New Belgium Brewing Expands its Voodoo Ranger Portfolio with the Release of 1985 IPA
The promising rotating series of beers in the New Belgium Brewing lineup has a new addition this month. Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA joins the Voodoo Ranger portfolio of rotating beers this month in 12oz, 6 pack cans.
1985 IPA is a Hazy IPA that takes its name from the Generation X’s look back at the decade of the 1980s, a bit hazy. This new IPA is described as offering up juicy mango freshness alongside pineapple and guava flavors and aromatics that’s high in flavor and low in bitterness. 1985 IPA is an easy drinking beer and sits at 6.7% ABV.
“For 1985 IPA, we wanted to make a hazy IPA to crush during summertime,” Ross Koenigs, Research and Development Brewer at New Belgium said in a statement. “1985 uses loads of Citra and Simcoe hops and then dials up the fruit factor with the addition of mango. The result is an impossibly juicy and drinkable IPA arriving just in time for summer.”
Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA Stats:
Alcohol 6.7% ABV
IBUs: 30
Style: Hazy, Juicy India Pale Ale
Hops: Citra, Simcoe and Cascade
Malt: Pale Malt, Oats and Wheat
Visual: Medium-Heavy Sheen
Flavor and Aroma: Aromas of Mango, Pineapple, Guava. A slightly sweet juicy mango flavor fades to moderate bitterness that lightly lingers.
New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger portfolio has been a bright spot for the brewery. The entire Voodoo Ranger portfolio is up over 40% vs. last year and the Rotating series (the #1 Craft brand launch in 2019), is now New Belgium’s 5th bestselling brand.
Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA will be available nationwide in early May in 12oz can and on draft. The suggested retail price is $10.99 a 6-pack. Locate Voodoo Ranger 1985 IPA or any of New Belgium’s other offerings by visiting the New Belgium Beer Finder or by downloading New Belgium’s Beer Mode app.
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Hello will you be coming out w the voodoo ranger 1985 any time soon? It seems to be sold out everywhere and I’m not sure if it’s seasonal or discontinued.
Wandering when the 1885 will comeback out loved it and I’m not an IPA person this was so good
Will you be re-releasing the 1985 ipa again in 2021? It was my absolute favorite release!!
Look – it takes a lot to impress me. I drink a lot of different beers. Who doesn’t, right? And, frankly, a lot of them get grouped into a vague second tier of beers that are tasty, really good beers that I’m happy to drink, but I’m not going to go on the internet and start writing comments on blog posts about them. They’re good, but not that good. Utility beers – they get the job done, and do it well, no complaints.
Though, once in a great while, something does come along that elevates itself above and beyond the others, and that gives me pause. I wonder, what about this beer distinguishes it so distinctly in my mind? Is it just the subtle interaction of the fruit and hoppy bitterness? No, it goes deeper than that. This beer wraps your mouth in warm nostalgia. You feel a kinship as you lift it to your lips and know that your best interests are being lovingly tended. It is balance and you become so in its presence. You’ve got this beer’s back, precisely because you know it has yours. And when it ends, it’s not goodbye, just see you again soon. How often do you drink a beer and feel that? How often do you even feel that about people in your life?
I have missed you, Voodoo Ranger 1985, since I scoured the last 6 pack of you in a 100 mile radius over the summer and I have longed, pined for your return. I pray it is soon, for I am not sure I have the fortitude to endure a summer without you by my side.
Back in 1985 there was only piss flavored domestic seltzer water masquerading as beer in America.
I like it. Not as hoppy as some IPAs. Very refreshing very drinkable