Baraboo Fireworks Blood Orange IPL

Baraboo Beers are a proprietary brand of the Hy-Vee chain of Midwestern supermarkets.  The beers are contract brewed by Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. This was their summer "Fireworks" release (last year was a blueberry ale). It is an India Pale Lager brewed with blood red orange juice, and using Tettnang and Hallertau hops.

The beer pours a lightly hazed amber and burnt sienna in color. There is a tall, thick, foamy head of off-white. The aroma is zesty, citrus, deep orange, atop some caramel malt. The taste is deep orange, zesty, pithy, tangy, yet sweet, over toasted malt. The finish is dry and lightly to moderately bitter. The beer drinks smooth with a light tingling of carbonation. A nice try, but this one doesn’t really work for me (although the Baraboo beers tend to be pretty decent overall for store brand beers).