Fireworks Blood Orange IPL
Baraboo Brewing Company

 

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a Shaker pint glass, there is no "best by" date that I can find.

APPEARANCE: pours a cloudy, amber color with one-finger white head that slowly dissipated until a thin, broken layer of small bubbles remained, there is significant lacing on the glass, lighter carbination.

SMELL: bread, orange citrus and roasted malt.

TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet roasted malt and bread then an orange citrus note and some pine resin.

PALATE: medium body and lighter carbonation.

OVERALL: this is a good beer, something different, a little more carbonation would have helped, I would buy this again and would recommend to anyone who enjoys this style.

 

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of toasted caramel and sweet blood oranges. Nice citrusy taste with a toasted caramel backbone and mild bitterness.

 

Poured from 12oz bottle into a clear mug.

Appearance: very murky orange hue with a finger of pillowy ivory foam. Definitely too murky for a pale lager, but acceptable when considering the fruit element.

Smell: very bready with a nice orange peel element. I think it works rather well.

Taste: bready again, like the aroma, but with a bright counterpoint to the flavor. It's not tart, but there's a bright element brought about by the orange peel that does a good job filling out the flavor. Good stuff.

Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a good carbonation and a decent creaminess.

Overall: as with all fruit beers, this may not be everyone's boat. I like its refreshing character, although the bitterness from the peel negatively impacts drinkability. That said, it's an interesting treat.

 

 

 

"Fireworks"! Apparently a summer brew.

A : A nice glow reminiscent of bagged dried apricots. 70% opaque, and the head pours nicely at about 2 fingers and sticks around for quite awhile before receding to a thick ring. Hilly lace left on the sides.

S : In the smell, roasted malts come out in a huge way. Behind that is freshly cut orange. I honestly don't smell anything resembling "pale" as there's very little to no hops in the aroma. But what's there is pleasant to nose.

T : Hops come out in the tasting, I want to say they are cascade and spalt hops. Largely hoppy, with some slight biscuit malt under it to hold the hops up like a cheerleader pyramid. It's really a textbook pale lager, but it leaves its own mark with an exit of juicy squeezed orange.

F : Carbonation is kept at a moderate stab, staying within the light to medium body range, and ends slightly oily and pasty.

O : Meh. It was okay, I've definitely had worse pale lagers and pale ales. I don't think I'd buy it again, but it's a solid representation with its own signature (a light blood orange/juiced orange flavor at the end).

 

Fireworks pours a orangeish amber color with a small but long lasting head. There is a mellow orange aroma. The taste is crisp and light, with a just noticeable orange flavor. Nice body, but lighter flavors. Overall it had a lot of potential, but the weaker flavors keeps it down a bit.

Interesting. The blood orange tones down what would be an otherwise hoppy beer, and balances everything out pretty well. Has a nice tang to it that doesn't amplify the bitterness.