Bear Republic Brewing Company Grand-Am™

Grand-Am™

 

Bear Republic Brewing Company in Cloverdale, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating
Score
6.88
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 50 Ticks: 71
Inspired by our team’s passion for racing, Grand-Am™ is an American Pale Ale worthy of the “Racer” family. True to our roots, this sessionable yet assertive ale balances both classic and new American hop varieties with a distinct malt backbone. Start your engines…
 

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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Stephens... Golden Golden amber.. Big white head... Nice zezt citrus Mandarin.. Butbthrn then massive crystal ruining it... Soft sweet toffee.. Sweet caramel toffee fruit... Long caramel fruit

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2016 at 12:27


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy orange with a white head. Classic IPA profile dumbed down very slightly to fit the pale ale catagory, though that might be more perception than reality. Lingering bitter finish. Very enjoyable beer.

Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 20:28


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at Wishbeer, Bangkok. Very hazy orange with a cream head. Aroma of soapy hops, herbal, weedy and very green hops. Flavour is above light sweet and above moderate bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2016 at 15:14


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Poured a hazy medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is grassy hop, yeast, light citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light fruity, hop bitter, dry malt, light pepper spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried on 11 Oct 2016 at 10:01



8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Racing-themed APA by Bear Republic, with very frothy, snow white, thick moussy head leaving an irregularly shaped rim of thick papery lacing around the glass, crowning a lightly hazy ’old gold’ coloured beer with light orangey hue, turning a deeper shade of orange and equally cloudy with sediment. Delicate and fragrant aroma of blood orange flesh, mandarin peel, spruce shoots, biscuit, candied lemon, green banana, fresh apple cake, wormwood, sweet paprika powder, pine-scented soap, yellow kiwi, hemp, burnt chicken skin, freshly grated ginger root, cigarette tobacco. Lively but clean fruity onset, hints of green banana, kiwi and starfruit, mildly sourish and subduedly sweetish, medium carbo just fit for the style, supple and lightly oily and somewhat soapy mouthfeel, medium bodied. Pleasant cereally malt middle with a caramelly edge to it, supporting the vivid, beautifully restrained fruitiness and building the perfect bridge to a hoppy finish, providing adequate, quenching, resinous and spicy but by no means harsh bitterness as well as a wealth of retronasal dank, piney and citrusy aromas. This must be among the finest APAs I ever had, I can easily see how it scores so high on this site; it has a stunningly beautiful balance between sweetish malts and fruit on the one hand and spicy, oily, bittering and delicately aromatic hops on the other hand but the latter remain sufficiently in place to remain APA instead of falling into IPA domain. Very refined and refreshing, absolutely adorable - I would recommend this example to anyone who is interested in getting to know the ’old’ American pale ale style.

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2016 at 10:44


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Wholefoods, Kensington, London. A hazy golden/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty, caramel, grapefruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, caramel, grapefruit. Decent APA.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2016 at 16:24


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

A light orange beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has mangos, mandarin and grapefruits, some pineapple. Nice and fresh. Taste has grapefruits, nice and slightly caramelly maltyness, medium bitterness, also notes of herbs. Medium bodied. Tasteful beer, also the maltyness is playing the own role.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 02:33


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Drinkmonger. Hazy golden/amber body with a medium off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of tea, caramel, grapefruit and menthol. Flavour of orange, toffee apple, biscuit, black grapes and floral hops. Medium body with an oily texture. Light fizz. Lots going on here. Good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2016 at 17:04


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours a slightly hazy yellow-gold, with mid-sized head. Aroma has a lot of citrus and some hops. Flavor has a definite touch of citrus--lemon to be precise--with hoppy bitterness and some grassiness. Bitter backbone and finish to this one. Not Bad.

Tried on 10 Jul 2016 at 17:45