The Purist
New Belgium Brewing Company

 

Wow - might have thought this was spring water if was blindfolded. A thirst quencher for sure, but this taste like a good coors light cut with water.

The beer is one of, if not the most, pale beers I have ever seen. its close to colorless. The head is gone immediately. Does not look appealing at all. It is weak on the nose. What is there is fresh and malty. It does have more flavor than its smell would let on. It is sweet but not overly so. As per purpose of this beer, the fermentation is clean. That being said, there is a faint aftertaste that is kinda hard to put my thumb on. The aftertaste is nutty, but not in a roasted way. The feel is watery with less than ideal carbonation. Overall, its an interesting falvor and rather clean. It doesn't fill you up and leaves you wanting more.

 

100 calories / IBU=10

 

This is a great low calorie refreshing lighter beer.

12oz slim can stamped 30 AUG 20 poured into a shaker pint glass at fridge temp 95 calories, 3 g carbs, 3.8% ABV, USDA organic. Whew. The beer pours very, very light straw yellow with nearly white head. The head recedes to a thin cap. The aroma is very faint with malt. The taste is clean, watered down 2-row malt with no off flavors. Negligible bitterness. The mouthfeel is thin bodied with average carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, good at what it is, trying to compete against Mich Ultra's organic lager. Would I drink one if it was offered, without hesitation. Would I pay $9 a six pack, no!

 

12oz. can served in a shaker pint. Pours a translucent yellow with a fizzy, 1/8th inch, off-white head that sizzles and pops and quickly disperses. Copious tiny bubbles are present effervescing in-solution. Nose is very subdued - some sweet notes, a hint of grass and a kiss of something fruity. Taste is extremely bland - some notes of corn sweetness, followed by grainy adjuncts at the finish. Mouthfeel is watery with an effervescent carbonation - just nothing to latch on to. Overall, this is not great. I'd prefer a Miller Lite over this. The only redeeming quality is that it's certified organic.

Appearance: Pours a completely clear, pale lemon color that bubbles like champagne. A soft, bright white head. SRM of 6-7. (4.25)

Aroma: Light aromas of wet, white cereal grains. Slight malt liquor and corn behind that. A little bit of glue and paper too. (3.75)

Flavor: Flavor is even less. Clean cereal grains, yeast, and carbonation. Very mild flavors. Hints of malt liquor, corn, and paper. (3.50)

Feel: Light bodied as expected. Good carbonation. Extremely light and clean on the palate. (3.50)

Compared with Trader Joe's Premium Lager 6/27/20: Pours a lighter color. Milder aromas, flavors, and feel overall.

Overall: A very nice and clean drinking light beer. It looks light, the flavor is light, and the feel is light. It's light all around and extremely clean and drinkable. (Final Rating: 3.66)

not a lot of consistency with the new belgium packaging of late, this is in skinny pale blue cans without much branding, a clean lager the label tells me, and it certainly is, delicious on a hot summer day, a beer with infinite drinkability and something that looks and seems a little more of the health conscious but still tastes like craft beer, which is proving difficult to do, even for the best of them. i love the ultra low alcohol content and hope for a trend towards more of this sort of thing, i love drinking beer all day, and this really allows for it. it looks almost too light, a shiny watered down yellow shade, minimal as can but but nice carbonation even though the white head doesnt have amazing retention. it smells like not much, but some lager yeast is perceptible, minerals, nothing metallic or cheap about it, so i guess is stands out more for what it isnt than what it is, in the nose anyway. the flavor has some light european pils type pale barley to it but in a very understated manner, a bit of that lager yeast, and basically no hops, but i dont need much more from this in my lager, and when ice cold, this was both refreshing and satisfying, and way better than anything macro in the traditional sense, honestly one of the first light beers like this i can get behind. i think new belgium has stayed relevant for so long in part due to their unique ability to engage new and fringe craft drinkers, and its beers like this, that can stand in for a white claw or something, that makes it happen. i was impressed with this for what it is, could easily drink twenty of them on a hot day. maybe a little watered down, but its so bubbly it doesnt bother me much. way better than its ratings here.

I really didn’t find this that interesting. First impression was a healthier Keystone Light. It’s a decent hot day easy drinker....nothing more or less.

This is a yet to be discovered light beer phenomenon! It’s light and has smooth taste with fresh ingredients and taste. If you want a refreshing beer after a long day this is it! This is an excellent beer for us who much watch carbs and want a clean refreshing lager beer. Cheers. Way better than ranked here.

12oz slim can with a best by date 30 AUG 2020, opened 6-7-20.
3.8% abv, 95 calories, 3g carbs, Organic.
2 finger white head crests over the rim of the glass, steadily falls to a 1/4" cap.
Very pale straw gold beer with great clarity, The carbonation streams are plenty and aggressively moving. Tiny bit of lacing.
Strange first whiff of cardboard/paper and sulfur. Bit of a perfume, not sure if it's coming from malt or hops, confusing.
Light fruity flavors of apple, pear, and white wine-esque in a small way.
Extra light body with medium high carbonation. Very quick and dry finish.
Mission accomplished, very light beer with light flavor - the aroma was the weakest link.
Okay to Good.

 

Looks, smells, tastes like a clean light lager. Hints of pear, white fruit esters. Extremely drinkable, I'd choose this or a Mich Ultra any summer day.

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a crystal clear color with a tiny head of billowy white foam. The head has fades super fast leaving almost no lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is lighter overall, but is heaviest of a bit of a caramel and cracker malt. Along with these aromas comes a touch of a paper smell as well as a bit of grass.
Taste – The taste begins with a crisp cracker malt taste that has a touch of sweetness of caramel and light harvest fruit. The harvest fruit, which is mainly of a pear nature fades as the taste advances all while some flavor of a light hay and herbal taste come to the tongue. These later flavors are very subtle, and with a touch of a increase in the caramel one is left with a very light and crisp taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is very light and thin with a carbonation level that is moderately high. For the light beer style and tastes the feel is very good and makes for a super easy sipping brew.
Overall – A decent light beer, but not really all that much more impressive then most. I think I would likely go with a Miller lite or a Bud light over this as both have a bit more flavor, higher abv., and a quite a bit less expensive.