New Belgium Ranger IPA

Today's featured photo is of New Belgium Ranger IPA, submitted by Jesse Land. Have you had this beer before? New Belgium is not distributed to NY/NJ, but I did get to have it doing a Pacific Northwest Road Trip last year and I rather enjoyed it. Here's Jesse's description of his submission:

This was shot in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in one of my parent's gardens. My Mom is a big gardener, and as I was walking around taking photos of her flowers one day this summer (with a beer, of course), I set the beer down to get to work with my camera and then realized the beer itself would probably make a decent shot. :) It was taken with a Nikon D7000.

Planning a visit to the Northern-most part of Michigan? Then you should check out Jesse's website, Things to Do in the U.P.

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PNW Trip Part I: New Belgium Ranger IPA

Back in early April, the girlfriend and I took a trip out west to road trip up the Pacific Coast from San Francisco all the way to Seattle. Of course, while we were planning the trip I tried to sneak in as many brewery/brewpub visits as possible. Consider this the prologue to the more in-depth bloggings about the trip.

The first day we arrived in San Fran was a bit of a whirlwind with trying to cram in as many touristy things as possible (none of which were beer-related). It only occurred to us at the end of the day that it would be nice to get some beer to bring up to the hotel room to sip on before hitting the hay. I quickly whipped out my trusty iPhone and used the Find Craft Beer app to find a place right around the corner from our hotel with a decent selection.



We came away with a 6 pack of New Belgium Ranger IPA. This is probably not all that interesting to readers west of Pennsylvania, but for this NY/NJ beer blogger, New Belgium beers are hard to come by. The beer itself was good, not great. It seemed to have a much hoppier aroma whereas the taste provided only a slightly bitter, more citrusness to it. Yet it was still a great way to end a long day of seeing San Francisco's best.

Stay tuned for Part II.