Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale

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

This was a dark red ale with a hoppy and very unusal but good finish and flavor,there are all kinda of things going on in this beer and it was nice and malty and reminded me more of an ipa but it did have that malty red ale taste,overall a good beer.CHEERS!

Bottle: pours a dark red with a thin tan head, aroma of floral hops and a touch of citrus, taste is hoppy up front with a smooth, malty, dry finish. Solid brew.

Bottled
Dark ruby/amber color, steady creamy beige head, lace. Piney-hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied. Piney-hoppy flavor backed with chewie malts. A bit yeasty. Hoppy aftertaste. More like an IPA than "red ale".

Aug. 2007 - These guys make good stuff. Sweet aroma of malts, kind of tinny. Dark amber pour with almost no head of lacing. Flavor of sweet malts (caramel and irish red type malts), loads of english type hops. Dry flavor, but lots of it. Nice fully creamy mouthfeel. Nice one again from BR.

22 oz. brown bomber bottle. No freshness date seen. Poured out a deep red color, with a sticky tan colored head. Very aromatic. Aromas are of piney hops, some citrus, sweet malts, toffee. Flavors include toffee, citrus, piney hops, sweet malts, some sugar. Thick mouthfeel, rich and chewy. Finished sweet & hoppy. Decent beer overall, makes me wish I’d had it before now.

The BrewKeeper in North Ridgeville, Ohio, has this on tap and I tried it for the first time. Very smooth, with a distinct malt flavor. Not very bitter or dreadfully hoppy. Although I love hoppy beers, this didnt taste overwhelming. The color is a cross between caramel looking and amber. Very delicious

Pours with a frothy, three finger thick, lightly browned, tan colored head. The beer is a dark, concentrated plum, amber hued color that shows a brilliantly clear, cranberry hued color when held up to the light. This beer is quite hop focused, I don’t get any malt at all upon first inspection of the aroma. Aromas of grapefruit, freshly zested lemon peel, bergamot, tangelo, orange zest and some light pine / herbal notes. The malt is here, it does in fact play an integral role here with aromas of richly caramelized malt and toasty browned biscuit notes.

This beer has a chewy body, that has a medium heft to it, yet it is not very sweet. The ample hop character and darker malt notes seem to inhibit the malt sweetness. Bracingly bitter from the get go, the biting hop character lingers on through to a long finish. The hop flavors here are influenced heavily by the lack of sweetness; the vibrant fruit notes of the aroma are fairly subtle here, instead flavors of pine, menthol, and a deep herbal note are what is most noticeable. There is some light notes of grapefruit, and perhaps a touch of orange towards the end where a touch of malt sweetness is able to come through. The finish has the hop bitterness as well as a sharp, herbal hop astringency and even a touch of toasted, darker grain note. The malt character, while clearly a supporting role, adds a nice dimension to this brew; toasty malt and bread-like flavors as well as a richly caramelized, yet not sweet malt character.

A pretty tasty brew, I wish that there was a bit more residual malt sweetness to this brew; a solid citrus hop character would have been really nice. This is actually slightly tart as a result of the lack of sweetness; this is not bone dry though, there is just not enough malt sweetness to stand up to the hops.

Lots of hop flavor for it being a red ale. Some citrus but mostly bitter hops. Finished rather dry and harsh.