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New Belgium Biere De Mars 3.47 436

New Belgium Biere De Mars

Percentile
86
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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4363.49/5.03.47/5.0Spring6.2%88Snifter, 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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 VitaminR (438), Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/517/20
Aug 20, 2009  
Wet dough and felt pepper nose with some funk. Golden amber with a frothy large head. Honey wheat crackers, funky bitter balance--nice combination, Big carbonation, medium body, syrupy orange peel finish. Great combination of bready sweetness and earthy funky spiciness. Very enjoyable.


 grat (433), ST. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/514/20
Feb 15, 2006  
Lately I am incredibly unimpressed by this brewery. Draught. Opaque murky pour. Nothing but cloudiness and orange-straw viscuousness. Head dies quick. At first the nose was delightful. Sour grapes, bubblegum and a nice cracked and edgy malt flavor that was, to say the least, refined. This however quickly turned south. At first the funk that wafted from the goblet was palatable. Dead spiders, dusty corners and goats milk. But then...OHH...pure gym socks...over and over again nothing but gym socks. No subtleness only a nasty fungusy ripeness. This keg was brand new too. Flavorsare murky and confused. Too much bubblegum, malts are flat and sour like most of their brews and the funkiness penetrates everything in a decent but not impressive way. All in all this is an ok beer but just hold your nose when you drink it.


 madcow75 (425), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Jan 21, 2006  
Bottle. Pours cloudy, golden orange with a thin to non existent white head. Very yeasty aroma with some banana and a bit of lemon coming through. I do get some lemons and orange in the taste along with grains, wheat. Finishes with some a sour lemon and apple peel taste. Very easy drinking beer.


 RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/101/59/20
Dec 10, 2005  
A mixture of sour citrus and wheat combine to create the aroma of this beer. A golden-orange color and moderate head and decent lacing are the signature markings of this beer. The taste is of bitter wheat marked by mild citrus inflections. The taste fades fast.


 robertjm (408), El Cerrito, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/513/20
Jun 28, 2009  
Nice foam, leaving nice lacing on glass. Beautiful orange body with average carbonation in the bottom of the glass. Slight spicy aroma. Some brews have their spices kick you in the face. This one’s spice is mild, among flavors of mango. (2009 Lips of Faith version)


 jstu9 (402), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/54/103/58/20
May 10, 2003  
(bottle) A hazy beer. I wasn't quite sure what kind of beer this was actually when I got the bottle, but found out quickly whrn I poured it and smelled/saw it. Not my favorite style. It didn't have much flavor or character, tho the aroma was nice.


 leitrim65 (398), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 4, 2003  
Hint of apples and pears when first poured to be overwhelmed by a malty aroma. Cloudy burnt orange color with large yeast particles floating about. Full bodied smooth and creamy on the palate with long lasting bitter after taste.


 ElGaucho56 (393), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 12, 2009  
22 oz bomber, under the Lips of Faith series. Pours a quite nice ruby-golden tinge with a decent head and chunky lacing. Nose very hay-like with citrus peel undertones. Both become more prevalent on the palate, although the body is lacking. Some definite unwanted oxidation in the flavor, along crisp lemon, clover honey, and medicinal hop bitterness. Very mild brett strain. Not bad, grew on me a little as I sampled it.



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