Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale

	Percentile
	97
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
814	3.78/5.0	3.77/5.0	6.8%	86.9	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
The brew of choice for mountain bikers, and adventurous types worldwide. (Are you excited now!) This fiery red ale is not for the weak at heart. It originally started out as a Scottish red ale but has taken on flavors of its own. This is a very complex recipe using five different grains to achieve it's unique flavor. The caramel malt used is a mixture of Belgian Caravienne and Hugh Bairds Crystal malts. Red Rocket is a full bodied, hoppy brew which finishes on the pallet with caramel malts. Centennial and Cascade hops are used for bittering and aroma.2004 L.A. Commercial Brewing Competition, Gold Medal Winner; 2004 West Coast Commercial Brewers Competition, First Place; 2003 California State Fair, Gold MedalWinner; 2002 California State Fair, Silver Medal Winner; 2001 California State Fair Gold Medal Winner; 2001 Real Ale Festival, Chicago, Bronze Medal Winner; 2000 California State Fair, Bronze Medal Winner; 1999 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner; 1998 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal Winner - og 1.067, ABV 6.8%, IBU 65+.

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ilovedarkbeer (1365), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 14, 2007

Ehh. Lacking in the taste department. Pours a mahog color with a small yellow head. Smells like malt and hops. Taste is very bitter with roasted malt and hops. Kinda a messy representation of the ASA style. Harsh fizzy mouth feel.

JB175 (1664), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 14, 2007

Nice reddish color with a creamy head. Aroma is heavy with rye, piney hops, caramel, and assorted grains. Flavor is a bit too medicinal with a faded pine/floral hop mix slightly present. Rye/ malts are decent - I think this bottle may have been better fresh, although I’m not sure how long ago that was. Not bad, but nowhere near the Hop rod or some of thier other brews.

Wulfstan (509), California, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	9/10	4/5	8/10	5/5	18/20

Dec 14, 2007 Updated: Oct 16, 2008

This is an excellent, complex, very satisfying beer. It is somewhat dark red brown with a fairly good-sized tan head that lasts, slowly diminishing to a smaller, but complete, head and leaving some good lacing. The aroma is wonderful, strong, very aromatic, sweet, and pleasant, with flowery, piney hops over a base of caramel, malt and yeast. The taste is similar to the aroma. It has definite, strong hop bitterness, but this accompanies great, floral-pine flavour, and rich, caramel-malt sweetness.

jimhilt (1684), Bow, New Hampshire, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 9, 2007

Pours with a light brown, three-finger head that goes slowly to a thin layer, leaving a good lace. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Cloudy amber color. Nose is hoppy. Flavor is smooth, slight sweetness then a balanced to a hoppy finish. Lingering bitter aftertaste. $4.55 for a 22oz bottle from Colonial Spirits, Acton, MA.

Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA

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

Dec 7, 2007

Poured a deep amber/red hue with a small soapy head. Bright floral hoppy nose with a small yet well-accompanied malt spine. Smooth and silky mouth feel makes this a winner!

DTM (541), Winters, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 7, 2007

Poured a dark red with almost no head. This beer is full of hops, but not so much that it made it too bitter. Definately differnet for a stong ale.

timfoolery (484), California, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	6/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 5, 2007

Poured with little to no head, but had a great, smooth taste on the palate for a hoppy brew. The dark red color drew my eyes back to the glass for more.

MikeMac (185), Wyandotte, Michigan, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Nov 29, 2007

22oz poured out a fizzy off white head a muddy ruby brown with some particulate. Aroma was Mildly citrus some malt backbone. Flavor was mild bitter some roast malt with a creamy finish. A possible session beer..

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