California Route
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
California Common / Steam Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.68
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For 40 years, Patagonia has led the way in developing innovative outdoor gear and in environmental responsibility. To toast the company’s accomplishments, New Belgium partnered with Patagonia to create California Route, an organic California common-style beer. Boasting California lager yeast with subtle fruity esters and a refreshing light lager finish, California Route organic lager is canned for adventure. The beer has an aromatic blast of citrusy Cascade hops and a heavy dose of noble hallertau. The addition of organic Munich specialty malt builds complexity with hints of freshly baked bread. Consistent with Patagonias long-standing commitment to organics, the beer is brewed with certified organic ingredients.
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bb (18607) reviewed California Route from New Belgium Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Mineral and spice aroma with light caramel. Malt and mineral flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Malt and mineral lingers with light spice and light fruitiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours with a clear deep golden orange hued body with a lasting, just off-white head. Aromas are of toasted malt, biscuity, nutty, with some herbal and peppery hop with a light citrus and piney resin component. Mild esters. Flavors are of mildly sweet, light fruity character up front. Long malty duration, highly toasted, nutty munich. Low bitter, but a slightly herbal and citrusy hop character. Lively carbonation, thinner body. Easy drinker.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Hazy gold - effervescent, lively pour, with a fluffy, well-sustained head - aroma is citric, grassy, lightly peppery - mild bread and honey - medium to light body, soft texture - lemongrass, pepper, moderate bitterness, bready character - clean, nothing off about it, maybe a little overly bitter in the finish, with a light huskiness along with it - reminds me of an unfiltered version of Shift, with a bit more of a lemony tang to it - decent brew, but Shift is better.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz can. Aroma is rubbery, a little pot resin, trademark NB biscuit and earthiness. Pours slightly hazy golden with a one finger white head that collapses in a minute. Taste is lightly sweet with a bitter hop edge; grainy, earthy, dry, a little pine. Fine carbonation, medium body. Doesn’t smell too good, but it doesn’t taste too bad. The rubber smell dials down after it warms up, leaving it with a little better aromatics.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Can @ home, picked up in an eight pack at Wilbur’s Fort Collins. I guess this is a limited release only available in a handful of markets. Pours a pretty clear, golden orange appearance with a cream colored head. Cracker, toasted malty, a touch floral, fairly bready aroma that’s not incredibly hoppy but is a bit grassy and herbal. More hops in the flavor. A fair amount of orange and citrus along with some spiciness goes along with some cracker, toast notes. Some kiwi and citrus in the aftertaste. Sort of reminds me of Shift which basically means that I’m not blown away by it, but wouldn’t shy away from drinking a handful of them on occasion.