New Belgium Biere De Mars

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

Amber colored. Spicy, fruity aroma and quite sweet. Crisp and refreshing flavor. Spicy and dry.

Name: Biere de Mars
Date: April 11, 2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Belmont Station, Portland
Appearance: light amber, fine white head
Aroma: sweet fruity malt aroma, lots of carbination
Flavor: explosion of complex flavors, touch of citrus, bizarre, strange complex sourness, from the bottle ’prepare yourself for celestrial celebration of oats, wheat, barley malt, and lemon verbena, All of which is set into orbit by unidentified yeast strains, ’

Name: Biere de Mars
Date: August 03, 2002
Score: i to ii
Appearance: mellowed out quite nicely
Flavor: flavors blended to create a complex malty ale with a touch of spicyness, amazing transformation

Name: Biere de Mars
Date: August 04, 2005
still lots of horsey in the aroma and flavor, well blended,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4

Name: LoF (Biere de Mars)
Date: July 13, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: hazy copper, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: lightly sweet malt aroma, lots of sweaty barnyard funkyness, light fruityness, nice spicyness
Flavor: sweet fruity malt flavor, nice spicyness, light funk that needs time to develop, light bitterness grows for a lasting bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

I discovered after I bought it that it had a "best by" date of September ’06. I wasn’t too sure about drinking it, but I decided to try it. It turns out that even at this age it is very good. A nice orange colored beer with a good flavor too it. Somewhat sweet but not too much so. I would love to try this fresh as I bet it is wonderful.

I’ve had this many many times and figured I’d have plenty of opportunity to rate it despite being seasonal; then NB cut this and brought out Springboard... DOH! In any event, this brew reminds me of Fat Tire once upon a time; something I’ve discussed with a few of the locals. Pours a hazy orange/amber color with ample white head. Great sweet, mild fruity nose. Smooth amber with notable fruit, mild malt and spice tones. Simply awesome; if any beer deserves a perfect score, it’s this one! Really hoping NB jumps off the Springboard and back on this one for next spring.

One of my all time favorite beers. Wow, the taste is amazing! Sweet and tangy with an almost citrus backbone complementing the basic spices used in the brewing process. Delightful...I simply love this beer. Pours a nice dayglow orange color with an exceptionally large head. I’m still waiting for this one to hit the shelves again.

12 pz bottle. You have to give New Belgium credit for trying differerent brews. Some the get right, and some they don’t. This one ranks up high on their list of successes. Pours a very interesting orange color with some haze Simply gigantic foamy head. Lacing that looked like baby marshmellows. Nose was citrus and wheat, with just a hint of spices. Mourhtfeel is smooth and rich, and it feels good on the back of the tongue. Flavor are spices, crtrus, coriander, and flowers. Very nice pepper finish. Very easy to drink.

Pours a hazy but bright orange color with a thick creamy two finger head that settles very slowly to rocky cap and leaves a nice webbing of lace behind. Smell; nice citric orange peel, a little bit lemony with a good spiciness. There’s a definite musty brett presence in the aroma. Taste; the mustiness that I picked in the nose comes out more in the flavor. The coriander and lemons, as well as a slightly sourness. There’s a nice malt presence and mildly peppery spiciness in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, and very creamy, and goes down nicely. One of the easiest to drink beers that I’ve had in a while. I tried this beer last year and thought it was decent, but this year it seems to be so much better.

This is an interesting beer from this brewer. It has a noticable orange taste and is a very fruity beer. Not bad overall but i could only have 1 or 2 at a time.