Bear Republic Racer 5

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Healdsburg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

send corrections | shelftag

Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1294	3.88/5.0	3.87/5.0	7%	98.9	Shaker, Tulip

Commercial Description:
This is a hoppy IPA. Did I say hops? Your brewer is a hop head! This is a full bodied beer using American grains. The goal was to create a base for showing off the unique floral qualities of two Pacific Northwest hops, Columbus and Cascade. Columbus is a new hybrid High Alpha Acid hop used mostly for bittering, but used heavily as an aromatic in this strong brew. Cascade is the balance that ties the malt and bittering hops together. It is a true specialty ale and is our brewer’s statement on this style. 2004 L.A. Commercial Brewing Competition, Silver Medal Winner; 2004 World Beer Cup, Silver Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, San Diego, Gold Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, Chicago, Gold Medal Winner; 1999 Great Amercian Beer Festival, Gold Medal Winner - og 1.070, ABV 7.0%, IBU 69. California State Fair Bronze Medal, 1997 Beerfest Invitational. - og 1.070, ABV 7.0%, IBU 69.

Please Enable Javascript

This site requires javascript enabled and/or approval of googlesyndication.com.

Most Recent

Top Raters

Highest Ratings

Who's Rated This?

graham515 (428), Houston, Texas, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Feb 6, 2009

Pours amber into the glass with a white head. Aroma is citrus hops and clean malt. Flavor is a nice caramel malt to balance the grapefruit hop flavor. Really nice IPA

ajm (935), Los Angeles, California, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Feb 2, 2009 Updated: May 3, 2009

Tap at Barney’s Beanery in Santa Monica. Re-rate from a tap at Pap, which was taken better care of. Very full DIPA that seems very like X with less dry-hopping. Still those sweeter hops - apple, honey, flowers, but none of the balance of sharper or dry hopped hops. Malt is invisible.

sirpsycho (345), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Feb 2, 2009

Bottle. Pours a clear amber, nice tan head. Aroma is subdued sweet hops, touch of caramel and notes of grapfruit / pine. Flavor is more of the same, all subdued. Bitter finish that lingers.

adavis234 (133), Columbia, South Carolina, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	9/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Jan 31, 2009

22oz bottle. Pours a clear orange-gold color with a thin, 1 finger white head. Very floral, hoppy aroma with citrus notes. Citrus hop flavor overwhelmed the tongue with a not overly bitter finish. A solid IPA.

jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 31, 2009

Golden color with a thick creamy head. Hoppy floral aroma. Hoppy taste and fruitiness.

anders37 (4700), Malmö, Sweden

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 31, 2009

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy pine needles aroma with some hints of citrus. Sweetish malty bitter hoppy piney citrus grassy flavor. Has a malty bitter hoppy piney finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

Narnad (696), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 30, 2009

Pours a clear golden-orange color with a head greater than one inch which is very frothy and white. Aroma is very strong of bitter Columbus hops and very light notes of citrus but barely detectable. The beer has a very smooth flavor containing a great citrus and grass hops flavor which meshes well with the light sweet malty flavor. The beer leaves an awesome lacing on the glass and has great carbonation which really brings the aroma to the nose. After the flavor has been lingering in your mouth after a sip, it starts to taste a bit salty. Overall a fantastic IPA for the price and a very well balanced beer.

6ROW (258), corpus christi, Texas, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jan 30, 2009

dull orange pour with a small one finger off white head. aroma of citrus hops and taste to match! great finish not to bitter!

CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP

Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130

More India Pale Ale (IPA)s By Style
Fish Tale Winterfish Ale 82
Odell India Pale Ale (IPA) 94
Second Street IPA 64
Kuhnhenn India Pale Ale (American IPA) 88
Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA 66
Bullfrog Houblonium P38 95
Potosi Snake Hollow IPA 62
Mountain Sun Swan Song 64
Northern Lights Winter Ale 81
Rush River Bubblejack IPA 61
Flossmoor Station Black Magic IPA 66
Founders Black IPA 67
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale 95
Michigan Brewing High Seas India Pale Ale 82
Uncle Billys IPA 77

please support all of this page