Brut Squad IPA
Bear Republic Brewing Co.
- From:
- Bear Republic Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Brut IPA
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 10.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 26, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 05, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
A new style of beer that is sweeping through the Bay Area craft beer community and beyond. Ours is deftly hopped with Galaxy and Hallertau Blanc for a fruit forward tropical nose and low bitterness. Like the bubbly French wine this beer is, bone dry and extra carbonated
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.45/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Had this at BeerNV. Pours yellow with good clarity, 1/3" white head. Aroma wasn't over the top dry hopping, I'm yet to have a brut ipa that imparts a significant amount of hop aroma. Dunno the tech specs of that, but some science nerd I'm sure could weigh in. The hallertau blanc came out more, but that provides more of a grape impact.
Taste was good, hops came out more, beer was plenty drinkable and light. Bitterness was average. Reminded me of the grape like qualities in new glarus's berliner weisse. The commercial tug job about tropical flavors from the Galaxy hop seems overstated, I didn't really feel that. The weird thing was that this didn't feel all that dry, just seemed like an ipa they made with green grapes (or more accurately, hopped with a unique hop that imparts this effect). Just because you amp the carbonation up doesn't make one a brut ipa.
Dec 20, 2018Taste was good, hops came out more, beer was plenty drinkable and light. Bitterness was average. Reminded me of the grape like qualities in new glarus's berliner weisse. The commercial tug job about tropical flavors from the Galaxy hop seems overstated, I didn't really feel that. The weird thing was that this didn't feel all that dry, just seemed like an ipa they made with green grapes (or more accurately, hopped with a unique hop that imparts this effect). Just because you amp the carbonation up doesn't make one a brut ipa.
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.73/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
My first Brut IPA. Looks and feels like sparking wine. Very dry. Not a ton of hop flavor - some citrus perhaps. And could I be imagining that white grape flavor...or is it just the power of suggestion. Overall, I'm not convinced this is an IPA but I will reserve judgment until I've had a few more in the "Brut" style.
Sep 27, 2018
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.98/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Straw yellow in color with a quarter inch of creamy eggshell white on top. Heavy lacing. The aroma is of pine. I’m tasting faint pine and light crackery malt. The mouth is bone dry and crisp.
Sep 21, 2018
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.4/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On-draught @ Falling Rock Taphouse, Denver, CO.
Soft. Nice hop profile. Not real dry.
B- / WORTHY
Sep 09, 2018Soft. Nice hop profile. Not real dry.
B- / WORTHY
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.5/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
9/8/18 draft @ The Brew Kettle, Hudson
Sep 08, 2018Reviewed by D_Rogue from California
4.7/5 rDev +23%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.7/5 rDev +23%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Bear Republic nailed it with the Brut Squad! No harsh IPA bite, yet still hoppy. I dig it!
After having this beer a couple more times I slightly downgraded my ratings. Still a really good beer, and maybe my score is still a little too high, but just thought I'd revise my review.
Sep 01, 2018After having this beer a couple more times I slightly downgraded my ratings. Still a really good beer, and maybe my score is still a little too high, but just thought I'd revise my review.
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