A new Lips Of Faith entry from New Belgium Brewing – Jared’s Ale. A ale brewed with peach juice.
Availability: Draft only as of 10/26/11
8% ABV
New Belgium Brewing seems to be working on one of their first fresh hop offerings. Joining the infamous Lips Of Faith collection in the future is “Fresh Hop” and IPA.
Style: IPA
Availability: Draft offering (As of 8/24/11)
7% ABV
In yet another collaboration, New Belgium creates “Clutch”. After consulting with some of New Belgium’s Beer Rangers, they are waiting on a briefing on the sour ale. The artwork is sexy, the beer joins the Lips Of Faith Continue Reading →
New Belgium Brewing (Ft. Collins, CO) is collaborating with Elysian Brewing (Seattle, WA). This is a pumpkin-y beer, like the soon to be collaboration just announced by Stone Brewing & The Bruery. “Kick” is bound for the Lips Continue Reading →
[UPDATE: Bottles only at Allagash. Draft available around the U.S. through Allagash distribution channels.]
On April 5th, Allagash Brewing will release their half of the collaboration with New Belgium, “Vrienden.”
What you need to know:
Vrienden, or Continue Reading →
New from New Belgium Brewing is Dunkelweiss , part of NB’s Lips of Faith collection. This beer has been previously released as a draft only offering. Dunkelweiss translates to “dark wheat”. It wouldn’t be a New Belgium offering they didn’t Continue Reading →
Headed to the “Lips of Faith” series by New Belgium is “Sahti”. Sahti is actually a style of beer hailing from Finland. Sahti while a beer is a little different from general notion the term conjures up. Sahti uses a Continue Reading →
A new Lips Of Faith entry from New Belgium Brewing – Jared’s Ale.
A ale brewed with peach juice.
Availability: Draft only as of 10/26/11
8% ABV
New Belgium Brewing seems to be working on one of their first fresh hop offerings. Joining the infamous Lips Of Faith collection in the future is “Fresh Hop” and IPA.
Style: IPA
Availability: Draft offering (As of 8/24/11)
7% ABV
In yet another collaboration, New Belgium creates “Clutch”. After consulting with some of New Belgium’s Beer Rangers, they are waiting on a briefing on the sour ale. The artwork is sexy, the beer joins the Lips Of Faith collection.
Pure rock fury meets Belgian-style brewed folly in this collaboration with Maryland hard-rockers, clutch. A pronounced bass line of dark chocolate, coffee and black malts bridge the sourness of our dark wood ale for a fluid riff.
Style: Dark Sour Ale. (Flanders Oud Bruin?)
Availability: 22oz bombers, draft.
9% ABV
New Belgium Brewing (Ft. Collins, CO) is collaborating with Elysian Brewing (Seattle, WA). This is a pumpkin-y beer, like the soon to be collaboration just announced by Stone Brewing & The Bruery. “Kick” is bound for the Lips Of Faith series by NB. The beer as the label reveals, is a funky pumpkin meets cranberry ale. 80% is an ale with pumpkin & cranberry juice. 20% is an ale aged in wooden barrels. [Speculation: Elysian has a Dark Sour Pumpkin Ale that just appeared on RateBeer. Might have a relationship.]
We get a kick out of collaborating. Havesting the creativity of Kim Jordan of New Belgium and Dick Cantwell of Elysian produced this ruby-hued, slightly sour, pumpkin, cranberry ale. It’s a treat that does the trick.
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Availability: 22oz bombers, draft.
8.5% ABV
[UPDATE: Bottles only at Allagash. Draft available around the U.S. through Allagash distribution channels.]
On April 5th, Allagash Brewing will release their half of the collaboration with New Belgium, “Vrienden.”
What you need to know:
Vrienden, or “Friends” is a collaboration between New Belgium and Allagash. One was brewed in Colorado, and one in Maine. New Belgium’s edition joined the Lips Of Faith bomber & draft series by NB. NB’s edition – a wild ale, with hibiscus & endive. Allagash’s version- dandelion greens and elderberries. 2 yeast strains, Allagash brett, and New Belgium Lactobacillus.
Allagash’s edition will be released on April 5th, 2011 at the brewery in Portland, Me, 9 AM. 750Ml, corked & caged. Sales of the bottles benefit CascoBay.org. Limit is 2 bottles a person, $10 a bottle.
Allagash Brewing
50 Industrial Way
Portland, ME 04103
New from New Belgium Brewing is Dunkelweiss , part of NB’s Lips of Faith collection. This beer has been previously released as a draft only offering. Dunkelweiss translates to “dark wheat”. It wouldn’t be a New Belgium offering they didn’t spice things up a bit. Expect favor.
Commercial Description:
Deep amber brown with a dense off-white head, Dunkelweiss 30° rediscovers Hefeweiss beers through a Belgian brewer’s lens. Envisioned by our own Matty “Smooth” Gilliland, this beer opens with sweet clove and banana notes that give way to a chocolaty warm finish with a peppery tingle across the palate. “I thought it would be fun to make a German wheat beer; we’ve explored the Belgian wheats pretty thoroughly,” said Gilliland. “Since this is Lips of Faith — and part of what makes that program fun is to make beers that are really unique and different — making a big, strong, dark Weiss beer sounded pretty folly-licious. It’ll still showcase all of the flavors that a Hefeweiss beer would have, but add in the burly body and extra punch. Think of it as a Grand Cru dunkelweiss.”
Style: Dunkelweizen
Taste Expectations: Clove & banana. Coriander & spices. Big on the malts with a small wheat palate.
Availability: 22oz bombers. Draft.
9% ABV
Headed to the “Lips of Faith” series by New Belgium is “Sahti”. Sahti is actually a style of beer hailing from Finland. Sahti while a beer is a little different from general notion the term conjures up. Sahti uses a variety of common beer grains ( rye, oat, barley — malted and unmalted, and wheat.) In traditional brewings, Sahti is flavored with juniper berries. Unlike many American ales, Sahti has fewer hops, in some instances none — focusing on the berry flavor.
Commercial Description:
Inspired by Finnish Sahti, a traditional rye ale brewed with juniper, our sahti Ale is a hazy amber ale with a sturdy mouthfeel and a crisp and lively “finnish”. Brewed with Pale, Crystal, rye malts and whole oats, our version bittered with Cascade and finished with Cascade and Amarillo hops. Juniper boughs are added to the mash and juniper berries, orange and lemon peel are pitched in the whirlpool creating a festive olfactory of citrus and juniper notes.
Arrival: Late October 2010. (Could be sooner)
7.2% ABV
