New Belgium Giddy Up!

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

on tap at flying saucer. Had a dark amber with a small frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt with caramel and coffee. Good sticky lacing on the glass. The taste is simmilar to the nose with a nice roasted malt. A very good spice brew from New Belgium.

Tap at Flying Saucer. Pours an average tea brown with a quickly fading head and sparse lacing. Aroma gives hints of what’s to come- sugar, coffe, and sweet vegetable- but lacks the aromatic fortitude necessary to truly entice the drinker. Flavor is coffee sweetened with vanilla and hazlenut, finishing with sugar-coated vegetables. Nice mouthfeel; the beer leaves a lingering bitterness on the tongue. Giddy Up reminds me of an earthy Sam Adams Longshot 1996 Hazlenut Porter. This dude will drink more of this tasty brew.

Pours a translucent brown with a small tan head. Aroma is coffee, caramel and lemon peel. Flavor is primarily watered down espresso, with some sweetness and a little citrus adding sweetness and a lingering bitterness in the finish. Interesting brew, quite refreshing for a coffee beer.

Draft at the Freakin’ Frog completing a trade. Wow, was this nice. Huge coffee and citrus in the aroma. Honestly did not notice the creamy mouthfeel from the description. Seemed to be a really easy drinking coffee enhanced beer. Update in bottle. Prefer the draught because the coffee in the bottle seemed overly bitter and a little flat in the palate. Still good.

On tap at Pizza Port. Hazy light brown with a fluffy head. An odd combinations of tastes, but not bad. Caramel, butter, and citrus tastes; I didn’t notice the coffee so much.

draft @ Najas - muddy yellow with thin white head; coffee aromas seem strange coming from such a light beer, but somehow it works; aromas of coffee, fruit, lemons and yeast; pretty tasty going down and i hope this heads to the PNW at some point

Sample draft at the Flying Saucer in Kansas City, Missouri. Pour is clearish orange golden (look for notes from others) without much head. Aroma of coffee peel and lemon citrus. Taste is the nose, pronounced coffee and lemon sharp citrus. Only a hint of tart sourness. Palate was medium, mouth coating, with the espresso coffee taste lingering. Interesting, but not all that enjoyable.

Kind of a dark amber. Smells like coffee. Tastes like coffee. Has no real character other than coffee. The nose is nice, but if i wanted coffee I would have gotten some.