Voodoo Ranger 8 Hop Pale Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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Brilliantly balanced for easy drinking, this pale ale is packed with citrus and tropical fruit flavors from eight different hop varieties.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Some decent tangerine like the local produce store. Pours golden with decent head and lacing. Smooth and clean finish without much bitterness. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2017
at 22:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle from Discount. Pours a clear deep straw with a finger of foam that dissipates quickly. Nice dank nose with twigs, light papaya and lemon. Light body, a little watery. Clean and crisp. Lingering dank bitterness. Not a bad little beer, but a tad watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 20:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy lemon yellow pour with a large white head and excellent retention. Great lacing. Very hoppy and bitter for a 35 IBU APA. Smooth mouthfeel. Cool label at least.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2017
at 16:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear gold with a tall, soapy, white head. Orange, peppery, caramel aroma. Taste is juicy....tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit....grain malt. Bright, lively and slightly spicy. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2017
at 17:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle stamped best by 3/19 so assumed 4 months old, into a pint glass. A: Poured a small, quick head on a pale clear orange body. Minimal visible carbonation. Lingering film without much lace. S: Orange and toast are the main aromas, with a whiff of caramel. Light overall. T: Pine and orange settle into a slick grainy maltiness. Toast remains. Very light unobtrusive sweetness. Bitter finish. M: Light in body with low carbonation. Mostly clean dry finish. O: A bit perplexed and disappointed that the 1st time I set eyes on this shit it’s already 4 months old. However I must say I like it. Not outstanding but a nice all arounder that I can easily recommend.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2017
at 16:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, bottled on 12/26/2016. Pours crystal clear medium golden/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, guava, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, biscuit, light honey/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, guava, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, biscuit, light honey/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, guava, mango, melon, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, biscuit, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/creamy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a fantastic pale ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and insanely refreshing to drink. Really bright/juicy on hop flavors; great malt balance, without feeling sweet. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2017
at 18:58
5/10
Tried
on 03 Jan 2017
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Asheville brewery. Clear golden color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Tropical fruit, hops and malt aroma. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, tropical fruit and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2017
at 00:05
5/10
Tried
on 30 Dec 2016
at 20:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma is fruity/citrusy with a very, very slight hint of dankness. Med minus body. It’s sort of luscious fruity, and it’s about 10% on the way to dank. Maybe. It’s moderately bitter. Not getting roasty in the malt. It’s pretty good. But the flavors are not strong. So balanced and easy drinking it is. If it had triple the hop, it would be amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2016
at 19:15