New Belgium Lips of Faith (Erics Sour Peach Ale)

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

11th October 2008. GABF. Clear gold beer. Sharp but not overly sour or lemony. A nice sour ale that a non sour lover can really enjoy!

Draught at Map Room, Chicago: Aroma of Brett and peach. Poured gold/yellow/orange in color with a large, creamy, dense, white head that greatly diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer. Hazy. Not sparkling. Flavor is medium to heavily tart and sour. Tastes of Brett and peaches. Medium body. Mouth-watering, pucking texture is a bit thin. Average to lively carbonation. Tart Brett and peach finish.

On tap at the Maproom. Pour is cloudy gold with a medium white head. Aroma is acetic acid, lightly floral, light malt, but mostly just a lightly funky sour aroma. Flavor is quite tart up front with a lingering sourness that lasts throughout. There is a touch of hay and fruit near the end and then a notable but not overpowering malt kick in the finish. Their sour beers always impress me. They are always very tart, but I like that.

Draught at Brouwer’s. Damn this had a nice fruity peach aroma. The peach wasn’t the main aroma, but you could definitely tell there was peach in the beer. Nice aromatic brew. Nice peach gold appearance. Beer is fairly transparent. Nice tart aroma as well. I think the peach and tart aroma work well together. The flavor is delicious. Nice tart and sour flavor along with a subtle fruit peach backing. Damn this thing is smooth. I wasn’t expecting much, but that sour kick (in terms of flavor) are extremely impressive. Very happy to have tried.

FOBAB 2009- tap. pours a hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma of peaches, cream, tart lemon, funk, cobwebs, and earth. Some dry fruity tartness. pretty good, but takes a back seat to love and lychee in the new belgium sour lineup.

FoBAB 2009 (tap): Slightly hazy golden hue with a fizzy white head and minimal lace. The aroma has notes of lactic acid, peach fruit and pits, slight funk, mineral water, and a touch of herbal esters. The taste is tart and slightly fruity with a touch of clean oak, Got some mineral, earth, and herbal qualities as well. The finish seems a tad muted, no kick. The mouth feel is lively and refreshing. I am not a fan of peach beers in general but this one is well made.

On draft at Sheffield’s. Pours a clear golden yellow with a very fine fizzy white head. Aroma is actually quite nice, works for me, lactic peach without being over the top yogurty, actually quite sharp, fairly sweet, reminds me of peach-o’s, Flavor is not quite as good as the aroma, really nice sharp acidic and lactic at first with a really nice sour peach twang, really tastes like peach-o’s, which is awesome, then it becomes overly sweet and sugary, cloying almost and the sourness disappears. Medium bodied, fine fizzy carbonation that is crisp and sharp, however then it becomes sticky and syrupy which is off-putting. Definitely worth another try.

draft at Stone Brewery, pale cloudy yellow mildy tangerine color, thin white head, aroma is tartness, flavor is quite tart and sour, peach flavors are not very evident, bugs must have ate all the fruit, I enjoy the quality of the sours and the intensity of the sours, this is not the overwhelming geuze style that I’ve had many times over that are sometimes difficult to swallow more than 6 ounces of, this was quite drinkable and went well with the tikka masala I ate with it, good stuff!