New Belgium La Folie

On tap at the New Belgium tasting room. Cloudy brown pour, fast fading off white head. Nose is mostly earthy funkiness with a bit of cinnamon. Light effervescent mouthfeel. Flavor is extreme sourness, hard to pick out much else. I’m slowly getting more of a palate for Flemish Sours.

750mL Hand Bottled # 06-3379, courtesy of my best friend Cole. Pours a cloudy orange caramel brown with a 2/3 finger beige head, fades to a film after a short while. Aroma of big acidic sourness--the only fruit I can pull may be some unripened granny smith apples or strawberries--, oak, cinnamon, some light toffee--overall the tone was quite sour. Wow, this is freakin’ sour! Some huge acidic sourness with dry oak starts out up front, some toffee, very light roast--I know this doesn’t fit at all but it’s there--, apples and strawberries. I can usually pick out tobacco with no trouble, but I couldn’t figure out what this extra flavor was until puzzl stated it. Bone dry finish. Fairly high carbonation with a medium body. This was a very good beer, but one glass is plenty due to the intense sourness

Dark brown color with a little light brown head. Very oaky aroma. Sour and tart with some apple in the flavor. 8/4/8/4/17

Rerate. 2007 vintage on tap - the blend of all 10 vintages of La Folie. Truly magnificent. Sharply tart aroma with a little funk on a brown body. Exceptionally smooth body with just enough sweetness to balance the sourness.

A Mes rate: Sampled at ZBF, thanks Jim! What a cracker! A superb Flemish sour. Medium red/brown colour with a swift tan head that is attractive while it lasts. Sourish aroma full with plenty oakyness and malt. Flavour is just what I had expected from the nose but very good indeed. Acidic and sweet, fruity and sour with plenty of barnyard character and some cherry and other dark fruit. it bounces around all over the mouth and is a real wake up call for the taste buds. Lovely mouth feel. Expected dry finish. Very drinkable. Great beer.

oaky and fruity in the nose, as well as something else that’s sweet and warm and mellow that i can’t quite put my finger on . citrusy sourness (though a bit like white vinegar) up front, with cherry, (vinous) grapes, wood as well. delicious

Awwwww yeah! Aroma is oaky, fruity, tobacco, good sourness. Flavor has a really powerful acidity up front and finishes really melllow, delicious fruits (cranberry, strawberry, lemon, clementine) with complex notes of chocolate, tobacco, wood. Fantastic!

Sampled at the O-Town throwdown. Pours hazy lazy deep copper with nice tan head. The aroma is sour and more sour after that. The flavor has some nice dark grape juice notes along with tart grapes and sourness. Nice flavors where the tartness doesn’t kill off my ability to taste.

It took a flight out to Denver for me to have a taste of this. Had a sample at the brewery which I was surprised they were giving free samples of. Brown in color with a woody sour smell. Flavor mostly showed off the sweet n sour flavor of Flemish ales. Some wood, and cherry tones in the backend. Not sure if its worth the price but great effort.