Bear Republic, Black Racer IPA

Fabulous tropical fruit nose this one from Bear Republic, the taste was a more gentle hop flavour followed by a much heavier malt attack. Very joyful bitter aftertaste! Great stuff. My burps tasted of Rio Riva.

Bear Republic, Big Bear Stout

Almost a salty nose off the bottle on this one, meaty and smoky. An ephemeral hop aroma and taste here, very much my bag for stouts. Some berries at the back of the throat on the occasional sip. I possibly drank this a bit too cold, so I suppose I'll be forced to try this again at some point.... I drank this whilst watching that new Star Trek film with Cumberbatch in it. It was alright I suppose, if you like that sort of thing. Spock doing the 'Kaaaahhhnnnn' thing was pretty lame Milhouse though.

Bear Republic, Racer 5

Fantastic tropical nose on this classic bottle conditioned US IPA from Bear Republic. Seamless flow from fruitiness into bitter pine sap, followed by a tongue chewing bitterness for ages afterwards. I can't believe it's taken me so long to get around to blogging this beer, I used to drink it ages ago. Pretty cool that you can get this served in a frosted glass from Byron.

Bear Republic, Hop Rod Rye

My first taste of a rye IPA by Bear Republic. My brother brought this one down from Kris Wines for me. This beer booted me in the knackers then legged it with my wallet.