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New Belgium Springboard Ale

New Belgium Springboard Ale - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
41
overall
Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2582.95/5.02.95/5.0Spring6.2%45.5Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Ale brewed with wormwood, goji berries, and schisandra. Deftly, this spring brewed venture lands on its feet. Springboard combines oats, ancient Chinese herbs and Mt. Hood hops to maintain a balanced equilibrium for such an exhilarating ale. This cloudy blonde has a spirited threshold, and a creamy body, followed by a refreshingly dry finish.
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 JPDIPSO (4865), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 10, 2007  
Heavily hazed straw color with a moderate fluffy white head. Aromas of raw wheat, lime zest, dry yeast and lemon grass. Heavy flavors of pale malt and oats linger throughout the quaff. Key limes, white grapes and a generic bitterness wanders in and out of the grains. A funky herbal brew.


jellybeanriot (27), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/513/20
Apr 10, 2007  
Mmm.. Pours hazy pale gold with a minimal cream head. Aromas of raspberries, mango, butter, spice. Flavor is instantly reminiscent of creamed corn - but in a good way - and quickly segues into pleasant herbal hoppiness with a tinge of alcohol. Not really well-balanced, but pleasing nonetheless.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/510/20
Apr 9, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy pale straw color with a whitish head. Lemony/wheat aroma. Lemon, spice, wheat, grain, slight herbal flavor. Medium body. Lingering herbal, grain, wheat. Tastes muddled.


 Padron4KM (400), Chandler, Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 8, 2007  
12 oz bottle, best before July 15 07.
Hazy yellow, with a fluffy white head and sticky lace.

Aroma is citrusy with some fruity bubblegum, and a spice I can’t pin down.

Flavor is woody, citrusy, herbal.

Finish is dry with an herbal character.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Apr 7, 2007  
12oz bottle. pours pale straw color with white head. nose is very faint, straw with very subtle berries. taste is of stale cereal, mild sweetness from berries, but those are very faint. this is pretty odd and not good.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/512/20
Apr 7, 2007  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a cloudy, pale pilsener golden with a small, white head - looks pretty much like a Belgian Wit. Sweetish, fruity, berry-like aroma. Medium body, sweetish, lightly malty with very fruity accents. Also in the flavours this reminds me mostly of a Belgian Wit although with a completely different spicing - more exotic. The finish is quite bitter. Interesting. 280307


 DaMenace123 (250), Houston, Texas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 7, 2007  
Bottle. Slightly spicy average ale with a funky flavor. Not my favorite from this brewery.


 Cletus (5002), Connecticut, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/513/20
Apr 6, 2007  
Pours hazy gold with a thin white head. Smells of lemons, oranges, spices, grassy, doughy and slightly bitter. Tastes of oranges with grassy hints, dough and some underlying bitterness. Mouthfeel is tingly and tangy. Finish is slightly bitter. An interesting experiment, but it doesn’t live up to many of their other beers.



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