New Belgium Springboard Ale

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

120z bottle. Pours foggy amber with a little sediment. (At least my bottle did) Smell was fairly bland with a little fruitiness but not much. Taste was smooth but nothing special.

Nice clear golden amber color on the pour from the 12 ounce bottle, the head a good two fingers in size and a creamy bright white, retention is good, with the resultant lace a fine velum like sheet. Nose has hints of earthiness linked to the sweet malt, crisp and sparkling, fruit like tones, I’d say peaches, start has a sweet malt front with a pleasant tangy bite at the back, top is light to moderate in feel. Finish has a sparkling acidity, the hops pleasingly spicy; the dry long lasting aftertaste seals the deal, another fine beer from a superb brewery.

Had this beer on 3/7/2007. Aroma is a bright sour scent with light malt tones. Color is a pale hazy yellow with light carbonation and thin head. Taste is bold , crisp and odd. Starting with a light body it goes down with a crisp feel. Finish comes in with a sour malt flavor then an odd almost hop like taste that seems to remind me of a Coors Light. This is one of the worst beers they have made. I do not know what they where going for or what type of beer they consider this to be, but I don’t like it.

Bottle. Hazy honey body with a very big foamy head. Nose-like a saison and a pale lager had a baby-lotion, spice, stale hops. Taste-stale, medium sweet champagne like cardboard, a little too sweet, black cardamom, lightly husky, light acid, puckering. There is an odd stale cardboardness that I can’t put my finger on, but I can only describe as spicy and stale, but drinkable.

Pours a hazy gold with a dense creamy white head that laces nicely. The nose is vegetal and herbal with faint fruity hops hidden in the background; not an appetizing aroma. Light and thin with a dry, almost astringent, finish. The flavor makes me think of the episode of Cheers where Woody is doing a commercial for "Veggie Boy"... "You can really taste the kale." Odd mixed vegetable flavors and a dry woodiness overpower some nice yeasty characteristics that try, but fail, to break out and make this beer something worth drinking. The finish is dry, bitter and thankfully short. I have drank a lot of New Belgium’s beer over the years, but this will be the first and last Springboard to touch my lips. Meh.

A silty pale gold pour, white foam that dissipates. Aroma is slight in all areas, some sweet, fruit and perhaps a spice. Malty fruity flavors are light, body is light and somewhat watery. Spice characters are background, finish has some bitterness. I suppose this beer ends up as it was intended to be. If you’re in the mood for a light spiced ale it’s not too bad.

A slighty cloudy pale yellow color with a small white head. Sure is a load of stuff in this, too bad the combination tastes like celery (I hate celery). Not to my liking.

Strange...but im glad i tried it. First one was ok second was not as good(usually goes the other way for me).