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Race Rocks Ale
Lighthouse Brewing Company
- From:
- Lighthouse Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
Ranked #106 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #20,657 - Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 9.55%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 03, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 13, 2002
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 14
A blend of the finest specialty malts gives Race Rocks Ale it’s smooth, complex character and deep chestnut colour. Don’t let its dark colour scare you; toasted biscuit flavours with subtle notes of caramel and chocolate make Race Rocks an exceptionally mellow, well balanced ale to please any taste.
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Ratings by CalgaryFMC:
Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
4.03/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle poured into English pub glass. A rich reddish bronze hue with a foamy beige head of moderate size and a decidedly malt-forward aroma, caramel and faint chocolate biscuit with some green floral English hops (Goldings to my nose). Palate is nutty, lightly roasted, and redolent with malt complexity, hops in a decidedly supportive role but this works superbly well here. There is hazelnut and perhaps a hint of almond initially, with these elements duly replaced by some light apricot and chocolate for the middle section, with the almond and cashew notes returning for the finish along with further earthy hops. Low to moderate carbonation and smooth, full-bodied mouthfeel. Wonderful English ale with a perfect degree of caramel sweetness, variegated nuttiness, and solid hop character. Also relatively easy to track down in Alberta and BC.
May 07, 2014More User Ratings:
Rated by wildvanisle from Canada (BC)
3.52/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Solid
Mar 03, 2023Reviewed by MAB from Canada (AB)
3.88/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Custom Advent calendar- Day 7
A Scotch Ale from Victoria that I remember having on-tap (in Sydney) probably 20 years ago. Nice body, good head to start, copper colour. Great balance but ending sweet and malty as it should.
Nov 10, 2022A Scotch Ale from Victoria that I remember having on-tap (in Sydney) probably 20 years ago. Nice body, good head to start, copper colour. Great balance but ending sweet and malty as it should.
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
3.06/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Clear dark red-brown color. Poured a tall head that collapsed to a thick skiff after a couple of minutes. Too dark to see the carbonation level. Left narrow strips of lacing.
Light spice and caramel malt scent. Slightly sweet. Swirling the glass kicked up a mild barnyard that gave way to a fresh minty smell.
Medium-light malt. Light sweet that got sweeter as it warmed up. The aftertaste was a slow fade out of the sweet malt with a hint of bitters and a spice I couldn't identify.
Moderate tongue tingling. Quickly grew to a large bubbled foam. Felt a little oily.
Not much character to the flavor. Strong suggestion of a soft-drink, like unsweetened coke.
Mar 29, 2021Light spice and caramel malt scent. Slightly sweet. Swirling the glass kicked up a mild barnyard that gave way to a fresh minty smell.
Medium-light malt. Light sweet that got sweeter as it warmed up. The aftertaste was a slow fade out of the sweet malt with a hint of bitters and a spice I couldn't identify.
Moderate tongue tingling. Quickly grew to a large bubbled foam. Felt a little oily.
Not much character to the flavor. Strong suggestion of a soft-drink, like unsweetened coke.
Reviewed by NordicIslander from Canada (SK)
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Little to no head, regardless it dissipated quickly. Color is cola/caramel. Get a bit of malts and caramel nose. Malt and biscuit taste. Nice sweet finish at end. Carbonation pretty much was nowhere to be found during last third of the glass; beer was finished in roughly 10 minutes so that speaks to how quickly the head and carbonation get away on you. To be clear, the flavour of the beer is absolutely satisfying but beer becomes somewhat listless and watery toward the end.
Jul 03, 2015Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Lighthouse Brewing 'Race Rocks Ale' @ 5.2% , served from 3 x 355 ml bottles
A-pour is amber from the bottle to a dark amber in the glass with a thin tan head which is quickly dissapating leaving a minimal lace ring along the pint
S-(even thou I'm plugged)bready , caramel , hint of nuts
T-again bready , caramel malt , thick
MF-low mild carbonation , light medium body
Ov- this the flagship beer from Lighthouse at times it tastes like an Brown ale , ok beer
prost LampertLand
Nov 27, 2014A-pour is amber from the bottle to a dark amber in the glass with a thin tan head which is quickly dissapating leaving a minimal lace ring along the pint
S-(even thou I'm plugged)bready , caramel , hint of nuts
T-again bready , caramel malt , thick
MF-low mild carbonation , light medium body
Ov- this the flagship beer from Lighthouse at times it tastes like an Brown ale , ok beer
prost LampertLand
Rated by drstafford from Canada (AB)
4/5 rDev +6.1%
4/5 rDev +6.1%
one of my new standard 'go-to' beers now, starting to see this in calgary now!
Oct 04, 2014
Race Rocks Ale from Lighthouse Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
73 ratings
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