New Belgium Biere De Mars

12oz 2005 - Solid opening waft followed by gentle cirus notes added to the belgian yeast. Cloudy orange with a small white quickly disapating head, litttle lacing. Flavor is of a very smooth belgian yeast and malt with a touch of lemon. Lasting flavor that asks for more. Overall a nice smooth ale that would taste great anytime of year.

Not quite the classic Saison taste I expected but still an interesting beer. Cloudy orange appearance with some farm house aroma to it. Tastes like they used sweet orange instead of bitter. Too many Fat Tire tastes for my palette to distinguish this as a stand out. I wonder how different the other Saison they make is?...will have to make a trip to the brewery to find out!!!

This looks and smells just like a hefeweizen. This has got some lemon zest in it, I believe. This is definitely good, but has an odd aftertaste that lingers, but only in the center of the tongue.

Golden/orange pour with a good head initially but it diminishes quickly. A nice refreshing flavor profile with a hint of orange peel in a body that’s not too light or dark.

Medium, hazy orange, decent but quickly fading head. Hard to get an aroma off of this, very faintly of wheat and oranges. Flavors were muted and subtle, not like the Belgian Saisons that are so much more in your face. The "unidentified flying yeast strains" lent an odd, sour off note at the end, almost reminiscent of a spoiled batch of homebrew. Too bad, as I had really been looking forward to trying this. Thanks to TannerTavernBoys for giving me the chance to sample!

12 oz bottle, goblet. Soft and subtle nose...wheat, bready yeast, lemons, pepper. Medium gold hue, with a short foamy white head. Moderately sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a lighlty sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter finish. Medium body, watery texture, average carbonation. The bottom line is: doesn’t have the same oomph that a lot of belgian saisons do.

12 oz. bottle into tulip glass. Purchased at Wild Oats supermarket, Omaha NE. The bottle said this beer is dedicated to March, so I had to try it, since it’s March. Smelled yeasty, skunky, a bit toasty, kind of like melon rind, and a little bit like what I thought was basil. Wasn’t that great looking: not much fizzy head, dissipated quickly and totally. Effervescent bubble action with some lively but uneven "racing." Glowing amber orange in the glass. Tasted just as yeasty as it smelled, with that toasted malt apparent under a very appropriate level of acid (chewy, buttery fruit flavors: mango, pineapple). The taste was spicy to me: cinnamon, basil, oregano?, black pepper? It was acrid and dry. I couldn’t quite place it, but it was there and blended nicely with the balanced level of bitter hops. The finish was complex: dry and malty at first, transitioning to fruity hoppiness after about 20 seconds, and resting at last into banana and then a mealy kind of funk that wasn’t great at first, but grew on me. Good powdered sugar sweetness in the malt, too. The mouthfeel was perfect, the carbonation biting just enough with the bitter hops and spices, the body staying medium-light to complement the acidity to make this crisp and refreshing. I guess that’s the "Spring" part of March. Enjoyable session beer that provides plenty of balanced stimulation without anything that makes you say, "Wow" (in either a good or bad way).

Cloudy orange color,small head.Funky , yeasty aroma.Dry light malt begining,followed by some light bitternessand some different spice flavors at the end .