Racer 5 IPA - Bear Republic Brewing Co.

Racer 5 IPA

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Healdsburg , CA

Overall: 8.95/10 by 3 dudes

Standard Deviation: 0.26 or 2.95%

Trend: 8.95/10 over past 5 reviews

Style: American India Pale Ale

ABV: 7.00%

IBU: 75

Season: Year Round

Have Another: 100%

310 beers rated with a 8.28 average
  • 9.00/10 have another
  • A: 9.0 | T: 9.0 | L: 9.0 | M: 9.0 | O: 9.0
  • sDev: 0.56% Color: Deep Gold
  • Pours a deep golden color with a thin short lived white head. Head settles out quickly leaving a thin milky swirl on top. Watery spotty lacing.

    Aroma is awesome. Nice strong citrus and pine hops. Has a nice sweetness to it.

    Taste starts our slightly bitter with a sweet bready malt and works into a mixture of hops. I am getting a nice floral, citrus and a pine flavors on the backend. Big strong robust flavors.

    Medium body with medium carbonation. Slightly dry on the finish and with a oily mouthfeel.

    Overall a really nice IPA. A great marriage of hop flavors and well balanced with nice bready malts. I love the big robust flavors and it's an easy drinker. Try one!
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  • Reviewed: Friday, October 07, 2011 at 22:53:59
  • Tasted: Friday, October 07, 2011
  • $1.99 for 12 oz. bottle
370 beers rated with a 7.94 average
  • 8.60/10 have another
  • A: 9.0 | T: 8.0 | L: 9.0 | M: 9.0 | O: 9.0
  • sDev: 3.91% Color: Pale Amber
  • Aroma: Super appealing hop profile, big mix start with grapefruit, then to orangey citrus, and final mix of floral and pine.

    1st Taste: This is gonna be a great IPA, malt is there but more viscosity and subtle sweetness than overbearing malt. Then the large hop prescence balances things out. Maybe a bit of a hop bite at the end.

    Overall, very drinkable assertive IPA. The more I tasted, the more I liked it. I think this is what great West Coast IPA's are all about. And, it's was reasonably priced.
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  • Reviewed: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 21:51:09
  • Tasted: Thursday, April 29, 2010
  • $5.49 for 22 oz. bottle
1,467 beers rated with a 7.84 average
  • 9.24/10 have another
  • A: 10.0 | T: 9.0 | L: 9.0 | M: 9.0 | O: 9.0
  • sDev: 3.24% Color: Gold
  • Poured clear with a couple of fingers of white, fluffy foam. Retention was okay while the lacing began right away, leaving behind a sticky, web like foam.

    Aroma is big on the hop: floral, citrus, and pine. There is a sweet side along with a touch of alcohol.

    Taste is bitter with some sweet and bread/biscuit malt intermixed. As the beer continues to go down, the bitterness builds but the beer is still well balanced. Nice grapefruit hop burbs.

    Lower end of medium body with about the same amount of carbonation. Somewhat drying in the end yet a bit of oiliness in the mouth.

    I have heard good things about this beer. Just a straight forward and honest IPA that is easy to drink. Reasonable to have a couple or more at one sitting. Enjoy!
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  • Reviewed: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 21:26:47
  • Tasted: Thursday, April 29, 2010
  • $5.49 for 22 oz. bottle
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  • $1.99, 1 serving(s), 12 oz. bottles
  • $5.49, 2 serving(s), 22 oz. bottles
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