This is one of the few non-sours introduced by New Belgium outside of the wildly successful Voodoo Ranger line of beers. New Belgium was not shy about rolling this out, as it is available in the 30th Anniversary mix box (in bottle form) and in six pack can boxes.
I picked up my Summer Bliss as part of the 30th Anniversary mix box and had the bottle in the fridge for a couple of days before trying my first bottle. I then sampled another bottle with only six hours of fridge time. The tastes were slightly different, but equally enjoyable.
The beer poured a cloudy orange and the orange was the main flavor and scent. There was slightly below average carbonation, but decent lacing and foam which lasted longer than I expected.
As I mentioned, the main flavor in this beer is orange, although a bit of tartness which was slightly reminiscent of orange marmalade. There was some mango as well and a tiny bit of pine. The colder beer had less of the tartness, but even the three day bottle had some marmalade flavor. This beer paired well with spicy meat (persian barg - c/o Everfresh of Great Neck), but it would be great on its own as well.
The Summer Bliss is 5.5% abv, but the alcohol flavor was not prevalent, and hardly detectable.
The New Belgium Summer Bliss is under kosher supervision by the Scroll-K/Va'ad of Denver, and their symbol is on the bottom of the 30th Anniversary mix pack. 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.
To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about New Belgium Summer Bliss, click here https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/548437/.
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