Racer 5 (USA)
If you can ignore the cheesy American bullcrap printed on the side of the bottle ("...the next generation of IPA. Racer 5 Go Go...") you will find an excellent beer. I found this in what must have been the world's loudest pub, in London. It would have been nice to drink this slowly, but because I wanted to leave before deafness struck, I had to down this quite fast. Didn't really make a difference to my opinion of it though. It was great.
Guinness Foreign Extra (Ireland)
There are three different types of Guinness in the book. And this must be the bigger, more psychotic brother of the family. It tastes almost the same as regular Guinness, only a little bit more boozy, which is understandable, as it's 7.4%. There was also a slightly smoky aftertaste, which I didn't like too much either. The big brother is slightly inferior to it's little sibling.
Racer 5 is probably my #1 IPA. It's the one I point the curious to. For the record, I believe Racer 5 is a reference to the Japanese anime show Speed Racer, where the main character's car was the Mach 5.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wish I didn't live in the states; we only get two versions of Guinness, and both are just watered down (God knows why...). I'll have to hop across the pond at some point and get a hold of it.
Cool blog, man. I started to wonder why I saw so few American beers on the list (and believe me, there's got to be some good ones in that book), then I saw you're in Finland. Either way, good luck in your search! I might have to subscribe to see where you go with this!
Racer 5 was really amazing, but I could say the same about all the American IPAs I've had so far.
DeleteAnd you're right, there are a lot of American beers in the book, almost half of the book, in fact. But living in Finland makes it quite hard to find them. So sometimes I wish I did live in the States.
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Michael