What is it about bikes and beers that go so well together? This is a concept that I will wrap my head around and spew out here later. But when you think of bikes and beers, you have to think of New Belgium brewery, their iconic Fat Tire and the New Belgium cruiser. I am not a fan of overly malty beers like Fat Tire and I am not on the Sour Beer bandwagon (yet), which seems to be their focus at the moment, so when I go for a New Belgium beer, it's going to be a Ranger. I usually like to pour my beers into a glass so I can first of all see the color and second smell the hop aroma. Ranger however, is a good bottle drinking beer, which is handy for after a ride when glasses aren't readily available. The hop aroma leaves much to be desired. Smells a little skunky old socky. It is however balanced with a nice bitterness. So out of a bottle it can be quite refreshing which serves it well as an after biking re-hydrating pleasure and you can feel okay about not missing out on the aromas.
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