Ft. Collins, CO (February 2013) – New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, continues its imaginative exploration of IPAs with its latest release - Rampant Imperial IPA. Rampant brings a happily bitter beer to New Belgium’s year-round portfolio, which also includes Ranger IPA and Shift. A burly Imperial IPA, Rampant pours a pure copper and carries the sheen of a rightly hopped beer. The Mosiac and Calypso hops bring stonefruit, while the addition of Centennial hops nod towards citrus for a well-rounded aroma. The beer presents heavy peach tones with a profoundly bitter bite. “Imperial IPAs take hoppy beers to the next level,” said New Belgium Assistant Brewmaster Grady Hull. “Rampant packs a powerful wallop but it’s got the malt bill to back it up.” Rampant is 8.5 percent ABV and 85 IBU. It’s available in 12 oz. and 22 oz. bottles and on draft in most New Belgium markets. To find New Belgium beers in your area, you can use the New Belgium Libation Location tool: http://www.newbelgium.com/beer.aspx. Pricing varies by location. You can also follow New Belgium on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/newbelgiumand Twitter @NewBelgium. About New Belgium Brewing Company New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews eight year round beers; Ranger IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Belgo IPA, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at www.newbelgium.com. ###
Andwoo from NB said it will hit my market, So Cal, the week of March 1st. http://beeradvocate.com/community/t...100-employee-owned-company.61880/#post-959038
I have one at home, but haven't tried it yet. I'm not sure when it hits shelves exactly (mine's a sample).
I'm in VA, had a couple more tonight and it was better than last night (getting over a cold, probably why). Was surprised to see it here already, bottle date is 2/9/13. For the price it's not a bad buy ($10.99/sixer) but there are better options for sure.
I saw a bunch of this in Total Wine McLean today. They had a bunch of Sucks in too, so I bought that instead.
Just came out in Chicago. Picked up a bottle @ binnys in plainfield with their build a six pack. Havent had it yet, but I have the feeling I probably wont like it. Considering I dont like fat tire. And yes I know its comparing apples to oranges.
I ordered the beer yesterday for my store. It arrived today and it greatly surpassed my expectations!!! With the Mosaic and Calypso dry hopping it REALLY reminds me of Enjoy By IPA.
I feel like some people "don't care" for it because it's New Belgium, and not a brewery known for IPA's or double/imperial IPA's.
I feel that they should be recognized for crafting this massively flavorful, yet balanced and easy drinking Imperial IPA.
Try it, you'll be surprised. I sure was. By the way, the only New Belgium beer I really like is La Folie. This beer is really well crafted.
Its dry hopped with Mosaic and Calypso which are big players in Stone's Enjoy By IPA. As Soon as I smelled it, I thought of Enjoy By. Im juat shocked that they can make this quality of an IIPA and be able to put it in 6 packs for 7.99. Its not the most complex IPA out there, but it damn tasty and it provides just enough lupulin to tie over an avid hop head for a while.
I think this beer smells delicious, unfortunately it doesn't taste like it smells. It's not bad, just not much to it, in my opinion.
It was okay. Not as crisp as Ranger, its a bit sweeter and had a pretty recognizable peach note to it. Not bad, not great. Worth trying? Sure.
Never heard the extract thing about New Belgium or this beer in particular that I can recall. But now I'm even more excited about it, I love Lagunitas' DIPA's and of course the Pliney's! I need try this beer, but first I need to get over this cold...
Not sure what is meant here. I'd wager that most commercial breweries with any desire to keep costs low are using extract. Even if they weren't, bittering hops are typically on the cheaper side unless you want to bitter with Amarillo or Citra for some ungodly reason. As mentioned, it's in Pliney for those who don't know or those who somehow think extract is cheating or not a quality ingredient. A DIPA must have a ton of dry hops in it though (and likely a bunch of late additions, too) - plus they're using some hot newer hop varietals which are pricey. Frankly the main thing likely keeping the price point low is that NB has an economy of scale that virtually none can compare to.
I'm not trying to be a jackass, but I'd like some proof to back up this statement. Again, not calling you a liar, but to make a statement like this without some sort of way to back it up is just heresy.
Hop extract is for bitterness, typically. Its a smart move, since lots of IBU = lots of vegetal matter to deal with. Oils are so volatile, I would be hard pressed to get good flavor/aroma from it.
I'm a big fan of Rampant, outside of La Folie it is my favorite from them. Awesome that it is going to be inexpensive and so readily available.
I did a private tour with one of the brewers and he all but said that they are not set up to brew hoppy beers. IE: lots of whole flower hops. Pellets and Extract are fine, just not as expensive as using a whole flower hop. I feel as though I can taste the difference and I was just making a point on price. Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.
Looking forward to it. New Belgium usually releases a big enough quantity that I know it will be on the shelves when I leave Oklahoma & do some beer shopping (still not here). I liked their last fresh hop offering.
Drinking this for the first time right now. It's a solid IPA....definitely the best NB IPA has done so far. As someone else mentioned it does taste very similar to their Super IPA collab with Alpine. Decently priced at $9.99 for a sixer, being 8.5% abv, but at that price, no way I would choose this over Two Hearted or Centennial IPA.
I really enjoyed this one, definitely has a good smell and not quite as much of a bite from the hops as i usually like in a double. But overall it was a pretty good one and at $5 for a 22oz bottle i would say its worth the $
I'm really liking this less and less the more I try it. On bottle 3 out of the sixer I got the other day and it seems to be getting worse....
Pretty easy drinking for a DIPA. It's alright but not a game changer. $8.99/6 is pretty cheap though.
