New Belgium Le Terroir

At the Brewery. Poured a peach color. Aroma of sugar, apricot and sourness. Tastes starts very sour and dispates quickly.

On tap at Brouwer’s. Dark peach. fair head. Sour sugary fruit aroma. (apricot? and melon) Rolling delicious flavour. Like sherbet. Don’t want to let it off the tongue. Sourness disappears quickly after the finish.

draft @ brouwer’s sour fest - ymmm, this was just terrific and blew away the base beer Foedre #3; the dry-hopping melded perfectly with the sourness for a tart, yet more complex and interesting brew; equally bright orange with a more pronounced head; creamy texture and lovely nose; yummy
Earlier Rating: 5/23/2008 Total Score: 3.8
draft @ brouwer’s sour fest - had this side by side with the Le Terroir; bright orange with slight haze and plenty of carbonation; thin head quickly fades; aromas of peaches and apples are tart; lots of sourness and a dry finish; medium body and slightly creamy texture; enjoyable, but i couldn’t quite finish, especially as i was blown away by le terroir but probably more due the fact that i was all sour-ed out by this point

On tap @ Brouwer’s. As much as I thought I would flip a lid over this one, I would prefer a Terrior over this simply because it lacks a small amount of bodied comparitively. That being said, the flavor on the brew is still incredible, with many different sour and funk notes. Lemons and sour pears come out in the fruit world, with lots of bittering hops to feast on throughout the finish. Good stuff.

Orange body and quite hazy with a nice sized off white head. Aroma bursts sour tartness. Slightly barny. Sour and tart with citrus flavour and some barny yeast. Quite citric throughout and quite strong. A little too citric for me.
Earlier Rating: 5/20/2008 Total Score: 4
Sour throughout but oh so balanced and clean. Some green apple and peach with some yeast and spice. Quite a nice sour ale.