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Red Racer India Style Red Ale
Central City Brewers + Distillers
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- From:
- Central City Brewers + Distillers
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 9.34%
- Reviews:
- 54
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 05, 2019
- Added:
- Oct 14, 2005
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 29
Formerly Red Racer ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
The use of crystal malt lends to this beer’s flavour and colour profile. Packed with hops from the North West and United Kingdom this is our original take on the classic English bitter.
The use of crystal malt lends to this beer’s flavour and colour profile. Packed with hops from the North West and United Kingdom this is our original take on the classic English bitter.
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
473 ml can served cold into an MGD glass. Purchased from the LCBO for around $3 CDN. Let's see if this red ale lives up to some of the other beers in Central City's portfolio.
Appearance - Very clear amber / red in color. Impressive finger and change of ivory head, loads of sticky lacing left behind. Plenty of carbonation and impressive retention. Great looking beer.
Smell - Some graininess initially with a wallop of hops backing. Astringent, piney and intense. Basically smells like a Red Racer beer.
Taste - Starts initially bitter and as you prepare for the hop wallop, the beer lets its foot of the gas, and everything just kind of fades away. Hops return with some grainy flavors, and a briefly metallic flavor makes itself present. Still very good, just a bit of a let down.
Mouthfeel - Smooth, a little bit oily (you can feel the hop oils in this one), expressive carbonation. Keeps the tongue singing. Body is fairly light.
Overall - Central City has created another delicious beer with generous hops, just enough graininess to keep things balanced and a wonderful aroma and feel to alongside this. Definitely worth a shot for Ontario shoppers seeing as this doesn't come along too often (can't recall seeing this in LCBO's anytime in the last 3 years).
Nov 18, 2016Appearance - Very clear amber / red in color. Impressive finger and change of ivory head, loads of sticky lacing left behind. Plenty of carbonation and impressive retention. Great looking beer.
Smell - Some graininess initially with a wallop of hops backing. Astringent, piney and intense. Basically smells like a Red Racer beer.
Taste - Starts initially bitter and as you prepare for the hop wallop, the beer lets its foot of the gas, and everything just kind of fades away. Hops return with some grainy flavors, and a briefly metallic flavor makes itself present. Still very good, just a bit of a let down.
Mouthfeel - Smooth, a little bit oily (you can feel the hop oils in this one), expressive carbonation. Keeps the tongue singing. Body is fairly light.
Overall - Central City has created another delicious beer with generous hops, just enough graininess to keep things balanced and a wonderful aroma and feel to alongside this. Definitely worth a shot for Ontario shoppers seeing as this doesn't come along too often (can't recall seeing this in LCBO's anytime in the last 3 years).
Reviewed by DaveBar from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Purchased at the LCBO for just under $3.00 for a 473ml can. Served at 4deg C in a draught glass
A- Opens well and pours a 1/2" high white head that is gone within a minute or two. Nice medium brown/red colour and filtered clear
S- Not a lot here. Some malt
T- Malty. Very malty. Kind of single ended. Not a lot of body or depth. Different though
M- Dry and tart.
O- Not a great brew. I like it but it's not something I will buy again.
Food Pairing
This ok brew went well with...... BBQ chicken with just a sprinkle of seasonings
Enjoy
Jul 01, 2016A- Opens well and pours a 1/2" high white head that is gone within a minute or two. Nice medium brown/red colour and filtered clear
S- Not a lot here. Some malt
T- Malty. Very malty. Kind of single ended. Not a lot of body or depth. Different though
M- Dry and tart.
O- Not a great brew. I like it but it's not something I will buy again.
Food Pairing
This ok brew went well with...... BBQ chicken with just a sprinkle of seasonings
Enjoy
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.85/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours deep reddish bronze with a bubbly wispy head that leaves behind big ridges and chunks of lace. Caramel, crystal malt, grapefruit and rye bread in the nose. The taste is malty with a toffee sweetness and some toastyness. Citrusy hops shine through the sturdy malt profile to provide some balance. The mouthfeel is quite full bodied , with a textured, subtle carbonation. The finish is medium bitter with lingering malt flavors.
This is a nice red ale. Complex malt profile with good hop balance. Could be a bit more bitter and less sweet though. This worth a try.
Jun 17, 2016This is a nice red ale. Complex malt profile with good hop balance. Could be a bit more bitter and less sweet though. This worth a try.
Reviewed by Rukeli76 from Canada (ON)
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
473ml can poured into a nonic pint.
Bright amber colour. Not much head. Plenty of lacing.
Piny hop aroma. Some sweet malt too.
Slightly more bitter than I expected. Lots of pine up front. Backed with some fruity Centennial/Cascade hop complexity. A bit more malt sweetness than the standard IPA, but it's not a malt-forward beer.
Medium body. Medium carbonation. Lingering bitterness.
This is another excellent beer from Red Racer. I can see myself picking this up a lot when I'm looking to drink something a bit lighter than my beloved Red Racer IPA -- the ISA in the summer, this in the winter. I'm a little surprised to learn that they once called this an ESB, as it's so clearly a West Coast-style North American beer.
May 02, 2016Bright amber colour. Not much head. Plenty of lacing.
Piny hop aroma. Some sweet malt too.
Slightly more bitter than I expected. Lots of pine up front. Backed with some fruity Centennial/Cascade hop complexity. A bit more malt sweetness than the standard IPA, but it's not a malt-forward beer.
Medium body. Medium carbonation. Lingering bitterness.
This is another excellent beer from Red Racer. I can see myself picking this up a lot when I'm looking to drink something a bit lighter than my beloved Red Racer IPA -- the ISA in the summer, this in the winter. I'm a little surprised to learn that they once called this an ESB, as it's so clearly a West Coast-style North American beer.
Red Racer India Style Red Ale from Central City Brewers + Distillers
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
155 ratings
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