New Belgium Biere De Mars

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Bière de Garde
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

22 oz poured into New Belgium globe glass. Light amber / honey color with great clarity. Thin white head and fine, vigorous carbonation. Musty aromas include sour apple and other fruits, with some floral notes. Mouthfeel is watery, but sports flavors of apple, citrus, and some spices. The finish is classic brett – sour but dry. Not my preferred style, but a really nice offering that gives me the urge to sit down with a nice cheese board and some smoked sausage.

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 A little sour aroma. Golden coloured sour and fruity with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter malt finish.

Lips of Faith bomber... pours a deep clear orange with a 2 finger white head... which settles to no head eventually. I was expecting to see some big yeast in the bottle, but really didn’t see any evidence of lingering (or flying) yeast. Nice Brett aroma with some lemon notes... good level of barnyard funk... medium body with some spice and citrus notes throughout the mouth. lively carbonation... aggressive spice laced front while and sides... a bit of pepper. long dry finish with a touch of sour apple and more Brett. Really nice Biere de Mars from New Belgium.

Red amber pour with off-white head. Aroma of sourness and citrus. Taste is O.K.- little sour and citrus/orange flavor. Nothing really dominant/ jumping out at me. Little dry aftertaste that has a citrus tang to it.

Bomber from Supermarket Liquors, Cheyenne. Nose kind of lightly vegetal and funky with some light spices mixed in. Clear bright orange with a medium off white head. Flavor is spicy with a tiny bit of bitterness. Tastes much better than it smells.

22 oz bomber, under the Lips of Faith series. Pours a quite nice ruby-golden tinge with a decent head and chunky lacing. Nose very hay-like with citrus peel undertones. Both become more prevalent on the palate, although the body is lacking. Some definite unwanted oxidation in the flavor, along crisp lemon, clover honey, and medicinal hop bitterness. Very mild brett strain. Not bad, grew on me a little as I sampled it.

Thanks to friend Paul B for this sample. Follows more or less the the objective description listed here. Poured with a nice white head and good lace. Color is almost clear medium yellow. Aroma is spicy, malty, honey, herbal; nice. Flavor is about the same. Decent brew. Good finish. Slightly boozy. Drinkable.

22oz bomber. Pours a clear orangey-gold with a medium-thin off-white head. The aroma is crisp and somewhat grainy with a subtle note of cider, subtle brett funk (at first - this faded after a few sniffs and a few sips), and some deeper malt notes. The flavor starts somewhat cidery but then layers of velvety malts enter. There is a subtle muffin-doughy/yeasty spiciness (cloves/phenols). The main character is a smooth and consistent malt backbone. The finish is crisp and somewhat dry with a malty and slightly grainy aftertaste. Bitterness is soft (balancing) and neutral in character. No real hop character. The mouthfeel is crisp and medium-bodied. Overall, this is a very drinkable beer - solid. It isn’t particularly interesting or complex, but is still a tasty brew.