Comments on: Bear Republic Brewing Company Racer 5 India Pale Ale

By: J David

J David — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:33:52 +0000

Have you had it on tap? It is even easier on tap, like the cheerleader everybody has their way with.

By: John the Wop

John the Wop — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:24:53 +0000

I just tore into one of these a few minutes ago. As a longtime homebrewer with a relatively low lupulin threshold, I have to say that I absolutely love this beer despite it’s gigantic hop load. In fact, this is a true gateway beer: I can see it’s going to lead to an all-new set of vices for me. The super fresh aroma hops on top of this little bitch take me back to the last time I cracked the vacuum seal on the cascade hops I used to put in my homebrew: cracking the bottle open is just like that– you get hit with this uber-fresh wave of citrusy hoppy love.

By: BJR

BJR — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:16:27 +0000

Hutt, I thought about mentioning the bottle format issue, but then I started getting paranoid about the already increased scarcity of Racer in 22s at Bevmo.

By: Jesse the Hutt

Jesse the Hutt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:59:03 +0000

Great. Now I’m the slacker. What a review!
I think it ought to be mentioned here that the 22 oz. bottle is much better than the recently produced six pack bottles. For some reason, the six pack’s 12 oz. bottles just don’t measure up to the quality and taste of the 22 oz bomber. A good experiment is to try the 22 oz. bottle and a 12 oz. bottle side by side. It is almost a completely different beer!

By: Melvin

Melvin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:19:40 +0000

I second J David on this review–no more hiding in the shadows BJR, you’ve got work to do! I was recently at a great bar Manderes, in Folsom, CA, and Racer 5 appeared to be a favorite there…unfortunately as the DD, I experienced it less than I would have liked! Next time…

By: J David

J David — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:57:52 +0000

I love having new reviews to read! No more excuses BJR, you write great reviews (great fuckin beer too).