New Belgium Lips of Faith (Erics Sour Peach Ale)

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

100th Rating of this beer. Tap @ O’Brien’s on 4/14/08, I’ve been wanting to try this beer for a really long time and now I got, yippee. Served in a trappist glass. Pours gold orange with a bright white head. Nose is like fou fonne light, peachy and tart. Taste is tart and sweet and more sour than peachy. Though peach is there and it lingers nicely. Great Brew.

Our server at the Chocolate Bar kept this a secret. It’s not on the menu. It’s not with the main taps. It’s to the side. Noticing our 06 La Folie and love of sour, she asked if we wanted this too. Of course. Sour, but light. Not intense like La Folie. Very nice overall.

Draft. Nice amber beer with a thick cream-colored head. Sour, tart aroma with some malt. Nice sour peach flavor with some backing sweetness and barnyard. Medium body. LIngering acetic with some peach. Very nice.

draft @ collins pub - warned a few times by the bartender about how "sour" it would be, but really this was quite pleasant; clear copper with red hints and foamy head; aromas of fruit, peach, cherry and some sour mix in; drinks very smooth with rich texture; just slight touch of tartness; yummy

22oz bottle filled from the tap at NBB. Pours perfectly clear pale copper, with a quick whisp of a white head. Within seconds the head was gone with no trace of lace or any remains of foam. Aromatics are tart, sour and fruity. A great balance of acid, citrus, and brett. Peaches are there, but have faded to a more general fruitiness. Mouthfeel is barely spritzy with a sharp edge of crispness. The pallet has a subdued sourness for a lambic, but this lends well to the drinkability of the beer, as does the dry, fruity character. A mere hint of hard peach candies is as much residuals as you will find, as the beer is really dry for the amount of fruit. Bitterness is negligent as is any hopping, with the tart fruit taking center stage. Finishes with a lingering puckering note and the pulp of the peach near the pit.

Pours golden with a nice white head. Aroma of sour peach. Smells very acidic and pretty funky. Flavor is the same with a nice dry tart finish.

Enjoyed on tap at Oaks Bottom--Poured a moderately hazed straw-golden body with a decent white head. Sour peach nose with lots of lactic. Great to experience this one aside the La Folle. Yum!

GABF 2007. Clear yellow body with some hazy newss. Excellent sour nose with hints of peaches. Barnyard funk with a little peach fruit in there. Very sour and well worth several revolutions to the New Belgium stand.