Cellar Blender
New Belgium Brewing Company

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From:
New Belgium Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.93 | pDev: 11.96%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
49
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 17, 2021
Added:
Nov 18, 2017
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  16
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Ratings by jschott75:
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Rated by jschott75 from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Jan 07, 2018
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Rated: 3.5 by NickMunford from Wyoming

Jul 17, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Mar 10, 2019
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Reviewed by Pray_For_Mojo from Colorado

4.3/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: ruby-brown, but ruby-orange when held to light. Wonderfully bright. The head is composed of light-tan microfine bubbles which fades quickly to a collar.

Aroma: stone fruit, sweet; jelly like, blackberry. This smells just like Duchesse. Very nice.

Flavor: dark cherry and stone fruit. Sour but not overly so. Well balanced. Clean finish. Roeselare yeast strain characteristics through and through.

Mouthfeel: the lightest side of medium. Nothing spectacular, but exactly as it needs to be.

Overall: excellent. This is NBB’s best beer by far, and very accurate to the style: think Duchesse or Rhodenbach. I hope NBB realizes that when they return to their roots, they brew winners. I would buy this beer repeatedly if it were sold individually and not just in a sample pack mixed in with NBB’s experimental losers.
Nov 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by RickS95 from Indiana

Jul 28, 2018
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Rated by 1Jose from California

5/5  rDev +27.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Extremely tasty on its own, wish i could find a six pack of these things.
Jun 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by MrUse from Minnesota

May 16, 2018
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Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi

3.94/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Attractive red brown color with pinkish white cap and lace.

Aroma of wood, heavy dark fruit and sour cherries.

Flavor is very tart and very sour, yet pleasingly rich and complex. What is get is mostly the dark fig, sour cherry thing intermingled with wood in a layered complexity which comes across as a rounded whole.

Medium texture with balancing carbonation.

If you like sour ale I believe you'll like this. I certainly like it but pretty much any Red Flanders goes down well with me.
Apr 22, 2018
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Reviewed by Jeffwildcat from Arizona

4.58/5  rDev +16.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dont know if it was just me but very similar to Lags Dark Swan. Nice dark colors, little bubbly and sourish with the dark cherry woodsy taste. A very good beer.
Apr 21, 2018
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.99/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz. bottle. Poured out a dark brown color with a small, tan head of foam. It smelled of sour black cherry, lemon and some oak. Sour and tart with a strong cherry presence and a hint of sweetness for balance.
Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by elglueckert from Montana

Apr 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Mar 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.84 by BalancingBrooms from California

Mar 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Bluecrow from New York

4.08/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
-clear red-brown bottle pour with a thin tan layer of fine foam. There is a light aroma of wood and vinegar. The flavors include fig and dried plums, currants and grapes with a distinct oak back. This finish is a bit thin, but pleasantly acetic. I like this quite a bit.
Mar 16, 2018
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Rated by Jmohring from Indiana

3.35/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Sour ales are definitely not my thing
Mar 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by peachy-tay from California

Mar 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.18 by 1mrbeer from Ohio

Mar 06, 2018
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Reviewed by brenn79 from Idaho

4.18/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle out of the blender variety pack- Pours clear ruby red with a small white head that reduces to a collar immediately. The aroma is dark fruits, vinegar, tart almost to the point of burning the nostrils. The taste is mouth puckering sour, dark fruits, vinegary, wood, this is high end sour, surprising it is in a variety pack, although it does taste a bit like an unrefined sour, that needs to be blended, which i think is the point with this beer. Now to see how it blends with some of their other beers.
Mar 01, 2018
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Reviewed by Raime from Korea (North)

4.06/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Part of a Kroger mix a six. Never had an actual CRAFT attempt from New Belgium so we'll see what we get. Not expecting much.

Look - Like cranberry juice but a touch darker. Two finger purplish head that dies down to a thick ring. High carbonation with a nice smack of stick upon a finished glass.

Smell - Cranberry with that typical basement aspect. Poptart crust leaning towards a strawberry almost effect. Smells the profile.

Taste - Cranberry and cherries really dominate the palate as you're drinking. The funk is of course there and moderate as the way it typically goes with the style

Feel - Low carbonation in the mouth with a thin to moderate body. Swallows funky and easy.

Overall - Pretty standard wild ale. If you like the style then you'll like this beer. Wilds have become one of my new favorite things and I don't think I've ever had one that I would consider bad since a lot of them are quite similar if they don't include specific fruiting aspects. Solid. Try it.
Feb 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by BeerDrinkingRhino from Pennsylvania

Feb 17, 2018
Cellar Blender from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 49 ratings