Grilled Pineapple Berlinerweiss by New Belgium Brewing Company in Colorado, United States

About Grilled Pineapple Berlinerweiss by New Belgium Brewing Company

The path to paradise begins with pineapples. For our inaugural release of Beers with Vrienden, a collaborative endeavor with friends and brewers around the country, we invited in the cool, tropical breeze of Miami’s J. Wakefield Brewing to the high country. Together we brewed up this Grilled Pineapple Berlinerweiss modeled after Wakefield’s fruit-spiked Florida Weisses we love so much. Opening with pineapples grilled at the brewery, this sessionable sour wheat bursts forth tropical fruit notes, skips across the tongue with a vibrant sweet-tart bite, and wraps with a juicy, crisp finish. It’s a beery pineapple express, from Colorado to Florida.

Tasting Notes:

VISUAL
Golden yellow in color with a medium sheen, white foam, and light lacing.
AROMA
Pineapple up front with other tropical and citrus fruits brightened with an acidic background. There is also a light grassy note and some fun funkiness.
FLAVOR
Starts very sour that moves into a balanced sweet and sourness, and then ends with a tiny amount of bitterness.
MOUTHFEEL
Very puckering and dry.
BODY
Medium-light body.

 


New Belgium Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was opened in 1991 by Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan. In 2011, it produced 712,800 barrels of its various labels. As of 2012, it was the third-largest craft brewery and eighth-largest overall brewery in the United States.

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