Citradelic: Exotic Lime
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.26
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Pours a very light, golden yellow, with almost no head. Aroma of citrus (lime) is quite strong, with some grassiness. Flavor of lime is also quite strong, but there’s not much else to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Kroger. Very pale gold with a large, soft white head. Smells like dish soap - seriously. Like I am washing dishes with some Dawn or something. Flavor is lime juice, lime peel, pepper? Ahh yes, I see pepper on the label. Hmm...
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear very light yellow pour with a white head and fair retention. Light lacing. Thin mouthfeel. Light watery pale lager taste with a hint of lime and light hops. Not bad, just very pedestrian. Exotic lime? Bursting with lime? I don’t think so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle, thanks brenn79. Aroma is as described, lots of lime, coriander and pepper; smells a bit like margarita mix, too. Pours clear golden with a collapsing white head. Taste is dry, lightly tart. I like the coriander in this. There’s a faint burn and flavor of the black pepper on the back end. Mouthfeel is a bit watery, carbonation fine. Not bad; would be refreshing on a hot day.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, bottled on 12/7/2016. Pours slightly hazy pale golden/straw color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lightly tart lime, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, coriander, ginger, black pepper, light pine, cracker, corn, white bread, light honey, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance of lime, spices, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart lime, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, coriander, ginger, peppercorn, light pine, cracker, corn, white bread, light honey, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light pine/herbal/spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lime, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, coriander, peppercorn, cracker, corn, white bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of lime, spices, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and fairly grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is good. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a nice fruited/spiced blonde ale. All around good robustness and balance of lime, spices, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink. Nicely flavorful and not and not too watery feeling for the ABV. A little weird at first; but it came together well, and was nicely enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
3 month old bottle > Tulip. A: Turbulent pour with big white foamy head atop pale yellow body. Great retention, small slow bubbles and thick lacing. S: Light salty and peppery lime scent with crisp bread in the back. T: Lemon/lime and light salt. White bread backbone. A spicy tingle that I guess is the black pepper. M: Very light and perhaps overly spritzy. Puckering finish. O: Obviously different but I’m unsure if I like it or not. May be as close as I can get to liking a gose. Could be a fantastic summer cookout beer.