New Belgium Brewing Company Snapshot

Snapshot

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.36
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 13 Ticks: 80
Snap! You just captured an unfiltered wheat beer full of refreshment and a flash of tart at the finish. Smile-inducing aromas of citrus hops jump from the nose, accompanied by the sweetness of coriander and grains of paradise. Brewed with wheat and pale malt, Snapshot pours a hazy, lemon-yellow with bright-white lacing. But the real enticement is the snap of tart. New Belgium’s affinity for sour beers led to the in-process blending of lactobacillus to pucker up Snapshot’s base. An extra step to acidify and beautify and get this beer ready for its close up.
 

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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from a six pack bought at Super 1 in Rathdrum, ID. Aroma consists of wheat crackers, spices (coriander?), dough. Pours hazy pale yellow with a fluffy white head with good retention. Taste is lightly sweet before turning dry and a bit tart. Crisp and refreshing. Finely carbonated, medium body. I like the use of lacto here, it turned what I thought was going to be an ordinary American wheat ale into something much more interesting and tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2014 at 21:29

6.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle into a pint glass. Dingy pale yellow with a fleeting wispy white head. Fairly citrusy aromas and flavors giving this otherwise plain style some character. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2014 at 21:00

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Slightly sweet wheat ale (think Shock Top). Pale golden with small airy head. Slight lemony, citrus aroma, taste is some citrus, bread. Nothing memorable here
Tried on 17 May 2014 at 17:14

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
I purchased a howler of this at Breeze In, Lemon Creek location, Juneau, AK.
I poured this into a pint glass.
The appearance is hazy yellow to crisp golden in color with a one finger white foamy head that concaves in the middle to leave a ton of soapy looking bubbles gracing the sides of the glass.
The smell is a sharp crisp orange, clementines, and lemons combine with a decent wheatiness coming about into a neatly packed tart citrusy and refreshing way.
The taste is a combined wheaty citrusy and slightly sour flavoring. There is a slight orangey aftertaste with a decent wheat bite at the end. There is no finish.
On the palate, she sits fairly light and refreshing with a decent sharp carbonation running about her and indicating that this is fairly sessionable.
Overall, in my opinion, this is a pretty good American Pale Wheat Ale that does everything it needs for the style. I’m glad New Belgium re-newed my faith in them as I was getting a little worried there for a while. This is well worthy to have again.
Tried from Can on 16 May 2014 at 12:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Coriander nose. Cloudy golden, greenish hue, thick head good lace. Lemon flavor finishes malty. Light body and refreshing. Witbierish but not overly done with coriander.
Tried on 14 May 2014 at 14:20

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Glass, draught, New Belgium Night at Bailey’s Taproom, trip to Portland (Oregon), savoured on January 18 2014; eye: straw with a whitish hue, hazy, sheet of white head, nice lacing; nose: wheat, sourish; mouth: wheat, sourish, fresh, finale in wheat with sourish presence, light body, good carbonation, a bit thin; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Verre, en fût, New Belgium Night chez Bailey’s Taproom, voyage à Portland (Orégon), savourée le 18 janvier 2014; œil : paille avec une teinte blanchâtre, voilée, couverture de mousse blanche, bonne dentelle; nez : blé, aigrelet; bouche : blé, aigrelet, frais, finale en blé avec présence aigrelette, corps léger, bonne carbonatation, un peu mince; en résumé : correct
Tried from Draft on 09 May 2014 at 14:43

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy blond color; compact head. Mild wheat ale, with a light bready and citrusy touch, minimal acidity, and light sweetness; a bit too simple, but at least it’s fairly refreshing.
Tried on 30 Apr 2014 at 17:30

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden beer with a cream had. Wheat and light spice aroma. Wheat and fruit flavor with light spice and a backing tartness. Medium bodied. Wheat and fruit lingers with light spice, light earthiness,and light tartness.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2014 at 16:25

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
First ratingDraught at New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, on April 6, 2014.As "Snapshot Wheat".Cloudy, pale yellow color, white head. Sweet, floral taste. Sweet, mineral aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, low to very low bitterness. Sweet, malty scent.7/2/7/2/13=3.1RerateCan 355 ml at Haket, Göteborg on May 13, 2017.Dated on bottom as 13 NOV 2016.Slight hazy straw yellow color, white head with some lacing. Malty, sweet canned tomatoes scent, a bit herbal hoppy, also some vomit. Malty, grainy, tart taste. Tart aftertaste. Weak mouthfeel, low bitterness.6/3/6/2/11=2.8
Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2014 at 08:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from Safeway, Salinas. Nose is banana, a hint of cloves, and a hint of tart. Murky yellow with a medium yellow tinged head. Flavor is lightly bitter and tart with some white pepperiness and fruity notes.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2014 at 19:20