Red Racer IPA (India Pale Ale)
Central City Brewers + Distillers

Red Racer IPA (India Pale Ale)Red Racer IPA (India Pale Ale)
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From:
Central City Brewers + Distillers
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #84
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,294
Avg:
4.23 | pDev: 9.93%
Reviews:
500
Ratings:
1,143
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 08, 2023
Added:
Apr 10, 2009
Wants:
  202
Gots:
  205
A style of ale that was fashioned to survive the long voyage from England to India during the British colonization. Hop, hops, and more hops! This ale has an intense aroma and a long lingering finish. A beer for the connoisseur, this is the Brewmasters choice.

Known as Red Betty IPA in the United States.
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Ratings by deltatauhobbit:
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Reviewed by deltatauhobbit from Maine

4.72/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Pours an amber/orange color with a perfect sized head that fades slowly enough, also leaves quite the cap on top and some sticky lacing along the glass.

The smell has that perfect balance between citrus and piney hops and compliment each other, in the back there is some caramel malt.

Taste has a nice crisp body to it yet the carbonation is also rather soft and creamy, the hops are the show but the bitterness isn't overwhelming either, I like the citrus the most from this beer but there's also a piney presence so it isn't one-sided when it comes to the hops, there is a significant caramel malt backing but in the end it makes this beer more balanced and far more drinkable.

It's weird that a canned Canadian beer can turn out to be such a great IPA, I'm just glad Maine happens to be one of the states that receives it right now.
Aug 18, 2010
More User Ratings:
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Rated by erickc from Washington

4.16/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had from a can poured into a glass.
May 08, 2023
 
Rated: 3.65 by vidisad from California

Jan 03, 2023
 
 
Rated: 4.02 by Roejogan from Canada (BC)

Feb 11, 2022
 
Rated: 3.64 by MRUZI from Canada (BC)

Oct 17, 2021
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Rated by Berts_Speakeasy from Canada (AB)

2.36/5  rDev -44.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.5
Disappointing
Off Flavours
Bland
Jan 17, 2021
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Reviewed by InspectorHound from Canada (ON)

3.7/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: Bright clear copper with a two finger frothy offwhite head. Head disapates very slowly.
Smell: Pine with a hint of citrus.
Taste: Dank and earthy. Lots of pine resin and hop dominant.
Feel: Medium bodied, and crisp.
A good representation of a west coast IPA. I prefer NEIPA's though. This earns a B for my palate, if your a west coast IPA fan this would likely earn higher for your taste preferences.
Dec 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4.49 by Isaac_L95 from Canada (ON)

Oct 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by Insomniac from Canada (ON)

Aug 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.43 by TheNakedLunch from Canada (BC)

Jun 26, 2020
 
Rated: 4.4 by dansmcd from Australia

May 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by AlvinLin from New York

Jan 13, 2020
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Rated by Sedunova from Canada (BC)

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Good as any IPA I've tried. Oversize 500ml can (US 16.9 Fl Oz) for the same price puts it at the top of the list.
Dec 02, 2019
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Rated by Leeloy

4.57/5  rDev +8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Strong hop aromas ( citrus and pine ). Clear copper colour with a medium head. Slight bitterness for the style with malty notes. Classic IPA.
Nov 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.68 by ben741 from Canada (ON)

Jun 29, 2019
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Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)

3.46/5  rDev -18.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Look: Clear dark copper color. Pours a light head that quickly turned into medium sized bubbles reduced to a thin skiff across the top of the glass after a minute. Mix of bubble sizes rising from the bottom of the glass.
Smell: The hops dominate, followed by some malts and something a little funky. Swirling the brings out a strong barnyard scent.
Taste: Overwhelmingly hops but not as much bitter as the hops promise. Malt and the funky barnyard quickly pop up, to be followed by the bitters in the aftertaste.
Feel: Tongue tingling carbonation that slowly foams up to large bubbles.
Overall: A lot of malt for an IPA. This used to be more fruity in previous years. I preferred the fruit to the current barnyard.
Jun 14, 2019
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Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas

4.21/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From a tallboy can. Copper color with white head. Citrusy hop smell. Medium feel. Hop flavors dominate with juicy citrus followed by a lingering pine taste. Excellent!
May 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by IPAnicked from Canada (BC)

Apr 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.37 by EricPhilpott from Canada (ON)

Mar 27, 2019
Red Racer IPA (India Pale Ale) from Central City Brewers + Distillers
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