New Belgium Lips of Faith (Erics Sour Peach Ale)

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

tap at falling rock. light copper with rising bubbles to thin head. peach, sour, oak barrel aroma. peach fuzz, sour, dry finish. body doesn’t seem thin but it does seem just a bit watered down. mild sour with nice balance.

Excellent ale made with fresh peaches. The acidity balanced the sweetness which made this beer very drinkable. Nice touch of oak. Great food pairings with this beer or just quaff by the pool.

Sampled at Monk’s cafe New Belgium Dinner 4/10/07 and at Tria Fermentation school 4/11. Golden color with a minimal white head. Aroma is malty with earthy, sour notes and a bit of peach. Flavor is malty with sour peaches; long, acidic finish. Really enjoyable.

sampled at FoBAB 2006, pours peach color with a small white head. nose has nice sour, peach, and mild funk. flavor has a nice balance of sour peaches and oak. a great balance of sweet fruit and sour. finishes sour and dry. i always enjoy this beer..8/4/8/4/16=4.0

thanks to blackforest for a growler of this. wow what happened to this beer, not nearly as tart/sour as it used to be. mild musty peach aroma. and dull, vinegar, dried peach, and vanilla. not very woody, sour, or very fresh peach. this was much better colder rather than warming up in the glass. wow from a 4 to a 3. 6/3/6/3/12=3

9/12/08, on tap at the MapRoom, wow this is a very bad sour fruit beer. pretty undrinkable, lactic and vinegar, rotten peach flavor. this isn’t La Folie people! 3.0.

Too bad it is retired. This is/was a great beer. You still find it around every now and then -- in which case, drink it! Yup. It’s sour. Very sour. All the better to make the peach come through with.

Tap @ Falling Rock: Hazy golden color with a minimal head. Aroma of sweet and tart peach with a decent amount of wild yeasty notes. Flavor of acidic peach and other fruity notes. Very nice and somewhat refreshing.

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On tap at the 4th anual Festival of Wood and barrel Aged Beer festival at GI Wriglyville Nov 4th, 2006.

Clear Golden with a thin white head. Nose was very peach lambic almost but thin. The taste was sharp with lots of sugars with just a bit of spices like nutmeg or that kind of sugar that is put on top of fried vanilla ice cream. My wife went nuts over this one.

Thanks to Walt for clueing me in on this illicit beer. If you’re headed to Austin anytime soon, message on or the other of us for details. Lovely and soft, acidic and ... uh, it’s peachy. Not only that, but it inspired a WTF?!? from my son when I let him try it. This is the type of beer that keeps me coming back to NB. Thank you people for continuing the experiments. Nice when you hit the target and I feel this was an excellent strike.