Lackluster Seltzer-fizzed limey Concord grape juicing dries up for arid pinkish red-cleared summertime fruit ale. Musty grape perfuming gains candied cherry coughdrop tartness and floral-daubed lavender dusting.
NEW BELGIUM GRAPE FIZZ ALE
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NEW BELGIUM OAKSPIRE ALE (FOUR ROSES)
Delicate bourbon barreled strong ale with subtle oak-charred Four Roses bourbon influence gaining dry peated whiskey surge, buttery Chardonnay wining, caramelized rye restraint, honeyed vanilla spicing and distant chestnut-almond swipe (as well as mild orange pith, brown pear and dried cherry snips). Maybe a tad tentative flavor-wise, yet smooth, easygoing, warm. A soft-toned limited edition (2025) 9.9% ABV brew.
NEW BELGIUM HOLIDAY ALE
Powder-sugared pumpkin spicing (cinnamon-nutmeg) plus muted cranberry-orange tartness stay subtle as fluttered brandy-cognac spiriting sways the dried fruited finish.
NEW BELGIUM HOUSE GOLD PILSNER
On tap at Onley Taphouse – Maryland, easygoing German-styled pilsner retains dry earthen musk and light herbage contrasting sweet-corned rice sugaring wavering thru toasted wheat breading.
NEW BELGIUM HOLIDAY ALE
Pleasingly thin winter warmer unites cinnamon-spiced nutmeg and ginger seasoning with mild orange peeled cranberry souring over pallid chocolate malts, picking up washed-out sugarplum, fruitcake and honey-roasted fig whims.
NEW BELGIUM VOODOO RANGER 1985 IPA
On tap at Triton – Long Beach Island, juicy mango tang lingers softly as fizzy lemony grapefruit spritz gains prominence and floral-daubed red cherry, guava and gooseberry illusions slide by moderate golden cleared adjunct IPA.
NEW BELGIUM CITRUS RESCUE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ramsey Tap Room & Grill, sharp grapefruit peeled orange pith bittering and misty lemon zesting engage mildly black-peppered piney hop resin of golden straw-hued medium body. Dank cannabis resin coats latent tangerine-pineapple whims.
NEW BELGIUM MOUNTAIN TIME PREMIUM LAGER
Dry premium lager with straw grained barnyard minerality gains sweetly rice-wined green grape esters to soothe herbal lemon rot souring and skunked vegetal snip above cracked wheat bed for fluffily white-headed yellow belly.
NEW BELGIUM OAKSPIRE ALE (KNOB CREEK COLLABORATION)
Easygoing bourbon barrel-aged ale brings buttery rum-spiced whiskey nip to sweet Knob Creek bourbon licks for muted 9% ABV warmth. Mild oaken vanilla subtlety, caramelized toffee sugaring, meager dried fruiting and cedar-chipped almond wisp stay just beneath the surface. Delicately underwhelming, though maple-sapped whiskey finish is convincingly regal.
NEW BELGIUM FAT TIRE BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Streamlined Belgian-American wheat ale hybrid brings Fat Tire’s mildly creamed caramel-toasted amber ale styling to mild dubbel-like dried fruiting. Understated sugarplum, raisin and date spicing tingles wheat wafer spine. Needs richer template and roundedness.
NEW BELGIUM MURAL AGUA FRESCA
On tap at Fishheads – Nags Head, blanched SweeTarts candy likeness gains sour gose-like salinity to contrast lemon shandy-like soda pop sweetness of underwhelming collaboration with Mexico’s Cerveceria Primus. Limey strawberry-watermelon Jolly Rancher illusions stay distant alongside wispy hibiscus and agave adjuncts. Murkily chalked fruiting remains nebulous.
NEW BELGIUM HONEY ORANGE TRIPEL
Sweet honey creaming drapes Seville orange peel tang, herbal-spiced white peppering and musty Belgian yeast cellar funk of respectable hybridized tripel. In the midst, candied pineapple, peach, tangerine and tangelo fruiting engages honeyed orange theme.