4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 30, 2009 This one seemed pretty spot on for me. Tap @ Bailey’s Taproom... Poured deep ruby in tone with a beige head. Aroma of alcohol and fruit with yeasty characteristics. Nice thick and chewy palate with floral and fruit flavors (maybe berries). Other notes of cloves, wheat and malts. Was very smooth and light for 9% but also very complex. Good Job New Belgium.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted 1/23/09. Draft from The Stables. Tap handle said Lips Of Faith Dunkel Weiss 30. Hazy with a dark amber brown hue. Bready flour and citrus aromas. Spicy and crackers. Medium to full bodied with a spicy and sweet character. Yeast being the dominant part of the palate. Chalky, sticky and syrupy. Big citrusy soapy effervescence. Floral and banana notes. Touch smokey malt character. Cloying long finish. Mild cherry note pops up in the middle. Tasty.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour is a almost black with a large tan head. Aroma is lots of clove and banana with some alcohol in there. Flavor is again spot on for the style. A nice big clove an banana hit the tounge at first then comes a bit of spice and alcohol. For a 9% beer this is quite flavorfull and easy to drink.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Hamilton’s, "Lips of Faith." Pours murky brown with al lot of carbonation in the form of tan bubbles. Smallish off-white head, decent lacing. Lovely banana bread aroma. Not as much wheatiness as expected, more of a grain/cereal scent. Smooth, bubbly mouthfeel. The rich banana bread nose is mirrored in the flavor. Sweet and yeasty, with little stale hay bite of some dunkels. Easy to drink, sweet without being disgusting, all around a really good beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Sycamore just prior to barley wine night. The oddest of the Lips of Faith. Malty and sweet, but also chocked up with cloves and various X-Mas ale spices. Initial tastes are positive, but as beer warms up the spices come on strong like a fruitcake.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 21, 2009 Draught, at the upstairs bar&grill of the Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz. Pours dark brown/black with a moderate off-white head. Aroma is banana, clove, grain, spices, and bit of alcohol. Flavor is the same elements, somewhat sweet. This is quite good on the whole---I had no real idea what a strong dunkelweizen would come out as, but it’s got a nice strong, doppelbock-ish malt quality along with the usual dunkelweizen flavors, and blends it all nicely.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
german clovey and banana bread heavy yeasts. medium brown color and a balanced palate. Perhaps a touch too much banana spice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Naked City. Listed as the new Lips of Faith brew. Lots of banana and moderate syrupy sweetness. Not too heavy on the spices; smooth and easy drinking...enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
choice city. Extrm dark brown. Huge wheat heavy clove smell and flavor - creamy toasted wheat and spiced banana. Reminded of Aventinus - rich, sweet, syrupy, malt heavy, zero to no hop bitterness. Rich and tangy finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black body with a decent brown top. Nose full of cloves and some banana. Quite phenolic. Clove dominates, chocolate banana rounds it out. Some sour banana on finish. Intriguing for the style as you definitely feel the alcohol warmth on the finish. A high-octane, winter warmer-styled dunkelweiss. A nice, seasonal rendition of the style.
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