Blue Paddle
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Czech Pilsner / Světlý Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.16
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Climb on in and grab a paddle. Our first foray into lagered beers, Blue Paddle Pilsener-Lager, is a Czech style pilsener with a refreshing crispness from noble hops and a rich, malty finish. Blue Paddle refers to the implement our warehouse manager's Grandma once used to lovingly paddle his a** when she caught him stealing sips of her beer. With more body than a traditional Belgian pils, Blue Paddle is reflective of Europe’s finest pilseners.
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Tried
on 03 May 2026
at 14:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Not a big fan of this style but for a pilsener, not bad. Clean, golden color, what you would expect from a pilsener. The aroma is like most traditional, american pilseners. Had a nice bitter flavor that would have been better on a hot summer day. Recommened at least once.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:16
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:51
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 01 Feb 2020
at 05:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Kroger bottle. Clear pale golden, lots of bubbles, small white head. Crisp grasses in the nose. Flavor is grasses, bread, cracker, grain, glue. Simple, drinkable, but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2019
at 23:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
3 week old bottle from mixed 12 A: Poured 1/2 of thick foam atop a pale brassy gold body with very active carbonation. Head fell to a ring and pad, leaving sheets of lace. S: Very herbal hay and grass scent with just a hint of sweet bread dough. T: Hoppy with herbs, grass and a hint of lemon. Bitterness is light with a honey note to balance. M: Light and smooth textured with soft, coating carbonation. O: Very nice hoppy pils. If they sold this on its own I'd buy a 6 pack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2018
at 20:08
Tried
on 29 Oct 2016
at 13:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
The 12 oz. bottle came out of New Belgium’s Folly 12 pack. Doubt I would have tried it otherwise, just not my style. Poured into a globe glass with a decent appearing golden yellow color. Very little head and what there was promptly thinned out. Attractive bubbling though. Small nose, hay and grass. Taste of grain, water, nothing extraordinary. Reminds me of a big brew light beer. Maybe I am spoiled by the more challenging beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2016
at 17:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample at SBWF 2016. A bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma and taste of bread, grass, light fruit and some hops. Fairly light and with a medium bitter finish.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2016
at 03:24
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Looking forward to trying this bottle, never saw it before round here. Looks pale clear and refreshing enough. Smells like its gonna a be a strong tasting pilsner, and it is. Lots of sharper old country pilsner effects. Good sizzle as well which seems to make it more enjoyable. Getting better as the session continues. Finishes with a decent enough pilsner kick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2016
at 16:13