Bear Republic Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Cloverdale,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Drake’s Brewing Company
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1995
After 11 years of rapid growth, we opened our Factory 5 brewery in Cloverdale, California, where we brew and package all our beer that goes to market. We hand select our ingredients for each batch, the grains and hops we use are chosen for their unique characteristics and the recipes and formulations are patiently developed over time. Many recipes start as a home-brew and then develop into the commercial beer available in many retail outlets today. We pride ourselves in using our established methods while always looking to improve efficiencies and techniques that allow us to provide quality beer to share with the world.
Beginning 2023 thw brewery was acquired by Drake’s Brewing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours black - tastes black. A bit on the mild side for an I Russian but pretty good nontheless.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught from Blind Tiger. Poured a dark brownish black, the malt is strong in this one. I liked her.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Re rate via bottle. Poured reddish brownish, pretty clear. Very floral aroma, but strong maltiness also in the taste. A noticeable beer.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Golden slightly hazy. Medium head with a lot of lace. Citrus aroma. Taste is grapefruit, bitter usual IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle. It's not very good. Golden in color with an ok two finger head. Aroma is a weak grain smell. Taste is just chemical bitterness. Just didn't care for it.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Old rating from 2017 - 330ml bottle, brought from Love Wine in Jersey. Pours caramel with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, grain, toffee, toasted bread, pine, grass, cherry, apricot & malt. Medium body. Medium bitter finish.
RB score 3.87
RB score 3.93
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A typical west coast american IPA. Front loaded with a WHACK of hops, wicked grapefruit, citrus, and piney aromas. A crap ton of hops in the flavour, a nice bitterness to finish. Nothing out of this world, but still very good.