Believe it or not I had never tried Racer 5 before. I have actually tried a couple of solid clones of this beer thanks to one of the Masholes; but never let him know that I had no idea what he was cloning. Now that I have tried the original, I see why he is so into making the clones… Something this tasty deserves to be duplicated.
Hoppy at first – hits you right away but not over the top. Actually a nice malty smoothness to this brew, balancing the whole thing off. It has a real fresh hop to it too. Of course it will not be the kind of beer a hop head will get all excited about, I would imagine it is a bit too malty for those freaks to get their jollies on. But for a more tame hop enthusiast like me – this works just fine.
Good and drinkable, a solid IPA.
