Red Racer IPA

Ceecee · Post by **Ceecee** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:13 am

It's back!

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:56 am

Ceecee wrote:It's back!

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Fri May 25, 2012 10:03 am

Thanks for the update! Gonna grab some tonight.

Droogy · Post by **Droogy** » Fri May 25, 2012 5:54 pm

Ceecee wrote:It's back!

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594

Celebrate good times!!!!

Cale · Post by **Cale** » Fri May 25, 2012 5:58 pm

Ceecee wrote:
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594

Sorry, babe. I tried to stay faithful but you were gone too long. I met someone new. His name is Cameron. You'd like him... you have a lot of things in common. Maybe we can still be friends?

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Fri May 25, 2012 6:02 pm

Cale wrote:
Ceecee wrote:
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594
Sorry, babe. I tried to stay faithful but you were gone too long. I met someone new. His name is Cameron. You'd like him... you have a lot of things in common. Maybe we can still be friends?

ahaha I was thinking the same thing. The Racer is closer for me though. Drank my last RPA last weekend.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:23 pm

Cale wrote:
Ceecee wrote:
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=256594
Sorry, babe. I tried to stay faithful but you were gone too long. I met someone new. His name is Cameron. You'd like him... you have a lot of things in common. Maybe we can still be friends?

...or maybe you could come over while Cameron's here, and you know, what ever happens, happens...

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri May 25, 2012 11:30 pm

I've been sustaining my hop fix on the various Hopheads and Fat Tug. I really ought to pick this up sometime... I think it's been about a year!

The local stores have delisted all the other regular CC brews, because they weren't selling.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sat May 26, 2012 3:05 pm

This stuff is great and I'm happy it's back - even many newer craft beer people seem to really like this beer.

I just need to clear away some of the Mad Tom, Liberty Ale, Stone IPA, DFH 90, Ruination, Commodore Perry & Nugget Nectar...

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:32 pm

Belgian wrote: I just need to clear away some of the Mad Tom, Liberty Ale, Stone IPA, DFH 90, Ruination, Commodore Perry & Nugget Nectar...

Must be nice.. Went through 6 of the 12 red racer this afternoon.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Mon May 28, 2012 9:50 am

did anyone else notice the price change on this? It's now listed at 2.55$ - hot deal!

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon May 28, 2012 10:09 am

spinrsx wrote:did anyone else notice the price change on this? It's now listed at 2.55$ - hot deal!

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:41 am

spinrsx wrote: did anyone else notice the price change on this? It's now listed at 2.55$ - hot deal!

That means 6 cans are ~$1.50 cheaper than a sixer of RPA, and the serving sizes are slightly larger (355 vs. 341). The down side? My cans have a best before date of late August.

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Mon May 28, 2012 12:32 pm

cratez wrote:
spinrsx wrote: did anyone else notice the price change on this? It's now listed at 2.55$ - hot deal!
That means 6 cans are ~$1.50 cheaper than a sixer of RPA, and the serving sizes are slightly larger (355 vs. 341). The down side? My cans have a best before date of late August.

Didn't check the BB dates on the cans I bought. If it is in fact August. I don't think I'll have a problem consuming a 24 or 2 of these before then.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon May 28, 2012 12:46 pm

cratez wrote:The down side? My cans have a best before date of late August.

I bet those are fresh and it's just that they don't recommend an extremely long shelf life.

Someone could write them to ask, but next time I'm at the brewpub I'll try to remember to check the dates on their cans.

I think Driftwoods Fat Tug is dated best before 3 or 4 months as well. Sure they're still very drinkable after that (especially if they're in your fridge), but the hops are best when they're fresh.

Strangely, the Lighthouse Switchback is WAY better fresh. It seemed to go downhill after just a couple months in the fridge. I know people have commented on the Flying Monkey brews doing this as well. The late-hopping is great when it's fresh, but I think hops that are boiled a bit seem to be more stable over time. It might be a characteristic of the latest high-alpha varieties as well.