Bear Republic Booster Rocket

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Healdsburg, California USA

Date: 10/13/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF

muddy dark brown, wispy tan head, sweet oak and whisky aroma with sweet vanilla and dark caramel malt, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, lots of brown sugar sweetness, warming, earthyness keeps it in balance,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4
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From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Whisky aroma. Dark coloured very strong in alcohol and hoppy with some dryness in a crisp and bitter warming malt finish.

Tap at Blind Tiger Alehouse. Deep dark amber beer. The aroma on this is massive. Lots of big bright fruity hops. Intense chewy sweetness. Lots of rich caramel and a touch of sweet plumminess as well. Pine resin and bright fruity/citrusy hops. Sticky malts with a touch of light vineous character. Fairly chewy on the finish. This is a barley wine in everything but name.

GABF 2007: Poured a hazy brown color with an off-white head. The aroma was of raisins, apples, fruity, brown sugar. some age on the malt. Nice vanilla and bourbon. just enough bourbon in the flavor. Bourbon from the front and back. Fruity malt middle. Full bodied.

Draft. Pours a brown body with a tan head. Lots of alcohol latent fruits, raisins, apple, citric. Bourbon warming and malty masking most of the original hop character on this brew.

Tap at EBF 09. Deep amber with a nice lasting begie head. Aroma is sharp strong boozy bourbon, oak, light vanilla, earthy and zesty rye, with sweet caramel malts, fruity and citrusy hops- hints of apricot and piney spruce hops. Flavor is boozy- bourbon, caramel and toffee sweetness cut with earthy dry rye malts, piney and spruce with more apricot and tangerine hops. Finish is a bit hot and the bitterness is toned down.

On tap at Boulder Strong Ale Fest poured a hazy brown with a small lingering brown head. Aromas of carmel, pine and citrus. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, pine, grapefruit and orange zest with a smooth dry warming lingering bitter finish.

Draught at Boulder Strong Ale Festival. Pours hazy and cloudy dark brown with a small, rocky, tan head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw), heavy hops (flowers, perfume, citrus, pine), average yeast (sweat, dough) with notes of apple, pear, and alcohol. Medium bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.