Citrus Slayer
New Belgium Brewing Company
- From:
- New Belgium Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 8.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 13, 2026
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by LoftusTheBeerEngineer from Wisconsin
4.41/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Citrus Slayer
New Belgium Brewing Company
4.41 / 5
Look – 4.25
Pours clear golden with excellent head retention and strong, persistent lacing. Bright and polished — a noticeable contrast to its hazier sibling. Carbonation presents clean and steady.
Aroma – 4.5
Big mandarin orange up front — intense and expressive. Valencia orange, lime zest, pineapple, and a subtle cereal-citrus note reminiscent of Fruit Loops. The nose suggests sweetness and weight, which tracks for a 9% IPA.
Taste – 4.5
The palate follows the aroma closely: orange-forward, layered citrus, balanced lime, light pineapple. Compared to Voodoo Ranger Juice Force, this leans less grapefruit and more mandarin/orange oil. It drinks cleaner and brighter, with less of the soft haze cushion.
The sweetness is present but not cloying. Bitterness is restrained, functioning more as structure than punch. It sits somewhere between modern juice bomb and traditional American IPA — polished, fruit-driven, but not entirely devoid of hop backbone.
Side-by-side, the key difference is clarity and citrus tone:
Juice Force = hazy, pineapple/grapefruit dominant
Citrus Slayer = clear, orange/mandarin dominant
They’re closer cousins than distant relatives, but the profile here feels slightly more focused and dialed.
Mouthfeel – 4.25
Medium body, smooth, lively carbonation. The 9% ABV is integrated well. It drinks dangerously easy for the strength.
Overall – 4.25
This is a modern, fruit-forward IPA that prioritizes drinkability and citrus saturation over bitterness or tradition. If you’re looking for old-school pine and resin, this isn’t it. If you enjoy contemporary citrus-driven IPAs with big aroma and smooth finish, it delivers.
Whether this is purely expressive hop work or aided by modern extraction techniques, it’s impressive that a beer at this scale maintains such bright citrus character through distribution.
Not traditional. Not subtle. But undeniably enjoyable.
Feb 13, 2026New Belgium Brewing Company
4.41 / 5
Look – 4.25
Pours clear golden with excellent head retention and strong, persistent lacing. Bright and polished — a noticeable contrast to its hazier sibling. Carbonation presents clean and steady.
Aroma – 4.5
Big mandarin orange up front — intense and expressive. Valencia orange, lime zest, pineapple, and a subtle cereal-citrus note reminiscent of Fruit Loops. The nose suggests sweetness and weight, which tracks for a 9% IPA.
Taste – 4.5
The palate follows the aroma closely: orange-forward, layered citrus, balanced lime, light pineapple. Compared to Voodoo Ranger Juice Force, this leans less grapefruit and more mandarin/orange oil. It drinks cleaner and brighter, with less of the soft haze cushion.
The sweetness is present but not cloying. Bitterness is restrained, functioning more as structure than punch. It sits somewhere between modern juice bomb and traditional American IPA — polished, fruit-driven, but not entirely devoid of hop backbone.
Side-by-side, the key difference is clarity and citrus tone:
Juice Force = hazy, pineapple/grapefruit dominant
Citrus Slayer = clear, orange/mandarin dominant
They’re closer cousins than distant relatives, but the profile here feels slightly more focused and dialed.
Mouthfeel – 4.25
Medium body, smooth, lively carbonation. The 9% ABV is integrated well. It drinks dangerously easy for the strength.
Overall – 4.25
This is a modern, fruit-forward IPA that prioritizes drinkability and citrus saturation over bitterness or tradition. If you’re looking for old-school pine and resin, this isn’t it. If you enjoy contemporary citrus-driven IPAs with big aroma and smooth finish, it delivers.
Whether this is purely expressive hop work or aided by modern extraction techniques, it’s impressive that a beer at this scale maintains such bright citrus character through distribution.
Not traditional. Not subtle. But undeniably enjoyable.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.7/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Rating this as a DIPA
Pours an effervescent gold with one finger of eggshell colored head. Very good head retention & lacing
S: Plenty of oranges, a bit artificial & one dimensional
T: Oranges, a mix of sweet & tart, dryness up front. Some lime bitterness counters the orange sweetness as this beer warms up, fairly dry as well, just a kiss of pink grapefruit. Finishes dry with mix of lime, pink grapefruit & oranges
MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation, good balance for what it is
Not a great DIPA but pretty darn drinkable; would take this all day, every day over Juice Force
Oct 12, 2025Pours an effervescent gold with one finger of eggshell colored head. Very good head retention & lacing
S: Plenty of oranges, a bit artificial & one dimensional
T: Oranges, a mix of sweet & tart, dryness up front. Some lime bitterness counters the orange sweetness as this beer warms up, fairly dry as well, just a kiss of pink grapefruit. Finishes dry with mix of lime, pink grapefruit & oranges
MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation, good balance for what it is
Not a great DIPA but pretty darn drinkable; would take this all day, every day over Juice Force
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