New Belgium Biere De Mars

Draft at Jerry’s. Hazy orange with creamy, beige head / Nose of sour fruit and bread / Medium body, malty, with good balance and finish / Big flavors of yeasty bread, malt, and oats, with notes of sour banana, peach and lemon / Flavors are muddy with too much emphasis on the malts and grains.

Crushed with Jakebra. Not much on the nose. It’s a little funky so that’s cool. Smooth flavor, a little spicy, little citrusy, little funky. It’s pretty nice. Better than the average New Belgium I must say.

On tap at Papago. Pours a light copper color with a creamy off-white head that leaves a fair amount of lacing. Smells of apricot and faint yeast. Tastes of both with the sweet taste of caramel on the mid-palate and a tart peach flavor that dries on the finish. Nicely balanced. Re-rated from one of the new 22oz bottles and liked it even better. Has a really comforting butterscotch richness to the flavor.

Listed as a Biere De Mars @ AZ Strong Beer Festival. Hazy golden pour with a noticeable tangerine hue. Only a small white ring for a head and no lacing (can you really get sticky lacing on a plastic mug???) Lemon zest, banana, and spice accompany a good amount of carbonation. Pretty good beer tasted amongst a bunch of better brews.

On tap at the AZ Strong Beer fest. Supposed to be the "lips of faith" version. Pours a coudy amber with a beige head. The nose is light sour citrus, malt and spice. The taste is light funk, sour citrus and spicy yeast. Medium prickly mouthfeel. Decent stuff.

On tap az stron beer festival. Pours a nice murky yellowish orange with a nice white head. Aroma is wheat, funk, spices. Flavor is wheat, funky spices, coriander. Good beer de garde.

bottle BB oct 27, 2006 from psprings... "man you should try this, it*s doing some weird stuff".

pours a milky opaque orange with clumpy sediment. the sandy off white head is peppered with chunks of yeast. the head sticks around for a bit and leaves behind moderate drippy lacing. spice in the aroma burns the nose a bit... bretty monster... cinder block, dust, lemon and cinnamon. there*s not much going on in the flavor other than lots of funky yeast....dust, metal/mineral, orange and maybe some pale maltiness. it finishes dry and is completely dry throughout. even the aftertaste is dry and bretty. medium body with crazy foamy soapy carbonation which blankets the palate and coats the mouth.

neato...8/5/8/3/16/3.9-4.0

fresh pour from papago... hazy honey color with a soapy white head. the aroma is sweet smelling and a big let down from the aged bottle. the brett is faint and only noticed in the flavor. there is far too much sugar and orange to be able to find any nuances. medium body with a sugary coating on the tongue. i guess i gotta buy bottles! 5/4/5/3/15/3.3

Best before date of November 2006. Pours murky, orangy gold, with a thin tan head of short duration. The tight bubbles left a small ring on the glass as a testament to the maximum height. Aromatics lead off with an almost pungent wheat twang laced with brett. Lemony funk with earthy overtones and citrus oil-spritzed hay. The mouthfeel is creamy and velvety. The carbonation wraps around the tongue. The pallet is more subdued than the nose would suggest. The lactic component so apparent in the aroma is missing, and some sweet malt with spicy undertones take mainstage. Layers of dusty, earthy funk peel away as each sip finishes, and theres a decent amount of warmth that developes on the throat. Finishes with peppercorns, paprika, and cumin.