Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA
This hoppy American IPA is a full bodied beer brewed American pale and crystalmalts, and heavily hopped with Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial.
There’s a trophy in every glass.
2009 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – GOLD;
2009 Colorado State Fair – Best of Show;
2006 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER;
2005 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER;
1999 Great American Beer Festival® India Pale Ale - GOLD
There’s a trophy in every glass.
2009 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – GOLD;
2009 Colorado State Fair – Best of Show;
2006 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER;
2005 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER;
1999 Great American Beer Festival® India Pale Ale - GOLD
3.9
2622 reviews
Cloverdale, United States
Community reviews
Hop herbal spice aroma. Clear amber colour poor head and lacing. Malt biscuit fruit flavour. Fizzy palate.
Amber with thin foam
Sweet toffee, hoppy, sweet malt and caramel. Some oak,
Big sweet malt and good mellow hop bitterness that kicks in the finish. Creamy and tiny tingling mellow carbonation. Some slight burn on the finish as well . This is a big beer.
Purchased a six-pack from a Walmart. Thick white head on top of a clear golden body. The smell of hops is strong like mint and Woodland. There's a moment of Sweetness from the malts with in the Hops just kick in overwhelming any in other flavors and pallets. It's a good beer for craft beer lovers all around.
Cask at Spitzers, New York on 03/04/2008. Really worked on cask, actually. Big hoppy flavours and a smoother body.
Very nice fruity beer with bitter finish. Nice blended hopes. Bitter finish. Overall a very well done IPA!
In einem Restaurant in DC. Leicht trübes Orange mit einermittleren Schaumkrone.
Aroma: Moderat Malzig, Hopfen. Pfirsich, Karamell,
Geschmack: mittlere Süße, etwas Karamell, etwas Gras, etwas Grapefruit.
Bitter.
Bottle, 50 cl. Malty aroma with burnt caramel and some anis in the background. A flat mouthfeel, burnt caramel, a neutral bitterness. Low-medium carbonation. A decent but a little boring beer.
Very strong beer. Quite the bite off first impression. Aroma was loud and pungent but still elegant. First couple swigs were an adjustment, but after that it was a yummy beer. A few of these and you’re having a great night. Highly recommend
Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA 7.5%. Pale amber, pine and citrus aroma, full bodied, caramel malt, citrusy, orange, grapefruit, complex bittersweet finish. Absolutely gorgeous West Coast IPA from California 🇺🇸
Golden with a thinnish white head. Aroma of pine and citrus. Taste is excellent, peach and other stone fruit, balanced by malt, almost a hint of spice. Nice full mouthfeel.
Deliciously bitter. Fruit in back. Herby and dank
can. gifted at random. pretty solid IPA - very bitter and strong. nice overall
Pours a pale orange-yellow, medium creamy white head, this bottle looks a bit unfresh. Peach, melon, moderate to heavy bitter pine, grass, creamy sweetish malt, faint banana/funk esters. Very balanced. Body starts bitter, is lasting, ends on a sweetish cream ale note, very light peppery/chili spice, a bit of sharp carbonation. Hop is West Coast style but the malt is cream ale and sweetish - together with the peach fruit, makes for an interesting balance. Not reinventing the wheel but quite well executed.
Oko: jasnomiedziane (~7EBC), lekko opalizujące, ale mniej, niż Café Racer 15, piana obfita drobnopęcherzykowa, utrzymująca się średnio długo, ale zostawiająca ładny lacing.
Nos: żywiczne, biały grapefruit, słodki aromat. Owoców mniej, niż w 15.
Usta: żywica, przyzwoita gorycz, delikatne baza słodowa, nie jest ciężkie.
Appearance- Clear deep golden colour with small but lasting white foam.
Aromas- Sweet and rich caramel malts with a touch of pale followed by a piny and peachy hoppy notes as well as notes of sweet bubblegum and bit of funk.
Palate- Medium to full body with thick mouth coating sticky texture leaving lasting bitter finish.
Taste- Initially, sweet with notes of bubblegum, somewhat Saison like with a touch of hay and light malts. Later developing deeper more caramel based flavours with harsher grapefruity and medicinal/herbal hop notes.
Overall- Nice, a bit funky and unusual, but nice.
Bière quelque peu surcotée sur le site. Globalement plaisante, mais qui manque de complexité avec un axe résineux pamplemousse très prégnant laissant peu de place à d'autres arômes, trop linéaire de l'attaque au final, un peu trop douce et qui manque d'imagination. D'autant plus qu'avec Chinook, Cascade, Columbus et Centennial, il est possible d'avoir des arômes plus riches. Le visuel se porte sur un blond doré, parcouru par de fines bulles. La mousse blanche nappe juste la surface. L'amertume est sur une amertume franche mais avec une base un peu trop sucrée, la rendant moins saillant. C'est le résineux qui prédomine comme arôme avec du pamplemousse de l'orange et de légères épices. La deuxième est réellement trop douce avec des arômes complètement linéaires. L'arrière bouche et le final sont heureusement un peu plus tranchantes (sans faire les 75 d'IBU). Longueur et corpulence sont correctes et l'alcool à 7,5 % est honnête. Il faudrait passer la 6ème pour gagner la course.
Gold with a lingering, creamy white head. Aroma full of peach, citrus and caramel. Bittersweet turning more bitter at the end. Light floral notes at the finish. Medium body—nice creamy body. Very nice!
Bottle from M&S. Darkauburn with a small white head. Stone fruit and caramel aroma. Thick mouthfeel, sweet and bitter with stone fruit and raisin.
Draught at Golden Gate Taproom, small creamy head, clear golden orange color, cirus yeasty aroma, bready, fruity citrusy flavor, medium mellow grapefruit bitterness. Good and enjoyable.
A 330 ml bottle from M & S at Gatwick. I'd forgotten just how good this beer is.. very nice with the 7.5 ABV well hidden.
In the Modern-day IPA world you get juicy beer with notes of orange, tangerine etc.... Stone, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, 21th, ..... All very nice and sophisticated.
Then you have this beer. Raw and full of taste and completely different, yet still an IPA. It tastes almost like the offspring of a belgian triple and an old stype IPA. Medium dry with some spices, sweetnes and some smoke as in the tripel, it also brings raw hops with Citrus, pine and Grapefrout rind. I wish there was more beer in a bomber ;-)
Flaska från Beer Republic. Disig orange med ett beständigt vitt skum. Dofter av grapefrukt, melon, karamell och tall. Smakinslag av grapefrukt, melon, blomster, apelsin och kåda. Oljig munkänsla. Fyllig kropp. I det närmaste perfekt balans sötma/beska. Så här, just så här, vill jag ha min IPA.
From bottle in IPA glass. Pours clear gold, w/dense 2-finger white head, piney citrus hop aroma. Creamy malt sweetness gives way to balanced bitterness in the finish. Still in good shape after an IPA-style journey of old
355ml bottle. Pours a hazy honey colour with a small head. Aroma of lychee, lime, lemon, orange. Pleasant bittersweet arrival on the tongue, fruity and citrusy. The bitterness steadily increases and culminates in a long lasting dry pithy bitter finish. Very hoppy. Slightly earthy and herbal. The high ABV is nicely hidden.
gold hazy. big pine and grapefruit pith smell. taste is piney bitterness, grapefuit, residual sweetness. bitter aftertaste. big taste
This brew gets a lot of hype, and just recently seen it distributed here in FL. I thought it would be a possible top 10 for me in this style, but don't think it makes that cut. A solid all-around IPA, which leans heavily towards the hop side. Not much malt here though. I prefer somewhat more balanced. If you are looking for a quality hop-bomb, this is it!
Nose is orange, citrus, hay. palate is pine, orange, quite a lot of hay. Easily drinkable. Nice.
Bottle 355ml. Unfortunatelly directly from bottle at airport. :) A:citrusy T: medium body, pleasant but still strongly hopped, Bitter, citrusy, Orange peels, And the bitterness builds up through out the beer
Bottled, 355ml from The Marks & Spencer's Superstore, Grimsbury, Banbury, Oxon. Hazy amber with white head. This is pleasantly hoppy from the start, bitter orange notes, pithy with a light dose of pine. Herby and dank in equal measures along with citrusy notes. Very pleasant.
2/22/19
With A watching Grey’s. Went to NJ today to cheer her up. CFA, BuyBuy, & Wegman’s. Wonderful day!
Poured from bottle into can-shaped glass. Crisp amber with a healthy head.
Nose is big dank sweet citrusy hops. Pungent and delicious.
Taste is downright aggressively hoppy. Lots of citrus pith balanced by herbal notes. Intensely flavorful and floral with a touch of sweet, sticky pine at the end. No doubt this is a hop bomb. Bracingly bitter in the best way possible.
Palate is medium-heavy without too much carbonation. Quite dry with a long floral hoppy finish.
Overall, a fantastic assertively hoppy IPA. Lived up to my high expectations!