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New Belgium Blue Paddle

New Belgium Blue Paddle - Pilsener

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 Percentile 
47
overall
Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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4763.01/5.03.01/5.04.8%83.3Flute, Footed Pilsner
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Commercial Description:
Climb on in and grab a paddle. Our first foray into lagered beers, Blue Paddle Pilsener-Lager, is a Czech style pilsener with a refreshing crispness from noble hops and a rich, malty finish. ‘Blue Paddle’ refers to the implement our warehouse manager’s Grandma once used to lovingly paddle his a** when she caught him stealing sips of her beer. With more body than a traditional Belgian pils, Blue Paddle is reflective of Europe’s finest pilseners.
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 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 4, 2009  
Clear gold pour with a white head. Caramel malt, floral hops and some fruity tones. Flavor is sweet and has some nice light flowery hops. Clean and balanced. Pretty good.


 madvike (301), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 4, 2009  
Bottle - Light amber pour with a big, bubbly white head. Smells clean and sweet, wtih pils malt and flowery hops. Taste is more of those floral, perfumey noble hops on the finish, with a smooth grain flavor throughout. Real clean and balanced, with an understated sweetness.


 Suttree (2702), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Kind of, um, bland? is that fair? Some bready, malty notes, but lacking any bite. Just no interesting at all. Of course, I could be mad that they took Hoptober off to put this on...


 tnkw01 (124), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/103/510/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Bottle. Not a big fan of this style but for a pilsener, not bad. Clean, golden color, what you would expect from a pilsener. The aroma is like most traditional, american pilseners. Had a nice bitter flavor that would have been better on a hot summer day. Recommened at least once.


 NachlamSie (1630), Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Bottle at McClaren’s. Pours a light golden color with a fair head. The aroma is semi hoppy, certainly good enough to fit the pilsner description. It’s light, only slightly vegetal and crisp. The palate is again light and crisp. A little bit of malt character is here which reminds me of Fat Tire, but this is most certainly a lager. The esters give it away. Flavors of cereal, wood, and biscuits are here. Really, this isn’t a bad yellow lager, but I am puzzled as to why we just got this in the winter time.


 kuphish (150), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a two finger, foamy white head. Clear, golden body. Nice, spicy noble hop aroma with underlying, summery pils malt. Flavor is of crisp, clean pils malt and more spicy, herbal noble hops. Some mild floral notes. Very basic flavors, but quite good. Light-medium, clean body with lively carbonation and a moderately bitter finish. Overall a straight up, no nonsense Pilsener. Tasty, refreshing and repeatable.


 phishpond417 (1861), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Clear golden colour with a frothy white head. Aroma is malty with some grassy undertones. Taste comes across a bit too corny for my taste. What could be a refreshing beer is a bit off balance.


 Taverner (827), San Ramon, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/510/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Fruity lagerish aroma. Flavor has notes of biscuit. Hoppy, but only in a bitter way. Not much in the way of aromatic hops.



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