New Belgium La Folie

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Let me start off by saying a HUGE Thanks to Styles. He sent me this awsome beer and I have to say that it is my favorite beer thus far. I told Chris that I am becoming more and more interested in sours and this beer was absolutely wonderful. It poured a nice brown body with a huge vinergery smell. The sour fruits (apples and cherries) came through with a hint of fig. The taste was so complex. Huge sour and malt. The sourness became ever more dominant as it warmed. Lacing stuck to the glass lick glue. This was pefect on that hot memorial day.

Thanks to Blankboyfor sharing this: Shared with Tupalev, Blankboy and HogTownHarry: Appearance: Brown red colour, zero head. Aroma: Delightfully sour aroma, some spice and fruit too. Flavour: mmm lovely and sour, bitter and the carbonation on my tongue is incredibly enjoyable. Peppery and ’juicy’ wow, very enjoyable!!! Very much so! Bottle no 11/07 - 10,880

Much thanks to Eclectic for this bottle. Pours out a very attractive mahogany color with a small off white head. Interesting funky, sour earthy and some tart/sweet fruits in here too. Taste is very tart off the bat, sour fruity notes, some earthy/ funky earth flavors going on also, refreshing and very intriguing. Much thanks.

[’08 Bottle, thanks a lot STLWill!] Pours hazy amber-brown with a tiny beige head. Aroma is very fruit forward with a lot of cherry. The taste is lightly tart but then it blends beautifully with the cherry with only a hint of bitterness in the finish. Good mouthfeel and very smooth. A well crafted beer where the different aspects of it have been melded together perfectly.

This is my kind of sour beer. While I enjoy the funky odd sour beers this has a fruit and malt sourness that is unlike any other I have had so far. So smooth to drink and well balance sour and malt taste. Nice almost creamy body go well with the dark sour fruit flavor. Very nice! 2004 750ml bottle.

750ml, 2005 bottle. Enjoyed at the James Taylor concert with friends. Orange-amber pour with a light white head. The aroma is quite nice. Gets you excited for the sour goodness to come. Make no mistake. This is a demanding brew. If you are not ready for the sourness that awaits you, you are in for a surprising shock. Out of 6 people that tried it, only 3 wanted more. The other 3 had comments along the lines of, “That is the nastiest thing I have ever had in my life.” I, fortunately, enjoyed the heck out of this. The sourness is balanced with a touch of sweetness deep down and buried under all that funky sour. There are under-rip fruit notes and other goodness that I did not comment on. The point is, that this is a celebration of all that is Flemish sour. GET ME MORE!

Bottle shared by Taverner, pours nice mahogany with minimal head. Nose is sour and funk along with cherries. Flavor is similar, plus the influence of tart apples and oak nuttiness in the finish. Very nice sour.

It’s definitely a sour. I can taste sour apples, jolly ranchers, tannins and woody notes. Pours amber with a thin white head. Full of various sour flavors like apples and apircots.