2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
@ abt blind tasting. pours clear medium dark copper with a small off-white head, some retention. soapy, chocolate, hazelnuts, maybe even peanut butter, some spices, tobacco, phenols, boozy, peppery. soft carbonation, light to medium body, awkward spicy hazelnutty finish. the worst out of seven.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
$6 draft at USNWC in Charlotte. Poured with a small tan head over a hazy, dark amber body.
Has more flavor than aroma, with the latter featuring dates, prunes, plum and fig as well as an (unfortunate) light tobacco flavor The high ABV is too obvious in both the taste and feel. Medium+ body is slightly astringent and harsh. Carbonation is about right for the style.
O: some, but not enough malt profile, complexity or dark fruitiness. Not bad... but not real good either. Almost certainly would benefit from some aging.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
04.20.2013 22 oz. bottle
Pours a deep brown with a quickly disappearing sand colored head. Smells of boozy dark berries. Tastes hot with a layer of cherry undertones smoothing a dry finish.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Draft. Clear dark amber body with medium beige head, nice lacing. Aroma is moderately sweet, alcohol, some caramel, light bubblegum. Taste is sweet, caramel, some vinous, bubblegum, booze. Sticky full body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy yeast, dark fruit and small alcohol aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy dark fruit sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish with a small alcohol burn of moderate to long duration. Solid complex brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Poured into a large snifter.
Dark copper pour with a fine tan head, which dissipated quickly, though a fair amount of lace remained on the surface and the glass.
Nose is caramel malt, cherry, dates. Mot getting any coffee. A hint of alcohol.
Flavor is a little boozy, cherries, cherry stone bitterness to the finish. A hint of almond in the end. A nice dry finish.
Medium mouthfeel with a fair amount of carbonation.
I really enjoyed this one. I think New Belgium is to be commended on their inventiveness with the Lips of Faith series. This marks my 500th review!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle, shared by tmoney99. Dates and cherries in the aroma. Very nice, rich and fruity. Coffee not noticeable in the nose, but it is in the flavor, really nice with the dark fruit, works well with the flavor. Hazy dark red / brown color. Good thin khaki head, good lace. Nice banana. Bigger body. Good smooth lighter carbonation. More dry in the finish. Sweeter taste, lightly tart, good light bitterness. Hint of belgian spice, not too sweet, candy sugar is in check here. Alcohol doesn’t even cross my mind. Impressively smooth and drinkable for a quad. A little creamy, even. Great quad. I really dig it. Appreciate the creativity, and the additions work well.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from 16 Tons, Eugene. Pours a very cloudy brown. Nose comes off as dates, with a sharp booziness thrown in. Medium body; warming well-hidden. I guess I’m in the minority, but I rather liked this beer.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a murky, deep red. Aromas of some alcohol and some fruits, but very faint. Flavor is perhaps the most dull quad I have ever had. All I’m really getting is some tobacco, alcohol, and what must be the coffee cherries, but it doesn’t come together very well at all. I don’t know what kind of experimentation NB went into in their thought process in making this but something went wrong. NB doesn’t ever blow me away with their beers, but I’m never this disappointed.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle.
Nose is fruit and plastic sweetened salad of fruit. Make sense? Flavor is doughy prune with a lightning bolt of dark fruit bread. Average mouthfeel. Forgettable.
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