Sunday Night Suds New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Xperimental IPA

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at New Belgium's Voodoo Ranger Xperimental IPA.

In one of my most recent trips to the beer store I saw that they had the newest New Belgium Voodoo mix pack which included this new Xperimental IPA. Since my beer stock was running low and many of the other beers in the mix pack were worthwhile, I plunked down 14.99 for the twelve pack.

By my count, this is the ninth Voodoo Ranger that New Belgium has released. Previously reviewed Voodoo Ranger brews include Voodoo Ranger Starship IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/05/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html) Voodoo Ranger American Haze IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); Voodoo Ranger Hop Avenger IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/12/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); Juicifer IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/11/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-juicifer.html); Juicy Haze IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2018/02/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); Imperial IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/10/sunday-nigh-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); Atomic Pumpkin IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/10/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); and the first - the Voodoo Ranger IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/02/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html).

Although the New Belgium site claims that the beer is "Our latest IPA experiment", nothing about this beer seems novel. The website also says that the beer is "Exclusively dry hopped with Citra Hops" but the dry hop process is not an experimental one.

That's not to say that the beer is not enjoyable and at 6.6% abv it is slightly kicked up, but I just don't taste anything that wows me as a different kind of beer. This beer poured a dark gold with some foam and lacing and there were plentiful grapefruit and tangerine notes, along with some pine. The beer had some bite, but was not as strong as I hoped.

As far as I am aware, this beer is only available in the mix twelve packs of cans. It fits within the usual rule as New Belgium often produces a seasonal mix box which usually includes one new Voodoo Ranger.

The New Belgium Voodoo Xperimental IPA is under kosher supervision by the Scroll-K/Va'ad of Denver, and their symbol is on the bottom of the six pack can box. However, not every brew produced by New Belgium is under kosher supervision, so look for the Scroll K on the six pack holder or box when considering purchasing any NBB product. Many of the "sours" such as the Peach Kick which was released over the summer cannot be certified kosher.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Xperimental IPA, click here https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/470552.

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