Belated Sunday Night Suds - New Belgium Slow Ride Session IPA

This week's belated Sunday Night Suds looks at New Belgium's Slow Ride Session IPA.

Before you ask, the answer is no - I am not attempting to blame my weekly trip back and forth to Camp M or any related slow ride (often on the way up) as the reason that the usual Sunday blog entry has been belated posted on Monday. Instead, I must confess that after a slightly more intense Tisha B'Av fast than usual, I was not able to contemplate sampling a new beer this Sunday Night.

So tonight when I returned home from I chilled and then tried the New Belgium Session IPA with some Chinese food that I had picked up at Soy Sauce Kosher Chinese Restaurant (located on Main Street in KGH). I found that the beer made an interesting pairing with the spicy kung pao dinner and one that  I would like to repeat (but unfortunately cannot because I only bought one bottle of this beer and New Belgium is not for sale in NY).

The Slow Ride poured a mild yellow - not really straw but certainly not as golden as I was expecting. There was more than a fair amount of hops with pine and grapefruit very prominent. In fact, I found that even though this was called a "Session" beer (usually connoting a lighter version which can be consumed in larger quantities during a drinking session) the beer had a remarkable amount of flavor and stood up well to the spicy Chinese fare.

New Belgium Slow Ride Session IPA is under the Kosher Supervision of the Scroll-K of Colorado. Although the beer does not bear the kosher symbol on the label, the Scroll-K kosher symbol can usually be found on the bottom of the six pack holder (as I bought this is as part of a mix your own six pack, I did not see the holder, but I have found that to be the case with all the NB beers under the Scroll-K).

Please note that not every brew produced by New Belgium is under kosher supervision. For a list of the New Belgium brews currently under supervision, please click on the link on the left side of my home page for my latest Kosher Beer List.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about New Belgium Slow Ride Session IPA, please follow this link beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/144097. As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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