New Belgium Biere De Mars

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

Lips of Faith Biere des Mars shared by Ucusty. Pours a translucent honey gold with a thin white head. The nose is earthy, yeasty, mildly corny, malt dominant of course. Flavor is spicy, mildly fruity, malty, earthy, some yeast character. Palate is dry and a little spicy.

Bomber shared by ucusty at the Carolina Crew tasting - thanks, David! Amber pour with modest carbonation. The aroma is quite nice, with lively hops, pepper, and brett mixing playfully together. Nice full body. The spice and hops are up front, but there’s a very pleasant bretty finish to this one. Not quite as much complexity as you’d want for the style (and price!) but a very enjoyable beer for sure.

Lips of faith bottle from Brusin’ Ales. Hazy bright amber pour, fluffy off white head, and drippy lace. Toast, biscuit malts, and light spice on the nose. Lemon, ginger and light horse blanket with notable hints of brettanomyces underlined all over the zesty flavor. Slightly dry finish. Decent, but at the $15 dollar price tag I don’t think i’ll be picking up another.

Tap at Crescent Moon in Omaha, Nebraska. Pour is dark golden orange, mostly clear with a nice one inch tan head. Visible carbonation on the pour. Aroma of soft biscuit malt, joined with sweet banana fruit, some funky honey floral notes, grass and some ginger. The taste resembles the nose, starting with the malt, followed quickly by the sweet fruit and honey floral. The funky and grass are present in the taste as well, though come across a little dirty. Palate is medium, coats the mouth nicely, then the carbonation lifts wells. The dirtiness of the taste actually led to a pleasant mineral mouth feel that ended dry. Nice beer.

On tap the Gingerman in Dallas. The look is golden amber in color and has a nice beige head. The smell is perfume, spices, fruits, malts, and yeast. The taste is caramel, malts, fruits, spices, and yeast.

On tap at Gingerman in Ft. Worth. Very nice smell and flavor. Nice smooth taste with ginger and peach. The smell was of ginger, honey, and florals. Color was gold with white head and vice lacing.

on tap at the ginger man it ft worth, tx. poured gold with a white head and some nice lacing. aroma of honey, soured citrus, and some funk. flavor was soured peach, flowers, and ginger- thanks to boomer0813 for pointing that out. medium-full body with low carbonation. pretty good stuff. i could drink this one all night.

very dry, nearly tart. some yeast but otherwise lacking in esters in aroma. well balanced, nicely bittered, hops support this beer well when little else does. very light funk, light lemon aromas come out to play after a time. otherwise this is a bit dull.