Sunday Night Suds - Saranac Citrus Freeze Ale

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Citrus Freeze Ale.

As mentioned in last week's Sunday Night Suds column, the Citrus Freeze is one of two* new beers in the Saranac Beers of Winter mix box  for 2019-2020. The box also includes new offering The Saranac Holidaze IPA (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/01/sunday-night-suds-saranac-holidaze-haze.html), old friend Black Forest Cake (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-night-suds-saranac-black-forest.html) and Season's Best, which I am still trying to figure out if its the same Season's Best beer which was itself a recast of the Nut Brown Ale.

The Citrus Freeze is a juice infused Pale Ale brewed with tangerine and orange peel. Neither the website nor the BA review mention the type of hops which were used in the brew process and my palate can't figure it out either. I am sure that there are hops in the brew (beyond the obvious reasons) and there is some hop bite. But mostly this is a juice plus beer, the kind that you can give to someone who prefers alcopop. This beer claims to be 5.5% abv, but I feel like that may be a bit on the high side. 

Besides being sold as part of the 12 Beers of Winter mix box, this beer also is sold in six pack boxes of cans, so if you like fruity beers with no added juice, you may want to keep an eye out for the six packs.

The Citrus Freeze Ale is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, please follow this link https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/453748.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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