New Belgium

New Belgium Fall Seasonal: PUMPKICK

New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) plays around with their seasonal releases every couple of years. It keeps the brewers creative, and the New Belgium drinkers happy. The above, PUMPKICK, has a lot in common with  Lips of Faith release Continue Reading →

New Belgium Lips of Faith Yuzu

Joining New Belgium Brewing’s Lips of Faith Series, Yuzu. The beer features Yuzu, a fruit that looks like an yellow orange originating in China. Flavor of the Yuzu is tart, with some resemblances to Mandarin orange. The base beer for this Continue Reading →

Hops Make People Happy [VIDEO]

New Belgium’s Rampant IPA is new and full of the hops you crave. In addition, when you combine Rampant with the other hoppy brews in the lineup, you have undeniable proof hops make you happy.

Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

Meet New Belgium Lips of Faith Coconut Curry Hefeweizen

New Belgium Lips of Faith Coconut Curry

If all goes to plan at New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) you should see Coconut Curry Hefeweizen added to the Lips of Faith Series in June, 2013. This homebrew recipe turn turned pro features a list of ingredients making it a perfect addition to the Lips of Faith lineup.

The list of spices in this coconut curry hefeweizen is almost as long as the list of awards bestowed on home brewer, Remin Bonnart. Together we brewed up a traditional German-style wheat beer whose fruity estersand spicy phenols pair perfectly with the spicy and fruity character of curry spices. Pour yourself a plateful.

Style: Hefeweizen (w/ Coconut, Curry)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV 

Read more: New Belgium Lips of Faith

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

New Belgium Fall Seasonal: PUMPKICK

New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) plays around with their seasonal releases every couple of years. It keeps the brewers creative, and the New Belgium drinkers happy. The above, PUMPKICK, has a lot in common with  Lips of Faith release – Kick, a collaboration with Elysian Brewing.

Kick was a slightly sour pumpkin beer brewed with cranberries, aged in oak. Looks like no oak in PUMPKICK, but you can look forward to pumpkin juice, cranberries, and more.

What’s that bite of  tartness doing in a pumpkin beer? Adding the unexpected kick of cranberry juice to brighten this traditionally spiced seasonal ale. PUMPKICK is brewed with plenty of pumpkin juice cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, but its the cranberries and touch of lemongrass that send your tastebuds sailing.

Style: Pumpkin Beer (w/ Cranberry Juice, Cinnamon, Allspice, Nutmeg, Lemongrass)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

6% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

New Belgium Lips of Faith Yuzu

New Belgium Lips of Faith Yuzu

Joining New Belgium Brewing’s Lips of Faith Series, Yuzu. The beer features Yuzu, a fruit that looks like an yellow orange originating in China. Flavor of the Yuzu is tart, with some resemblances to Mandarin orange. The base beer for this Faith offering is a tart berliner weisse, a slightly sour wheat beer.

Who zu Yuzu? It’s a friendly fruit with grapefruit-meets-orange flavor that got involved with the souring side of New Belgium in this bottle conditioned wheat beer. They got on well enough to make this imperial berliner weisse style ale a smooth, delightfully tart sipper with a dry finish. 

Style: Berliner Weisse (w/ Yuzu Fruit)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Videos

Hops Make People Happy [VIDEO]

New Belgium’s Rampant IPA is new and full of the hops you crave. In addition, when you combine Rampant with the other hoppy brews in the lineup, you have undeniable proof hops make you happy.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium

A Dubbel Entry in New Belgium’s Lips of Faith

Among the most prolific series in the American craft brewing lineup is New Belgium’s Lips of Faith. The series allows the brewers play, experiment, and even collaborate. Say hello to Wild Wild Dubbel. The Colorado style dubbel is brewed with schisandra, medicinal herb used to cure a variety of remedies (including thirst). This isn’t the first time you’ve seen New Belgium use the herb either. It is on shelves now in Springboard.

A Colorado version of the Belgian dubbed, Wild Wild ropes you in with clove and dark fruit aromas. Deeply rich and malty, every sip has a creamy texture true to Belgian tradition before it rides off with hints of black pepper and cinnamon from the addition of schisandra berries.

Style: Dubbel (w/ Schisandra)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV 

Read more: Lips of Faith Series 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Yazoo Brewing

Yazoo Brewing and New Belgium Present Rufus

New Belgium and Yazoo Brewing have their contribution to Memphis Craft Beer Week: a collaborative sour they’re calling Rufus. After chatting about what they hoped to create, New Belgium sent Oscar, the dark sour base use to build La Folie blends, to Yazoo to be combined with their portion with the end result becoming Rufus – “dry, wild, tart, dark fruit forward with a solid sour backbone and slight caramel malt finish.” Expect to see this beer on draft in Memphis the week of May 5th for Memphis Craft Beer Week with it showing its face in Nashville shortly after.

Style: American Wild Ale/Sour Ale
Availability: Draft only
Arrival: May 2013

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cool Stuff, New Belgium, Videos

You Can’t Make Beer in a Blender [VIDEO]

Just in case you were thinking you could do this… New Belgium’s Bitterman, Episode 7.

by Reid Ramsay