Sunday Night Suds - New Belgium Sparkling Lime Lager

 

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at New Belgium's Sparkling Lime Lager.

As frequent readers of this blog may recall, I am not a big fan of lime flavored beers, from the Shiner Sea Salt & Lime (reviewed here - https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/05/sunday-night-suds-shiner-sea-salt-lime.html) to the New Belgium Citradelic Exotic Lime Ale (reviewed here - https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/06/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium.html) to the bizarre New Belgium Heavy Watermelon Lime Ale (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-belgium-heavy-melon-watermelon-lime.html) to the granddaddy of the kosher certified lime beers, Miller Lime Chill (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2011/04/sunday-night-suds-miller-lime-chill.html).

So along comes the Sparkling Lime Lager which I acquired in a swap with one of my neighbors over Chol HaMoed. The Lime Lager was part of this past summer's mix box and I never got around to buying it. so this was a win for me since I did not need to plunk down $16 plus tax to get the one new beer in the box.

I tried this by itself after dinner with my daf last night and I have to say it was not offensive. Maybe not a rousing endorsement, but Mrs KB thought that it was "pretty good for a lime beer, even drinkable." In my book, any lime beer which does not remind me of floor cleanser or sucking candies falls into the "not offensive" category, although I still would not want to have finish off three of these (thanks again R' Dovid!).

The Sparkling Lime Lager is a bit low on the alcohol level at 4.4% abv and there is no malt or breadiness that you would expect from a lager, but then again, you can't really taste anything besides the lime anyway.

The New Belgium Sparkling Lime Lager 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 as well as the twelve pack mix 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 cannot be certified kosher.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about New Belgium Sparkling Lime Lager, click here https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/481168/.

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

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