Tread Lightly Ale - New Planet Beer Company

AmitC

Indiana

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%

12-15-2012 18:33:29 | More by AmitC

OregonGrown7

Nebraska

3/5  rDev +10.7%

06-16-2013 01:05:49 | More by OregonGrown7

b1515152004

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +19.9%

06-15-2013 00:14:11 | More by b1515152004

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.78/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Apparently this "Tread Lightly" stuff is now being branded as simply "New Planet Blonde Ale". I like it, more to the point than before. Anyway, it pours a clear straw topped by a half-finger of short-lived off-white foam. The nose comprises soapy and funky wheat (I take this to be the sorghum), dry corn tortilla, and a dash of flowers. The taste holds notes of funky lemon zest, light cracked wheat, sweet flowers, and a kiss of honey. There's an odd and vague fruitiness pervading. The body is a rather light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a slick feel. Overall, a frankly odd beer, one that just doesn't taste quite right to me to be in any way enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 20:22:01 | More by TMoney2591

JarMills

British Columbia (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +38.4%

05-12-2013 03:45:58 | More by JarMills

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-04-2013 11:39:51 | More by RedneckBeerz

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

2.25/5  rDev -17%

04-09-2013 22:11:35 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

johnbosma

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +38.4%

04-07-2013 14:50:16 | More by johnbosma

tastymug

Ohio

1.5/5  rDev -44.6%

03-11-2013 15:30:56 | More by tastymug

WissBrauSean

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

The beer pours a very clear and crisp straw color with only a faint ring tiny bubbles for the head and the lacing is near non-existant.

The aroma is slightly of sorghum and a little difficult to describe, lets try earthen and soapy, but that is only very faint and doesn't detract immensely from the other aromas of honey sweet apple and maybe a tad of hops.

Throughout the sip it is mostly like a honey type of maltiness and apple that covers the tongue and the finish is very faintly soapy, medicinal or metallic with a sort of sour aftertaste. It's not incredibly unpleasant but as you linger between sips the soapy is kind of weird. Slight notes of black pepper. It's not fairly complex, but this style really shouldn't be.

The mouthfeel is fuller than I thought it would be and lightly on the sweet side throughout the drink. It's slightly balanced but more sweet than not. The end is mildly dry, sour, bitter and that sorghum soapy. Carbonation is perfectly moderate. I can see this with more carbonation, but I think that would detract from it. Someone mentioned leaving the tongue a little slippery as well. I agree.

Overall, I enjoyed drinking this beer and learning. I would drink it again, but if there were alternatives I'd proably give them a go. I'm going to say this is average, but for what it's worth, it is NOT easy to brew gluten free and they have done one hell of a job to get even an average score in an actual American Blonde Ale class and that deserves points right there. It meets all of the criteria, but just has that taste, that sorghum taste.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2013 02:47:35 | More by WissBrauSean

UCLABrewN84

California

3.05/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Bottle pour at the BevMo Holiday Beerfest held at Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, CA.

Pours a clear light orange with a foamy off-white head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of grain, yeast, and some fruity aromas. Taste is much the same with a soapy and medicinal flavor on the finish. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an average beer that is decent for what it is but nothing I would go after again.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2012 22:39:39 | More by UCLABrewN84

t0rin0

California

2.75/5  rDev +1.5%

11-25-2012 03:18:45 | More by t0rin0

VelvetExtract

Massachusetts

2.85/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A-Pours a glassy golden hue. Aggressive pours yields no head. Only a ring along the edges of the beer remain. The foam ring leaves ringed lacing remnants.

S-Almost nothing. A semi-sweet aroma is really all I can detect...Yeah, that's it.

T-Apple juice. All sweetness. However there is a tiny, miniscule grassy hop flavor on the back end. Also getting notes of kettle corn.

M-A bit fuller than I expected. Carbonation is very mellow. My tongue feels a bit slippery after. The sweetness clings to the tongue.

O/D-Mellow. The flavor was a big upgrade over the nose. It has a market. This was not as good as their raspberry beer, but it wasn't horrific.

Serving type: bottle

10-06-2012 19:25:23 | More by VelvetExtract

jtierney89

New Jersey

1.65/5  rDev -39.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Very pale golden color with excellent clarity. Thin 1/2 finger white head that fades to a thin lace rather quickly. Lots of lively and visible carbonation. Looks like a macro lager to be honest.

Smells semi-sweet, touch of honey and plums.

Tastes like a semi-sweeter macro lager with a bit of a strange fruit and plastic aftertaste. Light thin body but kind of tastes like chemicals. Even for gluten free, and especially for gluten free at 10 bucks a 4 pack, I cant recommend this one.

If you wanna get drunk and not smell like beer though, this might be the way to go! Has almost no actual beer ingredients in it!

If you're gluten intolerant, this beers not terrible. It's drinkable, but it drinks like a coors light so

Serving type: bottle

09-26-2012 22:13:59 | More by jtierney89

Lee_Hancock

Maryland

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%

09-22-2012 00:44:25 | More by Lee_Hancock

Beerme09

Pennsylvania

1.5/5  rDev -44.6%

09-01-2012 02:38:39 | More by Beerme09

astebelton

Ohio

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%

08-28-2012 00:56:15 | More by astebelton

riversider76

New York

3.28/5  rDev +21%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

My first Gluten free beer....Pours a clear light golden with a thin white head. Not much retention, and just a hint of lace. Nose is of lemony, and grassy. Nice but weak.Body is light and carbonated. Taste is of lemon lime. Crisp and refreshing. The 7up of beers? I found it decent.

Serving type: bottle

08-23-2012 19:50:52 | More by riversider76

WDJersey

New Jersey

1.75/5  rDev -35.4%

08-01-2012 05:07:07 | More by WDJersey

beerthulhu

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Bright lemon with a feverish pitch of effervesce. Neat clarity with a sudsy white head that was weak on the hold and lace.

S: Very faint lemon malt. Extremely low aromatic appeal, have to really dig down to get some recognition. Yes the aroma treads lightly.

T: Sweet lemony lime hints with surprisingly more flavor then anticipated. Expected a watery euro-pale or light lager interpretation, but this had some malt sweetness and body to it. The lemony highlights were bright with a faint green hopping. Better then most gluten beers i experienced, but an macro-like blonde that tastes like sweetend extract rather grainy grains.

M: Fresh lemony, fairly crisp, pertty good substance wise, just again doesnt have that graininess and is rather syrupy and extract like per style.

O: Overall visually and aromatically its a light lager, the flavor more like a sweetened macro-like summer beer, fresh and lemony, better then most gluten-free, but falls way short of a good blonde. Lacks the grainy character and the natural hop aroma. If you are drinking this its probably out of necessity or curosity and not because you seek a traditional blonde.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2012 21:14:55 | More by beerthulhu

Cyberkedi

Georgia

2.43/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours a clear, rather wan straw yellow with not much head. Crisp aroma is fruity and has a hint of malt, but not much else. Flavor is a little better, fruity almost like a cider, a bit sweet - not complex, but OK. Smooth texture has decent fizz and body, and leaves a fruity, cider-like finish. One of these days I will find a truly good gluten-free beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2012 03:33:05 | More by Cyberkedi

clickyourfingers

4.5/5  rDev +66.1%

05-23-2012 02:11:49 | More by clickyourfingers

Goldfishman

Massachusetts

2.5/5  rDev -7.7%

03-04-2012 14:47:38 | More by Goldfishman

BeerEngineer89

New York

2.23/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured pale as they come. No head really. Smeels funny just like Labatt Blue without pilsner malt. Tastes like really watered down juice, but not offensive. There is slight honey and hop. Not malty, which feels weird. Almost like a slightly bubbly white wine. Not great stuff

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2012 18:28:17 | More by BeerEngineer89

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

2.17/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

Pours a clean pale yellow with a white head. In the aroma, clove and a small sweetness. In the taste, dry to sweet clove and honey notes. A small bite and medium to lighter bodied mouthfeel, with a dry clove-ish like aftertaste. Eh! It's ok, but I like grain.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2012 19:16:48 | More by OWSLEY069