Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Pours out ice tea color with a tint of red. Aroma is very mild with a hint of hop. The mouthfeel is a little thin. The taste is okay normal run of the mill ale with just a slight note of hops.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Pours a cloudy copper red with no head what so ever. Decently carbonated and it unfiltered. Aroma is hoppy with a hints of pine. Little apple on the nose as well. Taste is very bready with hints of hops and malts. Dry and watered down, not much of a body. A bit on the boozy side as well. A bit over hyped in this case. Not exactly the best out there.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

And then I went back for this amber. Another bold colored, this one amber colored. Big tightly frothy white head. Good staying power. Noce lacing on glass and atop the creamy, mildly effervecsent body. Sweet malt and a mild floral-citric hop profile dance well.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

22 oz brown bottle. Billed as a bastardized Scottish Red, this beer deliberately flouts style conventions. Unfiltered and bottle conditioned. 6.8% abv. Pours a deep mahogany with a thin tan head. Good lace. Color is between Scottish ale and typical red ale. Less foam than expected after a straight pour into pint shakers. Deep, complex aroma excites the palate. Both malt and hops in abundance. Hops are more floral than citrus. Fairly low alcohol is easily masked by dominant malt flavor profile typical of Scottish ale. Very smooth on the palate, due to syrupy malt and low carbonation. Pleasure continues to develop after the swallow as some faintly smoky and pine-like flavors outlast the sweet malt. Like it, love it, want more of it.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

pours brownish red, slightly hazy with moderate lasting head. Flavor is a pleasant blend of hops, grapefruit with malty yeast. After flavor is moderately long lasting bitter with a long slow follow through. This is a definite "find it, buy it" brew .

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A satisfying, hoppy red ale. Whatever the style origins, this is a nice beer with a lot of flavor. It’s aggressively hopped, a sweet blend of citric, floral and spruce notes. The malt brings some deeper caramel flavors, toasty sweet bread and burnt sugars. There’s a good yeast flavor that dries out the finish beyond the already dry tone of the beer. The mouthfeel is creamy and a bit oily with hops. The beer looks great, carmine liquid with a thick layer of off-white foam. Bear Republic makes good beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottled@Monks Café Sveavägen, Stockholm. Deep rubyish amber brown colour with mediumsized creamy/foamy off-white head. Aroma is a bunch of citrus fruits, some nectar, mild caramel malts as well as some slight chocolate and mild toasted notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some dark dry fruits and mild herbal notes. Pleasantly balanced and not all too radical.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

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.)

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This beer was incredible if you like hops and California/West Coast IPAs. I really thought this beer was much more of an IPA than it was a "Strong Ale" as listed here. It is very good - give it a try.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

A pretty good ale. Pours ruby read with malty aroma. Taste is more malt and grain. The mouthfeel is huge. A little syrupy. Finish is sweet. It's not bad, but it's expensive compared to other ales of higher caliber. I would choose Rouge american ale over this one.