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New Belgium Blue Paddle 3.01 481

New Belgium Blue Paddle

Percentile
47
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bottled
common

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4813.01/5.03.01/5.04.8%84Flute, Footed Pilsner
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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 Bockyhorsey (2552), Mesa, Arizona, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Jan 19, 2005  
Averege pilsner here, might as well had a Miller. Average head, good lacing and a clear gold body color


 ChazyRPh (571), Chazy, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/512/20
Jan 15, 2005  
bottle. Clear gold color with medium white head. Malty aroma, maybe a little fruitiness. Nothing else much discernable. Sweet malty flavor, some nicely placed hops in the middle. Slightly salty to finish, with a nice bitter undertone. Very nice for a pilsener.


 Darkover (1314), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 1, 2005  
Clear golden color with a big white head. Sweet malt aroma. Flavor of sweet malt balanced with mild hops. Pretty good.


 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 25, 2004  
Clear and golden with a small white head. Clean, malty, floral aroma. Maly and hops in the flavor, with a little fruit and a perfect bitter finish. A bit of graininess. Tastes like a cross between a German Pils and an American lager.


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/511/20
Dec 21, 2004  
bottle. light translucent golden with a fluffy white head. grassy aroma with a minimal amount of hops. light tasting body with a fairly nice malt profile. This was a pretty good pilsner.


 Pigfoot (2226), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 19, 2004  
Color is a clear, bright golden hue, and the head is a large, but soon slimming, solid white. Aroma is zesty, alive with hops, notes of straw and sea-foam, with hints of citrus. On the palate, a fresh, tasty, zingy greeting of hops jumps on board, but it fades some, and leaves a dry finish. Adequate bitterness, but more than adequate taste. Body is light, malt is just-right, and hops are more than pulling their weight, and retain their presence through the end. Each sip delivers another fresh, delicious helping of hoppiness on the tongue, and this never diminishes throughout the contents of the bottle. The refreshing, tingling, vital hop buzz never quits during consumption of this note-perfect pilsener.!


allphoto (36), Oakland, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Nov 23, 2004  
pilsener, pilsner, pilsen? An indistinct brew, my first from this brewer. On the "corny" side. Once is enough


 Crosling (1855), Loveland, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 20, 2004  
Gold. Like most New Belgium beers this is not very aromatic. Banana, honey dew melon, peanut butter, noble hops and pale malt. Well layered malty fruitiness (sauvignon blanc, pear) and notes of banana bread, lemon and a nice dry but yet still oily hop leaf finishes things out. A cornucopia of different flavors and a satisfying creamy mouthfeel. A very nice Pilsner.



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