New Belgium Lips of Faith - Cocoa Mole

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Sampled at the Richmond 17th Gathering. Clear dark brown with not much tan head. Good cinnemon and chocolate profile. Milk chocolate. The chile doesn’t show up until the end, but when it does, it is intense heat. heartburn. This is absolutely great. Love everything about this.

Very deep brown, slight head. Chocolate, cinnamon, and pepper aroma, quite enticing. Flavor is a match, but not quite as intense as the aroma. Heat from chlis is fairly intense on the end, unfortunately distracting ultimately.

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2012 Bottle. Deep amber pour with a smaller white head. Cocoa, chocolate, and a really good dose of chipotle. Cinnamon on the nose and on taste.

22 oz bottle from Red Dog. Poured at room temperature. Pours a deep amber to light brown body with a lasting ring of beige head. Aromas of cocoa, cinnamon, like the aroma of that cinnamon roll shop in the mall. Flavors first hit with chipotle, including a touch of smoke, and other fruitiness of the peppers followed by caramel, cinnamon, and chocolate. Finish is mildly spicy and sweet cinnamon, like a red hot.

Bottle @ home. Hazy, dark reddish brown appearance with a decent sized, light brown head. The nose is quite appetizing. spicy cinnamon and a moderate spicy pepper, rich cocoa flavor. Smells great. Rich chocolate malty, cocoa, spicy cinnamon, light vanilla, tasty pepper (minus the vegetal element) flavor. Drinks very nicely and I’m loving how they did the spicy element in this beer without getting the nasty vegetal flavor. I think most of the spiciness comes from the cinnamon rather than the chili peppers.

22 oz. Bomber from Red Dogs. Pours a nice brown copper with little head. Smell and taste remind me of Yoohoo, with a nice little spice at the end. Tastes much better than it smells though. Overall a decent beer and interesting combination.

Bomber poured a clear reddish brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla and light chilies. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a warming finish. Flavors of cinnamon, cocoa, light carmel and light chilies with a smooth warming lingering cinnamon finish.

Bomber. Poured medium-deep iced tea brown with a short-ish off-white head. The aroma opened with a hefty dose of cocoa paired with smoked guajillos and cinnamon.. spicier on the back of the nose.. really intriguing! The flavor found milkier chocolates, cocoa, and vanilla at the core.. smoked peppers and cinnamon rose as the drink progressed.. nice blend of chocolate, peppers, and cinnamon.. the combo of peppers and cinnamon almost made it too spicy, but it still worked. Medium-bodied, dry, and smoky on the palate.. lots of stuff going on, almost to a fault.. but I’d still drink it again.

Tasted on 1/21/12 from a 650mL bomber bottle purchased at Grand Cru. Pours dark cola brown with an average tan head that slowly settles into thin lace. This beer smells a lot like this weird smoked and spiced apple cider that I tried once, with tons of cinnamon, clove, and creamy milk chocolate backing it up. The flavor is almost exactly like champurrado, with tons of creamy milk chocolate, smokey cinnamon, clove, vanilla, and something that I associate with baked apples. The body is massively full and creamy with above average stinging carbonation and a long spiced cocoa and vanilla finish that shows some chili pepper heat after a while.

22oz bottle poured into a Snifter at 40°. Color is a dark clear brown with hints of ruby. Good carbonation that gives a thin loose head. Aroma is a roasted pepper scent with a little dark chocolate in the back. It has a light body with a thin crisp mouth feel. Flavor is very interesting, there’s a touch of spiciness and pepper flavor, a bit of smoke and then on the back a little sweetness with the coco showing and a touch of cinnamon. In the after taste the sweetness stands out for just a moment then leaves you with a bit of the spicy heat lingering on the back of your tong. Overall like I said its very interesting, they really captured the flavor of a Mexican Mole sauce.