Voodoo Ranger Sweet Ride Juicy IPA
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Series|
Score
6.14
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Bright, juicy flavor meets pure crushability. Strap up, this sweet ride runs wide open.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz can from Publix. Pours a cloudy light yellow-gold color with a bright white head and decent retention. Good lacing. Indistinct juicy aroma. Light grapefruit, pineapple, and wheat ale flavor, leaning towards the tart side. Drying finish. I don't taste any hops or bitterness. More subtle than I expected. Medium body and medium-light carbonation. Low bitterness. And the 6.5% ABV is well hidden.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2026
at 01:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Another Voodoo Ranger IPA from New Belgium, geez they produce a lot of them. 12 oz can that came from the nearest large supermarket. I begrudgingly bring out a snifter to go with this beer, usually the VR brews don’t justify one. I pour to see a pleasant looking, clear gold liquid finished up by a creamy head of unquestionably white foam that steadily settles. I lift the glass and smell citrus and some tropical and am not surprised. A taste gives oranges, a hint of pineapple, grain and minimal bit of hops. Sort of thin in sensation. My expectations have been met.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2026
at 22:57
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 5
Aromas are resin, malt, fruit punch and MJ. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose. Fruit punch comes on stronger. More sweet than bitter with good carbonation. Unbalanced. Just drinkable.
Tried
from Can
at
Festival Foods - La Crosse
on 29 May 2026
at 02:35
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a lightly hazy, pale lemon yellow, with minimal head. Aroma is very fruity--kind of a fake, bathroom cleaner kind of fruity. Flavors largely follow--tastes kind of like liquid Juicy Fruit gum (and not in a good way). Very thin mouthfeel. Mild hip bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Super One Liquors
on 16 May 2026
at 02:07
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2026
at 12:48
2.1/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 5
Flavor 1
Texture 1
Overall 0.5
Can from Jr's. Practically clear pale eye. Nice big fluffy head. Maybe some lighter aroma mixture of mango, pineapple, papaya, banana, coconut, and passion fruit, who knows. Taste? Well, yes, traditionally IPA, since its another one of those stupid ass BS voodoo ranger bombs, it's trying to be an IPA. Additionally, straight up sicky sweet. Mouthcoating megacycle. Not into these IPAs except for a whore tick. It was pretty cheap on the rack, as well as all those obtuse idiotic VD rangers are cheaply made, you know it. NB has made a million off this moronic brainless brand and how many are there BTW? A zillion? No. that's how many IPA are out there. So there must be a billion of the voodoo stranger danger pierre-jean de beranger voodoo ranger. Go figger there, you have it. Directly from the macro lager lovers horse's mouth. This don't even have a good enough ABV value to yield a decent buzz, blah.
Tried
from Can
from
JR's Beer Warehouse
on 05 May 2026
at 17:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Yellow with a large fluffy white head that lingered and left good lacing. Sweet and tangy with a Jolly Rancher candy note. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2026
at 20:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz can. Aroma is packed with tropical fruit notes, from mango to coconut to pineapple—most likely artificial, but I can’t tell. Smells good. Pours hazy golden with a half finger bone-white head that reduces quickly to a ring and skiff of foam. Taste is lightly bitter with loads of tropical fruit character. Body is pretty thin and watery.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2026
at 03:28