NBB Love Felix
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.44
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Felix is New Belgium’s blonde sour ale aged in oak foeders at the brewery. It is blended in various proportions in many of New Belgium’s sour wood-aged beers, such as Le Terroir and Tart Lychee.
How to tell you’re drinking the Felix version of Love: should be straw to orange / amber in color, not dark caramel or brown. If it’s called "Love" on a pub or festival menu, it’s most likely Felix and not Oscar.
How to tell you’re drinking the Felix version of Love: should be straw to orange / amber in color, not dark caramel or brown. If it’s called "Love" on a pub or festival menu, it’s most likely Felix and not Oscar.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample, 1-ounce, draught, during the Great American Beer Festival, savoured on September 26 2015; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, fruity, slight musk; mouth: acidity, sourness, fruity, slight musk, acidic finale with presence of fizzy sour candy, medium body, rather carbonated, slick texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 1 once, en fût, durant le Great American Beer Festival, savourée le 26 septembre 2015; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, fruité, très léger musc; bouche : acidité, aigreur, fruité, très léger musc, finale acide avec présence de bonbon sure pétillant, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, texture coulante; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2016
at 09:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at rare barrel. Looking time want ticked! Pours hazy golden orange, medium bubbly white head, decent lacing. Aroma is oak, lemon, stone fruit, pear, white peach. Flavor is medium tart, hint of funk, oak tannins and some pit fruit and lemon. Not acetic, which is nice, not not really popping either. I think the sour world has kinda left this one behind.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 21:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On Tap hazy deep orange with a brief off white head. Some confusion in the name as teh commercial description suggests but this is neither Cherries or Peaches. Very tart. Nearly authentic Lambic level of tartnes/acidity. Nice rounded fruity flavors also though and squeaky finish. A bit lighter and a bit more sour than La Folie, even the original caged corked 750s of yore. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2015
at 16:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[2/13/15] Draught sample at Almanac & Friends Sourfest at Public House in San Francisco. Hazy deep golden. Aroma of oak, cherry, funk, vanilla. Sour flavor, somewhat funky, oaky, with some vanilla. Medium-bodied. Very good.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 20:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Toronado-Seattle. Big snifter pour (~12oz). A glowing gold-amber color, too thick for clarity but not cloudy. A little musky acetic aroma. More berries than bad acetic. Flavor has a very doable acetic finish. I just want more malt and other characteristics to play with the sour character.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2015
at 17:41