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New Belgium Love


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96
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A Sour Ale brewed by
New Belgium Brewing Company

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

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323.85/5.03.79/5.0Special6%66.5Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Aged in an oak Foeder at the brewery. It is the unblended starter for all of New Belgium’s wood-aged beers (La Folie, Le Terroir, etc.).

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 Ungstrup (11378), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Jun 19, 2005  
[Dr. Bill’s tasting @ Falling Rock, GABF 2004] An unclear orange beer with no head. The aroma is lovely sour from wild fermentation, and the flavor is an extremely sour wild fermented one with notes of grapefruit. Lovley.


 CaptainCougar (4664), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 19, 2004  
Sampled at the GABF Dr. Bill tasting: Clear lightly hazy copper brown with a thin white head. Aroma is tart, fruity, full of cherries and a touch of acidity. Starts semi-sweet with a hint of fructose, turning much more dry, tart, and fruity, but not overpowering. Very well-balanced, authentic and enjoyable. Thanks again to Dr. Bill.


 JorisPPattyn (4500), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2003  
(lagertank - 2003) Hazy orange; slim yellowish stable head. Good Brettanomyces character, malonic, lactic and sage. Super mixture involving lactic, acetic, nearly lambiclike, vinous, phenolic and estery, wood, and yet a hint of sweetness of infermentables. Huge acidburn, sharp end. You gotta love it.


 acrdz (4376), Boulder, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/105/517/20
Sep 29, 2003    Updated: Apr 28, 2007
On tap at the Falling Rock. Slightly murky ruby orange appearance. Apricots and alcohol in the nose, with a smooth fruit flavor up front, filled with caramel, apricots and plums. Mid-drink is sour grapes and a wine-like palate, and the finish is very dry and tart, with some sour apples becoming very strong in the finish.


 bu11zeye (3780), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2008  
(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy golden body with small off-white head. Aroma of mold, mustiness, old books, and light sourness. Flavor of sour fruit upfront and then dries out quickly with the oak.



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