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New Belgium Skinny Dip (Loft)

New Belgium Skinny Dip (Loft)

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A Belgian Ale brewed by
New Belgium Brewing Company

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
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4722.96/5.02.96/5.0Summer4.2%24.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Editor's note: in 2006, Skinny Dip replaced Loft as the name of New Belgium's low-alcohol, low-calorie summer seasonal (only minor changes in recipe; i.e. still approximately 4% ABV and spiced with Kaffir lime leaf).

Skinny Dip Description: New Belgium’s Skinny Dip is a full-bodied, figure-friendly beer perfect for the lightly attired summer months. Cascade hops frolic with kaffir lime and ample malt to create a bright, citrusy nose that’s as crisp as chilling in a mountain pond. Skinny Dip - a most revealing beverage.

Loft Description: In a category all its own, Loft delivers an uplifting zest, a taut line of hoppiness, and, from integrated wheat and barley malt, a mouthful as big as the sky. Spiced with Kaffir lime leaves.


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 hillfiiiiire (210), Atoka, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20

Jun 29, 2008  
Copper colored with a fluffy white head. Pick up on the biscuits everyone mentions. Doughy aroma. Chewy malts that aren’t pleasant on the tongue. I didn’t really notice any hop character. All malt. Fairly thin on the palate. Enjoyable maybe for a session beer, but I definitely had some trouble at times getting this one down.

 ChristianScheffel (2216), Odense, Denmark
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/102/56/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt, with a burned plastic off-wnote. Sweet and grainy malty flavour, not as flawed as the aroma.


 troyc (976), Lubbock, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 9, 2008  
(Bottle) Pours a golden color with a small white head. Slight citrus in the nose. Light malts as well. Taste includes some citrus zest, biscuity malts and some light crisp hops. Average mouthfeel and palate. For a low calorie/alcohol beer, this is pretty tasty.


lumpsowers (87), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Coppery pale color, good lacing, low head. Crisp, citrus hops, lemon/lime floral nose.Slightly watery, good for summer.


 DrHomolka (601), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/102/511/20
Sep 28, 2008  
12oz best by Oct31. Pours a clear, filtered golden color with a small fizzy white head. Good lacing, bad retention. Aroma is lemon, lime, sprite, citrusy, all subtle. Herbal and fruity, pilsner malt, light cereal, slightly malty. Mostly lemon lime though. Taste is water. Not much else. Pretty gosh darn flavorless. No body either. I was going to give this a chance based on its uniqueness but it’s just water.


 alraicercsu (106), Ft.Collins, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Sep 27, 2008  
On tap at brewery. Pours a clear orange color with a white head. Smells of malt and a bit citrus. Tastes similar to smell with a bit of tartness that is sort of a toss up between good and bad.



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