New Belgium Ooh La La

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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(Draught) Pours a purple body with a violet head. Aroma of raspberry, blackberry, and some roasted grain. Flavor of raspberry, blueberry, currants, light cocoa, and dough.

Date: October 30, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, The Fred
Appearance: opaque dark red, ruby edges, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, lots of raspberry tartness
Flavor: rich raspberry flavor, chocolate and caramel, lots of fruity raspberry tartness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Draft. Off-white head tinged with pink, cola-dark brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, raspberry, some strawberry, light spicy. Taste is moderately sweet, raspberry, some blueberry, strawberry. Light-medium body, light stickiness, low carbonation, alcohol well contained.

Draught@Taphouse Grill, Downtown Seattle as "Lips Of Faith Ooh La La"
Dark ruby-pinky, almost opaque color, steady pinky head. Sour, milky aroma. Medium-bodied. Flavor is strawberry jam then rasberry stones. Finish has tart fruityness. Nice fruit beer.

Draft sample. Poured clear purple color with an average fizzy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy tart berry fruit aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy tart berry flavor with a medium to heavy sweet fruit finish of moderate duration. Refreshing drinkable fruit beer.

Draft. Dark purple maroon, small tan head. Aroma of raspberries and dark chocolate. Taste is sweet and slightly sour berries. Decent.

Tap. Pours dark black cherry with an average, fuzzy pink head, medium-short retention with light lacing. Aroma is average malt (cookie, toast, bread), light hops (earthy), and average eaters (fruity) with notes of blackberry, cherry, and oak. Flavor is heavy fruit with some malt and hop notes. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth and a sweet-sour finish.

On tap. Apparently 60% 1554 blended with 40% raspberry puree. Pours with a very deep, near black body and a light pink to tan head. Head has good retention. Aromas of berries, raspberries specifically, light malic acidity. Feels slightly artificial. Flavors are bitter, tannic and tart with tons of berries and a hint of roast. Lively bubbles. Pretty dry. Slightly warming.

On tap at Max’s (10/9/11): Pours an opaque black with dark ruby edges and a thin, stringy-lacing pink head. Has a fresh juicy tart raspberry nose with some black currant notes. Starts with good fullness and soft carbonation with a full sweet and tart raspberry flavor with some light vinous oak before a slightly drier sweet-tart finish. Has good raspberry flavor throughout.

i believe this is designed to be somewhat similar to their transatlantique kriek. body is dark eggplant color while the small, thin head is off-white to tan. earthy must (dirty) in the nose is a combination of raw, unsweetened berries with a small amount of charred oak and burnt cookie crumb. mild to medium tartness with medium-low acid and medium body, it’s a bit rough up front and seems to fizzle across the middle and back. the wateriness becomes strong in the short finish, comprised of the same charred wood, toasted cookie and unsweetened raspberry fruit character. not one of the better products.