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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
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on tap
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4402.97/5.02.97/5.0Summer4.2%25.1 Trappist 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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 kidmartinek (656), austin, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20

May 7, 2008  
Wow! There’s nothing revealing about this beverage. Tastes like fat tire reloaded, only more palatable, thus better. Pours light amber, small 1/4 inch light tan head. Aroma of lighter bready, doughy malts and yeast. Flavor is flav-o-flav delicioso. Light dough, yeast, and minereal water, mild malt, and slighlt hop flavor. So well rounded all around it can’t be BaD? Doughy, bready lighter, finish. Drink this beer, not if, but when you are skinny dippin’.

 dalekliz (133), San Diego, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours an orange-amber with a thick foamy white head. Light sweet aroma of hops and citrus, with a hint of bitterness. Crisp bitter hops and citrus taste. Light lingering bitterness. Very refreshing, but not a lot going on.


pepperford (66), robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/511/20
Jul 13, 2008  
a bit thin and oddly bitter. the hops and kaffir battle it out to create a bit of an almost astringent bitterness with an almost sourness at the end.


 Cybercat (374), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 13, 2008  
This pours an orangy amber with a thick, fluffy, persistent head. Aroma is strong and malty with a hint of soy. Flavor is malty with just a hint of hops and an undertone of soybeans, not complex but pleasing. Texture is smooth and just a little bit watery.


brokephibroke (14), , Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Amber pour nice tight white head - no popping sounds, holds up. Taste and aroma are both mild and light. Not bitter, malty with some hops. I can (and do) drink this on ocassion in situations described on the label.


 WickerBrew (235), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Not sure what to make of this. If i didnt know any better I would just call it "fat Tire Lite." Its got the same hue and metallic taste to it, just a little clearer. Summer seasonals usually suck, but this is something different. Amber color sets it apart.




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