike estery notes along with well-extracted caramel malts and a subtle, earthy hop character. I could do a sixer of this.

Earlier Rating: 12/24/2004 Total Score: 2.9
Light copper colour. Aroma is mainly limey, with a hint of grapefruit. Body is a little thin. Flavour leans towards sweet lime. Slightly bitter - less hopped than the Red, but there’s a lot less malt so it shows a bit more. Finish is dry, light. Re-sampled showed this beer as clean, with better malt character. Still light, but I may have underestimated the craftsmanship previously.

(12oz can, courtesy of Nellie) Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of caramel, citrus, florals, and herbal notes. Flavor of orange, caramel, and some bread with a bitter finish.

Can. Pours a hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish wit hints of caramel.

12oz can. Medium off-white head that mostly dissipates atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, light lime. Taste is medium sweet, orange, some bread/caramel, light lime. Light-medium body. Perfectly decent APA, in a generic sort of way.

Can from Malt & Vine. Pours golden amber/light copper - or something like that with a slight white head. Nice firm citrus/floral aroma. Med body. Flavor is citrus/floral over some nicely roasted malt. Finish is firmly bitter. Just excellent.

Citra version: A hazed amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, a nice citrusy hops, nice and smooth, biscuitty malts. In mouth, a smooth caramel malt with smooth floral hops, citrusy, light catnip, very nice and smooth. Cask Days, Oct. 30 2011.

Decent head falling back to thin lace. Faint copper colour, aromatic piny smell. Some caramel maltiness. Not enough bittering hops although the hop flavour was decent, if a little too faint. Good, but could be much better.