Central City Brewers & Distillers (Red Racer) Half Way IPA

Half Way IPA

 

Central City Brewers & Distillers (Red Racer) in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Collab with: Torque Brewing
  IPA - Wheat / White Regular
Score
6.19
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 54 Ticks: 11
Stuck in the middle or at the centre of the action? The Half Way IPA takes Prairie Wheat and mixes it up in a refreshing, Manitoba take on the classic India Pale Ale.
 

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Can from the lcbo. Orange pour with a nice sticky, white head. Aroma is up front candied orange zest, sweet bread malt, grassy and lightly herbal. Mouth feel is good, carb is spot on. Finish is medium, bordering on highly bitter. Strong pithy bitterness, more notes of orange zest, some resinous pine and light green tea.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:34

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Nice mild ipa, body matches the bitterness fairly well. My kind of ipa, not crazy bitter. Collab variety pack
Tried on 01 Jan 2019 at 01:12

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Can: Poured a light amber color ale with a large off-white foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of dry hoppy notes with light bitterness. Taste is also dominated by dry hoppy bitter notes with some light bitterness and a dry finish. Body is about average with good carbonation. Too dry for a white IPA with wheat malt hard to notice.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2018 at 16:03

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Part of their Across the Nation Collaboration - Out West (2018). Pours a slight hazed amber colour with a frothy warm cap, good stay and some thick foamy lacing. Malty aromas giving some sweetness, but the hops seems to come up in here with some grassiness and citrus notes. The citrus continues in the taste with the grass giving some big bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is dry. The only part of a witbier I feel is maybe the lingering of spices after the hops calm down. Maybe some oranges as well. Too bad.
Tried on 17 Sep 2018 at 04:34

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the LCBO. Pat of the Across the Nation collaboration pack (2018, West). Clear medium amber with a large fluffy off white head leaving patchy lace. Nose is grains, light citrus, grass, light lavender and some mineral notes. Light sweet honey with a medium- grassy bitterness and a touch of pepper. Mouth is medium slick with average carbonation and a sticky finish. 6/4/6-/3+/13
Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2018 at 02:20

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Okay foam and orange body. Smells like dirty socks with hints of brown sugar. Flavour is sharp barley and hops, with a watery back end. I didn't find this one particularily charming.
Tried on 22 Jul 2018 at 00:03

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Mooch tasting, can
Hazy copper colour. Light aroma of passion fruit. Sweetish caramel base, but mild, with light coriander notes, and some hop resins.
Not too bad, a bit old style though.
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2018 at 01:39

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can - Caramel, light perfume and spice. Clear gold with a small white head. Bitter, light grapefruit and a bit of pith.
Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2018 at 01:48

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
341mL can, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out light piney hops and biscuity malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with piney hops, biscuity malt, and light citrus. Piney and bitter, with little depth. Decent.
Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2018 at 01:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Amber, with a thin head. The coriander is the most prominent thing on the nose, with some subtropical hops and a touch of biscuity malt. Has a fair bit of bitterness, and then more coriander. Hops aren't super-bright, but the bitterness and balancing malts help. Decent.
Tried on 06 Jul 2018 at 01:35