Somersault
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.52
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Somersault Ale was designed to be a fun roll around on the tongue while requiring only the minimum of palate gymnastics. In other words, this perfect summer lounge around beer is ridiculously fun and easy to drink. Even though the second Somersault goes down as effortlessly the first, our brewer Grady actually has quite a few remarkable notes at play in the nose, flavor and mouthfeel. There is an opening brace of citrus aroma from Centennial hops, a soft apricot fruitiness tucked into the flavor, a fresh snap from a sliver of ginger root, finished with oats in a long cool mash. Color is blonde with a suggestion of cloudiness. Somersaults all around!
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Texas Beerfest. Pours a cloudy orange with a frothy off white head that lasts awhile. The aroma is a sweet fruit aroma with cirtrus apricot and ginger. Medium mouthfeel with a strong ginger flavor and citrus. Easy to drink a decent blond from New Belgium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2011
at 22:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear gold pour - lively carbonation and a moderate ring of creamy lace - semi-tart nose, with notes of apricot, orange, lemon zest, ginger - very refreshing, summery aroma - moderately tingly carbonation - tart up front, with a bit of wheaty flavor and a touch of bitter hops - this is followed quickly by a light sweetness and flavors of lemon and tropical fruits - just a hint of ginger on the tail end, spicing things up for the dry finish - subtle, crisp and refreshing - a nice change of pace from your typical lawnmower beer.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2011
at 19:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Not a bad summer beer from New Belgium, with a complexity of flavor that’s always welcome in hot-weather beer. Starts with a modest tartness that quickly slides into a grainy, slightly sweet center, before the Centennial hops provide minor bitterness on the finish. The oats give the brew a silky feel, although a little more carbonation wouldn’t hurt. Yeah, Somersault has apricots, but they don’t play enough of a role to put us in fruit beer territory. And the ginger adds a touch of spiciness that helps ease the pain from lack of hops. All in all, the bottle makes for a decent diversion on a hot day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2011
at 12:09