Lips of Faith

New Belgium Announces New Sour, Collaboration

New Belgium officially announced the next two beers in their Lips Of Faith Series: Tart Lychee and The Lost Abbey Collaboration.

Tart Lychee – Brewed with lychee fruit, and blended into a barrel aged sour beer.   It’s brewed with pale malt, caramel-80, Continue Reading →

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New Belgium Announces New Sour, Collaboration

New Belgium officially announced the next two beers in their Lips Of Faith Series: Tart Lychee and The Lost Abbey Collaboration.

Tart Lychee – Brewed with lychee fruit, and blended into a barrel aged sour beer.   It’s brewed with pale malt, caramel-80, carapils, malted wheat and oats, then spiced with lychee fruit and a touch of cinnamon. The hazy orange Tart Lychee begins with bold, tropical aromas and ends with a sharp, dry finish. 7.5% ABV

The Lost Abbey Collaboration Brett Beer – The two breweries love of brettanomyces (wild, funky yeast) unites the 2 in this beer.  Tomme Arthur flew out to Ft Collins, Colorado to brew with New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert.  In turn, Peter flew out to Lost Abbey’s San Marcos, California home.  Target, Centennial, & Sorachi Ace hops combined with the brett yeast give the beer a citrus & pineapple flavor with a funky/sour edge.  7.5% ABV

Look for Tart Lychee on shelves now, Brett Beer in May.

Availability: Draft, 22 oz bombers.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium

Tart Lychee To Join New Belgium’s Lips Of Faith

New Belgium Tart LycheeComing soon to New Belgium’s Lips Of Faith Series – Tart Lychee.   Lychee features cinnamon and some oak aging.  A lychee is a  sub tropical fruit originating in South China.  The fleshy, edible part has the consistency of a grape, and is tart, acidic, & sweet all at the same time.

To sweet and sour! In celebration of one of the greatest combinations ever.  Lychee fruit brings tropical sweetness to the party hosed by Felix, our golden wood-aged sour beer.  Cinnamon sticks were invited to spice things up and so are you!  Get in on the tasty revelry that is Tart Lychee

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Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival:

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lost Abbey, New Belgium

New Belgium/Lost Abbey Collab: Brett Beer

New Belgium Lost Abbey Brett BeerBehold, the result of Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey travelling to New Belgium Brewing to create a Lips Of Faith beer.   Soon, New Belgium will travel to California to brew another version in San Marcos.

The best part of collaboration is discovering mutual passions.  With Lost Abbey it was the wild  yeast strain Brettanomyces.  Using Belgian inspiration, we fermented the beer with brett to bring out tropical fruit notes, crisp haziness and bright flavor.  A touch of fruity sorachi ace hops pleases the palette and entices frequent sips.  

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

7.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Coming Soon, Lost Abbey, New Belgium

Tomme Arthur Collabs On Next New Belgium Lips Of Faith

New Belgium Lost Abbey CollaborationTomme Arther of Port/Lost Abbey Brewing just landed in Colorado today.  He’s headed to New Belgium to collaborate on a new Lips Of Faith beer.

This week The Tomme (as he refers to himself on Twitter) brews in Fort Collins.  Soon, brewers from New Belgium will head to Lost Abbey to brew a second “Bretta” edition.

Release: TBA

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

Chocolatey, Spicy, Chili Beer From New Belgium Hitting Shelves

The latest Lips Of Faith creation from New Belgium Brewing – Cocoa Mole arrives this week.  Mole combines chocolate and chilis for a flavor roller coaster in a glass.

Chocolate, cinnamon and chilies combine for a sweet and spicy burst of fun in the newest Lips of Faith offering, Cocoa Mole. Brewed with pale, cara-mel-80, chocolate, dark chocolate malts and healthy dash of chocolate rye, Cocoa Mole presents midnight dark with a subtle reddish hue, lifting a pillowy, burnished head. The cocoa and cinnamon accompany plentiful ancho, guajillo and chipotle chilies to bring the mole merriment to the forefront. Cocoa Mole starts on the tongue with the sweet and finishes with the fine-spun heat of peppers. A worldly contrast in a glass, this beer will get you dancing with Mexican Hats. Ole!

Style: Chili Beer
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: Currently hitting shelves, last week of January, 2012.

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

New Belgium Cocoa Mole Hits Lips In 2012

New Belgium Cocoa MoleA new addition to New Belgium’s Lips Of Faith Series coming in 2012 Cocoa Mole. 

Say hola to a spiced up ale full of cocoa, and ancho, guajillo, chipotle peppers, but don’t fear the head, because plenty of caramel and chocolate malts bring a smooth, complex flavor, scents of cinnamon when poured will have a saying “idle for mole!”

Style: Chili Beer Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: 2012

9% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, New Releases

New Belgium Fresh Hop & Prickly Passion Round Out 2011

New Belgium Brewing rounds out their 2011 Lips of Faith series with these 2 new releases: Fresh Hop India Pale Ale and Prickly Passion Saison.   These releases follow the recent and very popular Clutch and Kick Lips Of Faith releases.

Fresh Hop India Pale Ale – IPA, 7% ABV, 70 IBUs.  Packs a citrus punch of Amarillo, Centennial and Cascade hops, straight off the vine in Washington State.  This brazen and deliciously bitter IPA pours deeply golden with the slight haze of a really hoppy beer.  The array of hops gives a sharp blast, but the finish is light and dry.

Prickly Passion Saison – Saison, 8.5% ABV.  In a fruit medley of passion fruit and prickly pear, Prickly Passion Saison is New Belgium’s return to farmhouse ales.  The fruit juices combine with the tropical esters of an earthy Saison yeast, creating a broad and reaching mango-like character.  Deemed “ostentatiously amber,” this Lips selection is guaranteed to provoke the palate.

Hops: Target, Liberty
Malts: Pale, C-80
Fruits: Prickly Pear, Passionfruit

“We opted not to make our fourth quarter Lips selections exceptionally wintery or heavy,” said New Belgium brewer Grady Hull.  “Instead, we are hosting a hops harvest party and bringing uncommon fruit selections to the table, both of which sparkle with holiday flavor.”What? No stouts? It’s wintertime!

Availability: 22oz bombers, November-February.

As New Belgium Brewing has recently expanded their tasty empire on the east coast.  Do you have NB yet? Try their Libation Locator.

by Reid Ramsay