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New Belgium Biere De Mars

Percentile
87
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4313.49/5.03.48/5.0Spring6.2%88.1Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Biere De Mars is New Belgium’s exploration of the classic French and Belgian brews celebrating the half-winter, half-spring month of March. Our bottle-conditioned version, however, goes where no BIERE DE MARS has gone before. After gazing at its cloudy, yet glowing orange hue, prepare yourself for a celestial collaboration of oats, wheat, barley malt and lemon verbena, all of which is set into orbit by unidentified flying yeast strains.
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 Fratto (704), Arlington, Texas, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Gingerman Dallas. Dry almost soapy aftertaste, not a bad beer, but the finish kills it.


 Hopper (305), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Lips of Faith. An unclear orange beer with a 1 finger head. Aroma was musty, & funk. The taste was lemony, & like drinking dirty stinky laundry but in smooth sort of way that does get cloying. I’m assuming that funk taste is the Brett.


 hapjydeuce (771), Del Mar, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Bottle from BevMo. Pours a brilliant clear copper color with an initial 1cm foamy white head that fades to light lacing. Aroma is light orange peel, cinnamon spice with a bit of nutmeg, and toasted malt. The fizzy carbonation releases a few hints of tangy brettanomyces yeasties. Flavor is simple; toasted malt toffee, more orange peel, and a bit of sweet lemon. Finish is simple, with minimal sourness from the wild yeasts. Typical Bier de Garde brew.


 Skyview (4019), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 13, 2009  
On draught during Autumn Brew Review 2009 in Minneapolis, MN. Pours a semi-hazy orange amber colored brew with a thick off-white head that has some nice retention. Aroma of golden grain malt, some yeast, lemon and a hint of barn yard funk. Taste is medium bodied, some light carbonation with flavors of golden grain malt, some yeast, lemon zest and a touch of fruit. Finish is semi-sweet with some candi sugar, and yeast aftertaste.


 kmweaver (2440), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 12, 2009  
22oz bottle at Morandi’s Record Street Brewing Company. Pours a highly effervescent, bright orange color; fluffy off-white head with good retention and mixed-bubbled lacing. The spicing in this makes it come off as something like a pumpkin beer: nutmeg, light cinnamon, slightly stale; bland; more spice than dry and biscuity character. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of dense, chewy spicing, orange candy (light sweetness), and earthy / citrus bitterness; ultimately sweet and chewy; very light metallic note muddling things. Chewy, spiced biere de garde. Lengthy finish: candy sugar, oranges, and light pumpkin-like spicing.


 topherh (899), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 8, 2009  
22 oz bottle pours coppery orange with a thin white head. Aroma is yeast, spice, and a little wheat. Flavor is light spice, a bit of citrus, and light caramel.


 yobdoog (1431), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 8, 2009  
22oz LOF. Cloudy golden orange color with a small head. Aroma is light, has some spice and wheat with a little faint hops. Flavor is smooth and sweet with a little spice and grain.


 Gypsy19 (619), California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Pours a clear dark orange with a medium fluffy white head. Aroma has a little bit of spice and clove, maybe a little bit of cream, that’s about it. Flavor is pretty dull also, there’s just a little bit of light fruit and spice; there’s a lot of room for more flavor... Velvety mouthfeel. Overall, good minus.



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