Topic Archives: Lips of Faith
New Belgium & Cigar City Team Up In New Lips of Faith
New Belgium Brewing’s highly creative Lips of Faith Series will soon feature the likes of Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, FL). Both breweries combine elements of their brewing styles, from Belgian ale yeast (NB) to Spanish cedar (CC). This chili in this beer? Well that could go either way. New Belgium just started distributing to Florida in July.
We’re about to light up Florida with this Cigar City Collaborative brew. Our Belgian yeast strain tangos with Anaheim and Marash peppers along with loads of citrusy hops to create an ale full of spices. Aged on Spanish cedar to salute the mutual love of wood.
Style: Chili Beer (w/ Anaheim & Marash Chili. Spanish Cedar Aged)
Availability:
Arrival: TBA
8.5% ABV
New Belgium To Ship To The First State
New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) will officially ship to The First State (that’s Delaware if you’re clueless) in August. The brewery has inked a distribution deal with N.K.S. Distributors. Official launch in Delaware will be August 19, 2013, starting with 22-oz. package along with Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA and Trippel. Also expect two different Lips of Faith offerings, and Shift cans. More package and draft editions will follow in October.
Delaware will be the 33rd state on New Belgium’s quest to hit all 50. This year, New Belgium has added Alaska, Louisiana, and Florida (July).
New Belgium’s Newest Lips Offering “Pluot” Released
New Belgium Brewing Company (Ft. Collins, CO) is ready to release Pluot into the Lips of Faith Series. This new beer is brewed with pluot juice, a plum and apricot hybrid to make a semi-sweet ale.
Pluot is light golden, delivering fruity aromas and distinct esters. It is also created with house Belgian ale yeast and brettanomyces, bringing a hint of spice and a malty backbone.
Style: (w/ Pluot Juice)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Now – July, 2013
10% ABV
New Belgium Assistant Brewmaster Grady Hull: “The Lips of Faith series was created for those wanting to push their palate.”
New Belgium Paardebloem Ready to Go
The latest Lips of Faith beer from New Belgium is a collaboration with Red Rock Brewing called Paardebloem. As you can assume by the picture, this strong ale is brewed with dandelions along with peach juice and grains of paradise.
Using dandelion greens to bitter a Belgian-style ale blossomed from out brewers collaborating with Red Rock Brewing. This being our sixth interpretation together since 2008. Expect a wonderfully complex ale fermented with wild Belgian yeast and blended with just a touch of w0od-aged beer. Bitterness imparted from dandelion greens and grains of paradise will have you blowing wishes for sips.
Style: Belgian Strong Ale (w/ Peach Juice, Grains of Paradise, Dandelion Greens, Partially Oak Aged)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: Coming Soon
9% ABV
Meet New Belgium Lips of Faith Coconut Curry Hefeweizen
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
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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
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
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