Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale 3.77 816

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
816	3.78/5.0	3.77/5.0	6.8%	87.4	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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tokyogoat (529), San Diego, California, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Nov 7, 2009
Pours a dark and clear amber. Nose is barely existent, mostly simple syrup and old hops. Taste is basic sweet malt base, hop bitterness, not much hop flavor, decent, but nothing special.

rds (230), USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 15, 2009

A very deep ruby body with a negligible dark tan head, very fruity (think plums) nose, and a strong hoppy flavor, but a complex finish

harrisoni (6828), Ashford, Kent, England

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

Dec 13, 2009

On tap at The Rake, Borough. Too sweet. But some good grapefruit hops. Took me an hour to drink this. But ended up liking it a lot. Sweetish, but very likeable.

fata2683 (895), Panama City, Florida, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 3, 2009

bottle thanks to Treborwhip, pours dark amber with a tall light tan head. Aroma is light toast and alcohol with lots of nice hop notes. This is like a scotch ale amped up on hops. Nice sweet bready malts with tons of pine and citrus hop notes ending dry with lots of nice bitterness on the tongue. I really liked this......thanks Dad!

CelticBrew (696), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA

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

Nov 27, 2009

Pours a deep ruby/brown color forming a nice craggy off beige foamy head, aroma of roasted malts, hops and ocean water. Flavour was much of the same, a hopped up porter/Scottish ale, extremely drinkable beer.

gracefullypunk (324), Washington, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Nov 22, 2009

Pours red orange with an off white head and some lace. Aromas of brown sugar and floral hops. Floral and grapefruit in the taste with some bitter chocolate. Finishes bitter.

kiefdog (1628), Tampa, Florida, USA

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

Nov 18, 2009

22oz bottle. Pours a dark amber with mahogany with one finger tannish head that settles slowly. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, toffee, ripe citrus, grapefruit, light honey and spice notes. Flavor is sweet and malty with caramel, honey, citrus, toffee, floral esters, floral hops, light grapefruit, hazelnut, light malty chocolate notes. Medium body with a pleasing floral hop finish.

Sigmund (2294), Hafrsfjord, Norway

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 14, 2009

Bottle, 6.8% ABV, RBNAG 2009 in Vatlandsvåg. Beautiful reddish brown colour, low off-white head. Excellent aroma and flavour with vinous and oaky notes, also strong notes of American hops. Very good! ("Beer of the Gathering" for me.)

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