New Belgium Brewing Company Voodoo Ranger Hop Avenger IPA

Voodoo Ranger Hop Avenger IPA

 

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

  IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.97
ABV: 7.7% IBU: 45 Ticks: 20
The people have spoken! With over 50,000 votes, Hop Avenger IPA edged out Starship IPA in the battle for the next super beer! With its super juicy tropical aromas and light sweetness, Hop Avenger IPA packs a powerful pineapple punch!
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with light backing malt.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2019 at 23:56

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 oz from a six pack. Aroma is cantaloupe, citrus peel and flesh, bready, hint of passionfruit. Pours hazy orange with lots of floaties and a bone-white head with good retention. Taste is juicy sweet, dank, with a moderate pithy bitterness. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 01 Dec 2019 at 00:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught @ Malt & Mold. Hazy dark yellow with largish foamy off-white head with considerable lacing, faintly resinous aroma, bitter resinous taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Decent.
Tried on 22 Nov 2019 at 21:24

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at Applebee's, Edison. Hazy orange, beige head, heavy lace. Pineapple, grapefruit, grass. On the thin side feel-wise and flavor-wise. Lightly dry on the close. Okay.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2019 at 20:55

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
OnTap, hazy deep orange with a dense lasting blanket of fine bubbles coating the edges. Deep muted grassy and floral piney hop aromas and flavors. A heavy smooth feel and sot piney bitter hop note. Full bodied and sturdy.
Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2019 at 19:44

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours moderately hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is juicy, slightly sweet. Med body. Flavor is earthy/juicy - pineapple prickles - green melon. Surprisingly dry. Nicely bitter. Good.
Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2019 at 23:51

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 10/26/19. Murky orange, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of dank, pineapple, pale malt. Taste is dank, earth, pine, pineapple, pale malt. Medium bodied, juicy, moderate bitterness.
Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2019 at 04:23

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
Pretty rough IPA, with a honey malt sweetness too clingy for the style and a weird earthy, wet cardboard hop presence on the back end giving a wort-like funkiness to the whole thing. Nice pineapple-mango-lemondrop juiciness helps, but it can't right the ship. Not great, NB.
Tried from Can on 12 Oct 2019 at 21:59

This is decent. Good effort.
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2019 at 18:58

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into signature globe glass; canned on 9/13/2019, best before 1/19/2020. Pours very hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, green peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel/nutty, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, green peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel/nutty, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, green peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of alcohol for 7.7%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Nicely soft and not overly aggressive. Awesome Nugget, Mosaic, Ekuanot, Jester, Chinook, Citra, Mandarina Bavaria profile. Extremely vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; with a nice clean bready Munich malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected. Another great addition to the series.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2019 at 00:12