Orange Crushsicle Ale
Aldus Brewing Company
- From:
- Aldus Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 5.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 15, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 01, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Brewed with Tangerine, Blood Orange Fruit & Vanilla Beans. We wanted to take a juicy beer to a whole new level, and we succeeded ... One pound of tangerine/orange puree per gallon of beer. Flavors of Orange Juice; dry, sweet, pale malt with little hop character. Some of the perceived sweetness comes from a background hint of creamy vanilla.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.53/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has an orange color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of oranges, little else. Taste is also dominated by oranges, not much else going on. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.
Aug 17, 2023
Rated by fivepilks from Pennsylvania
4.23/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
It is not discontinued. Just bought some today May 7, 2023
May 09, 2023
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.92/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This may seem counterintuitive, but thanks to my long hours at work & drinking less as a result, I am finding more beers in my backlog that I want to drink! Aldus is a small brewery in (relatively) nearby Hanover & I have been buying their bottles (gasp!) on occasion, usually to fill out a mixed sixer. It suddenly struck me that I have enough for a brewery horizontal, of which this will be the sixth and last (for now).
From the Bottle (wowzer!): "Brewed with Tangerine, Blood Orange Fruit & Vanilla Beans."; "We wanted to take a juicy beer to a whole new level, and we succeeded ... One pound of tangerine/orange puree per gallon of beer. Flavors of Orange Juice; dry, sweet, pale malt with little hop character. Some of the perceived sweetness comes from a background hint of creamy vanilla."
This one really speaks to me from my youth! I used to get a $0.10/day allowance back when a dime actually bought something. We would walk to Smithgall's Pharmacy for a cherry Coke at the fountain & I would splurge on either a CANdy bar or an ice cream (hence my being a bit chonky until I hit puberty), the latter of which was usually a Dreamsicle (or Creamsicle) - vanilla ice cream enrobed in/with orange sherbet! Mmm. I gave up on them when they became more sherbet than ice cream. 8=(
I started my journey down Memory Lane with a Pop! of the cap, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line pour until I realized that there were a LOT of lees on the kick/punt & increased my efforts. This resulted in the formation of just under two fingers of foamy, soapy, rocky, ivory-white head with modest retention. Color was a cloudy, turbid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose was redolent with the smell of orange citrusiness & vanilla, instantly returning me to my youth! Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was wonderfully orange-y & citrusy with just enough vanilla to keep the citric acidity under control. They did this one just right, keeping both the malt(s) & hops to a minimum & allowing the adjuncts to be the stars of the show. Finish was semi-sweet since I would not consider any aspect of it as "dry", but there was also a definite citrusy tanginess throughout. Mmm. YMMV.
Nov 06, 2020From the Bottle (wowzer!): "Brewed with Tangerine, Blood Orange Fruit & Vanilla Beans."; "We wanted to take a juicy beer to a whole new level, and we succeeded ... One pound of tangerine/orange puree per gallon of beer. Flavors of Orange Juice; dry, sweet, pale malt with little hop character. Some of the perceived sweetness comes from a background hint of creamy vanilla."
This one really speaks to me from my youth! I used to get a $0.10/day allowance back when a dime actually bought something. We would walk to Smithgall's Pharmacy for a cherry Coke at the fountain & I would splurge on either a CANdy bar or an ice cream (hence my being a bit chonky until I hit puberty), the latter of which was usually a Dreamsicle (or Creamsicle) - vanilla ice cream enrobed in/with orange sherbet! Mmm. I gave up on them when they became more sherbet than ice cream. 8=(
I started my journey down Memory Lane with a Pop! of the cap, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line pour until I realized that there were a LOT of lees on the kick/punt & increased my efforts. This resulted in the formation of just under two fingers of foamy, soapy, rocky, ivory-white head with modest retention. Color was a cloudy, turbid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose was redolent with the smell of orange citrusiness & vanilla, instantly returning me to my youth! Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was wonderfully orange-y & citrusy with just enough vanilla to keep the citric acidity under control. They did this one just right, keeping both the malt(s) & hops to a minimum & allowing the adjuncts to be the stars of the show. Finish was semi-sweet since I would not consider any aspect of it as "dry", but there was also a definite citrusy tanginess throughout. Mmm. YMMV.
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