New Belgium Brewing Company Tartastic: Raspberry Lime Ale

Tartastic: Raspberry Lime Ale

 

New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Rotating Out of Production
Score
5.95
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 8 Ticks: 24
Brewed with raspberry and lime purees for an irresistibly playful sweet-tart sip that’ll put a smile on your face every time.
 

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6/10
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2018 at 23:20


6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Raspberry and cheesy funk on the nose, strawberry highlights. Clear rose, medium pink head, almost no retention. Biscuit, raspberry, dry, not tart. Light body, easy carbonation. Not the least bit tart.
Tried on 26 Mar 2018 at 00:13

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a hazy salmon color with a large foamy pink-white head that faded and left decent lacing. The aroma was lime soda, artificial berry and sugar. The flavor was tart artificial berry, cracker and grain. Medium length finish. Light body.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2018 at 01:19

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at P&P Charleston. Clear pink with small off-white head. Aroma is lime, medium body, low carbonation , and little lacing. Taste is raspberry, lime, and a little tart. A little artificial.
Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2018 at 00:58

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle: Pours a hazy, sort of watermelon-juice pink with a foamy pink-cast white head. Aroma of raspberries, wheat. Taste is dull raspberry, wheat malt, a touch of lime. Watery and dull.......nothing at all pops in this offering.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2018 at 23:34

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Enjoy by May 20th 2018.

Pours a clear gold with, like the head of foam, pinkish infusion. Lacing is so so.

Smells of raspberries, light lime and wheat. I'm gonna say that the tartness level is going to mild, judging from the smell.

Yep, mild raspberry tartness, lime is almost unnoticeable, wheat, being low in alcohol, somewhat watery which also describes the mouthfeel.

Frambozen light? I would take the extra body and flavour each and every time.
Tried on 27 Feb 2018 at 20:55

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, best before 5/20/2018. Pours lightly hazy reddish/pinkish orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin, lemon, lime, cherry, green apple, pear, white grape, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity yeast, raspberries, lime, and light-moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin, lemon, lime, cherry, green apple, pear, white grape, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Mild fruit tang/tartness, bitterness, and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of raspberries, fruit skin, lemon, lime, cherry, green apple, pear, white grape, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, raspberries, lime, and light-moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from fruit tang/tartness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a good fruit beer. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, raspberries, lime, and light-moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the mildly tart/tangy finish. Very flavorful and not watery feeling for the ABV. Was expecting this to be a Berliner like the ginger one, and it would have been better if it were. Not enough tartness present from the fruits to really live up to the name, but otherwise nicely enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2018 at 23:42

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
12oz bottle. Purple-red body. Pink hued off-white head. Big, bright, artificial fruit tones. Really lacks malt depth, very simplistic body. Aspirin dry almost hibiscus tone. Really insipid stuff. Weak sauce.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2018 at 22:49

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Milwaukee. Hazy pink, thin foamy white head, decent retention. Aroma of earth, berry, lime, toasted malt. The taste is juicy berries, lime, grainy malt. Medium bodied, juicy, just a tad bit artificial. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2018 at 03:23