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Blue Paddle
New Belgium Brewing Company
- From:
- New Belgium Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 12.71%
- Reviews:
- 456
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 07, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2001
- Wants:
- 39
- Gots:
- 278
Formerly Blue Paddle Pilsener
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Ratings by brownbeer:
Reviewed by brownbeer from Missouri
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours golden with a white head. Nothing great but not water with a yellow tint.
Lemon and soft biscuit in the nose. Honey comes out as it warms. Not a lot going on but what it does have is pleasant, though it does lack a noticable hop presence.
Taste is similar, with nothing really standing out, good or bad. Clean and balanced, doesn't taste like cheap grain. Light bodied without being thin and finishes dry and slightly bitter.
Pleasant but nothing to rave about.
Feb 07, 2010Lemon and soft biscuit in the nose. Honey comes out as it warms. Not a lot going on but what it does have is pleasant, though it does lack a noticable hop presence.
Taste is similar, with nothing really standing out, good or bad. Clean and balanced, doesn't taste like cheap grain. Light bodied without being thin and finishes dry and slightly bitter.
Pleasant but nothing to rave about.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.41/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.41/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12oz bottle from grocery store. Smooth, clean and crisp pils. Golden pour, decent foamy head, mostly grain aroma and taste, lightly hopped. Nice summer refresher
Jun 07, 2023Reviewed by officerbill from New York
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pilsner malts and toast. A tasty low hop Pilsner. A smooth feel with little edge and a pleasant after taste.
A very pleasant beer. Not the best I've ever had, but far from the worst.
Jun 22, 2019A very pleasant beer. Not the best I've ever had, but far from the worst.
Reviewed by ChrisBeerDrinker94 from Colorado
4.01/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.01/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Malty and floral on the nose. Well carbonated and sweet on the first sip. Ends with a bittersweet hops flavor. A good daily Pilsener. Nothing to complain about this beer.
Apr 02, 2019Rated by CiseroneMan from Arizona
4.27/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a nice pale yellow with mild carbonation; clove & fruity aroma, med mouthfeel with crisp finish
Mar 21, 2019Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Trillium IPA glass.
Look is a pale orange with a full white head.
Aroma is a dry biscuit malt with a strong Pilsner yeast.
Taste is very light and refreshing with a dry finish.
Feb 20, 2019Look is a pale orange with a full white head.
Aroma is a dry biscuit malt with a strong Pilsner yeast.
Taste is very light and refreshing with a dry finish.
Blue Paddle from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
1464 ratings
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