New Belgium La Folie

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

The aroma is dry, slightly sour and woody, though still sweet with hints of marcipan. The color is orange-brown and it has a fine beige head though disappearing. The flavor is very woody and sour from the wild fermentation. This is really a good beer. Thanks MartinKubert for bringing this to a sampling night.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a hazy amber golden with a tiny off-white head. Piquant sweet and sour aroma with a distinct woodiness. Medium body, tart, fruity sour berry notes with some wood and salt. Lightly tart finish. 221108

75 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours hazy deep brown with a diminished white head. Dense acetone yet smooth milky aroma. Dry acetone and dark malty flavoured with a light acidic touch. Dry and acidic finish.

Bottled. Dark amber. Strong vinegary cherry aroma. Dry and acidic, pleasant rounded mouthfeel. Black cherry juice! Perfect, hardcore rendition of the style. Could perhaps be more complex still, but this is really a great beer!

Bottle 75cl.
[ As my Ratebeer Rating #7500 ;o) ]. Unclear medium amber color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is sour, tart, barnyard, wood, mega sour citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, heavy acidic and bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081122]

Bottle, 6%. Good citric aroma, some acidic fruitiness. Cloudy red colour. Very citric flavour, good and vinegary. Sharp and cutting. Sweet with some good berry notes.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a beige head. Light acidic aroma of wood. Acidic flavour of wood, glue and fruits. Too acidic.

Date: June 18, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog I
Appearance: dark amber, thin white head
Aroma: tart malt aroma
Flavor: tart malt flavor, all sour

Date: August 20, 2006
Source: tasting
Score: i to ii
sour, sour, sour, light fruity character like a tart cherry, still not a lot of complexity

Name: La Folie 10
Date: October 13, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: hazy dark red, creamy beige head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: big tart aroma with lots of oak bringing in a tart cherry character and musty cobwebs
Body: creamy body
Flavor: big sour flavor, good fruity tartness is balanced by a malty sweetness, nice oak adds depth, lots of complexity

Date: October 19, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Score: 2.8 to 3.3
Aroma: tart woody aroma with a sour cherry pit character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of oaky character, cherry tartness, lasting tart finish

Name: La Folie 10
Date: February 23, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Aroma: lots more of the musty cobwebs in the aroma with the tart cherry receeding into the background
Flavor: flavor is much the same with the tart cherry pit character and lasting sourness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Date: June 20, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: muddy opaque brown, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, tart cherry, touch of wood
Flavor: huge tart cherry flavor with lots of woody character for that sucking on a cherry pit experience, touch of chocolate, dry caramel, light spicyness
Overall: the tartness brings a tear to my eye

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Name: LoF (La Folie Sour Brown)
Date: September 20, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Bottleworks, Seattle
Appearance: clear brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: big musty and woody aroma, touch of chocolate and sweet caramel, light fruity cherry pit character
Flavor: flavor starts of sweet caramel and chocolate before taking on an intense sourness, nice woody character, light bitterness follows the wood

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4