Voodoo Ranger Hop Raider IPA
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
6.54
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Voodoo Ranger has unearthed world class hops packed with big notes of citrus, stone fruit and a refreshing, bitter bite. At 8.1%, hold on tight.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Another voodoo Ranger. Gold in color with a two finger head. The usual taste and aroma of citrus fruit and spruce.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours clear gold. It has a nice citrusy hop aroma. It’s a well enough made fruity ipa. Moderate bitterness. It’s good but like others here I miss seeing more variety and creativity from this brewer.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2024
at 03:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
When I first started rating beers New Belgium was out in front, brewing many beers in many styles, a lot of them good or better. Now NB is pushing forward with all IPAs, all the time. It seems to be working for them and from a marketing standpoint that is good. But for all the Voodoo products out there, I generally do not determine a noticeable difference between them. Decent brews, quite similar. IMO. Now I have a chilled Hop Raider on the table next to me, my severely chilled Great Heights snifter prepared to receive the pour. Let us proceed. 12 oz can from a nearby HEB opened and being poured. The appearance is nice, a semi-hazy dark gold body finished with a spare skim of wholly white foam. I like the smell, citrus heavy, hops and perhaps a touch of caramel. A drink now. Well I will admit this, it is a tasty beer. Assuredly and blessedly throwback with pine, lots of hoppiness, grass, citrus, a honey sweetness, hay and a touch of yellow fruit perhaps apricots. Fairly dense, good by me and likewise with the bitterness. A high ABV for a basic IPA, I’ve rated IIPAs that are lower. Best offering from New Belgium I have had in a long time.
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2024
at 01:35
7/10
Hazy golden body medium foamy off white head. Spicy floral aroma. Spicy floral woody flavor. Medium body moderately high carbonation. 7/3/8/4/15 3.7
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2024
at 18:13
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2024
at 21:08
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2023
at 17:42
7/10
Gold pour. Thin foam. Even lace around the edge. Sweet hoppy flavor with grapefruit notes. Grapefruit palate. Medium carbonation and medium bodied.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 02:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Honey and lilly nose. Crystal clear amber, thick head. Honey, grapefruit, lilly, nougat overtones. Medium body, easy carbonation. One of the better Voodoo Ranger beers.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 01:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 12/1/22. Clear amber, large white head, good retention. Aroma of melon, dank, pepper. Taste is dank, earth, melon, pineapple. Some nuttiness in the finish. Slick, mild bitterness. By the way, @cheap really comes across as an asshole in his rating (as of 12/1/22), and really should stop trying IPAs. He's literally the guy every brewer hates. I'll keep enjoying my Voodoo Rangers and my quadrillion IPAs, thank you very much @cheap. Overall, solid beer.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2022
at 04:31
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Another bullshit voodoo from NB. They all taste the same but they get off making slight differences so the lemmings can say 'I tasted that one'. Yea, this one is no different, just maybe there is a slightly darker look to this. It's a little deeper pale than expected. The first taste confirms my ticking suspicion, it's just another one of a quadrillion IPA out there, I think there is more IPA out there than there are dollars of national debt. At least it has a little kick to it at 8%, kinda dulls the senses after a few big gulps. Makes me forget for a moment I'm drinkin a purposefully bitter man's beer LoL. Terribly on style IPA effects, including the mouth coating bitter ass long lasting finish. There, you have it. Go figger. Another stupid ass IPA tick.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2022
at 21:49