Sunday Night Suds - New Belgium Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA

 

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at New Belgium Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA.

Back in September I went to Target and saw the six pack of this and a shelf marker that said 9.99, so I tossed it in my cart, but when I went to check out it rang up at 12.99, so I took a pass. When I saw it more recently at Total in the singles section, I bought one can at 2.49, but now I need to keep an eye out for a six pack at a reasonable price as this might be the best yet from the Voodoo Ranger line of beers.

By my count, this is the tenth Voodoo Ranger that New Belgium has released. Previously reviewed Voodoo Ranger brews include:

Xperimental IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/08/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

Starship IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/05/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

American Haze IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

Hop Avenger IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/12/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

Juicifer IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/11/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-juicifer.html); 

Juicy Haze IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2018/02/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

Imperial IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/10/sunday-nigh-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); 

Atomic Pumpkin IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/10/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html); and 

the first - the Voodoo Ranger IPA (reviewed at https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2017/02/sunday-night-suds-new-belgium-voodoo.html).

As mentioned above, this is the best Voodoo Ranger IPA that I can remember. It is loaded with mango/citrus, but has no additives as the flavor is entirely from the Citra, Simcoe and Cascade hops. There is some bitter and bite and even though the beer is 6.7% abv, there is no strong alcohol taste.

As far as I am aware, this beer is only available in the six pack box of cans. 

The New Belgium Voodoo Ranger 1985 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 1985, click here https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/481886.

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