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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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours awesome cloudy orange with good head and lacing. Smells like sour apple, sour plum and some citrus. Finishes with light sweetness, some tangy tartness. Comes together great with awesome balance. Some zest. Average carbonation. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2014
at 09:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at ChurchKey, thanks solidfunk! Pours hazy caramel brown with off-white head. Aromas of vinegar, tart fruit, funk, light oak. Tasting notes of tart fruit, vinegar, light oak. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2014
at 23:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at Churchkey during CBC week. Pours a hazy orange with some hazy white head. Nose is slightly sour, lemon, grapefruit, some vinous notes. Flavor of white grapes, lemons, grapefruit. Medium bodied, tart finish.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2013
at 16:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at ACAT. Pours a cloudy gold with a touch of amber and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light sour fruit with some apricot and peach with a bit of funk and underlying oak. Flavor has a light sourness with some apricot and peach with some funk underlying.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2013
at 16:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at GABF 10/11/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Cloudy pale orange color with a medium off-white head and stringy lacing. Aroma of tart fruit and malt. Medium body with a mildly sour fruit character and notes of earthy malt and oak. The finish is fruity with a lingering tart aftertaste. Good all around.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2012
at 16:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Falling Rock, served by Lauren Salazar after the last session of GABF. Pours with a murky amber brown body with minimal head. All of the samples were of similar color. All showed red wine and oak notes with good acidity. Number 1 was by far the most acetic of the 3 overall. Aromas were funkier, a bit cheesy. Flavors showed some strong fruity notes, most notably cherry. Huge acetic acid overall. Quite sour, but lacked the balance and finesse of Number 3.
Earlier Rating: 10/3/2011 Total Score: 3.9
On tap at Falling Rock, served by Lauren Salazar after the last session of GABF. Pours with a murky amber brown body with minimal head. All of the samples were of similar color. All showed red wine and oak notes with good acidity. Number 2 was much cleaner than the other two samples. Strong and somewhat clean lactic aroma with good oak notes. Flavors were oaky and vinous with a much cleaner lactic character than the other two. Much less acetic acid, and a bit less funk. Clean, but with less character than the other two.
Earlier Rating: 10/3/2011 Total Score: 4.1
On tap at Falling Rock, served by Lauren Salazar after the last session of GABF. Pours with a murky amber brown body with minimal head. All of the samples were of similar color. All showed red wine and oak notes with good acidity. Number 3 was probably my favorite followed by number 1. Number 3 showed a soft cherry notes with some good fruit and maltiness on the aroma. Quite a bit rougher on the acid (mostly acetic) than #2, but had more character overall (in both funk, acidity and fruitiness). Low carbonation. Dry, acidic finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/19/2010 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Sourfest. I guess I will go against the grain. Pours with a hazy orange body and an off-white head. Aroma was orange, very herbal and spicy hops masking some acidity. Taste was sour, bitter and herbal. No where near as nice of a combination as I remember Terrior to be. Lively bubbles with a dry mouthfeel.
3.4
Earlier Rating: 7/21/2009 Total Score: 3.8
Barrel # 3 at the Stone Sourfest. Pours with a very small head over a hazy golden body. Aroma of pineapple, leather, brett, lacto and oak. Taste is sour, vinegar, brett, acid, pineapple citric-sour. Medium to high carbonation. Lots of stomach acid here...very nice.
Earlier Rating: 10/3/2011 Total Score: 3.9
On tap at Falling Rock, served by Lauren Salazar after the last session of GABF. Pours with a murky amber brown body with minimal head. All of the samples were of similar color. All showed red wine and oak notes with good acidity. Number 2 was much cleaner than the other two samples. Strong and somewhat clean lactic aroma with good oak notes. Flavors were oaky and vinous with a much cleaner lactic character than the other two. Much less acetic acid, and a bit less funk. Clean, but with less character than the other two.
Earlier Rating: 10/3/2011 Total Score: 4.1
On tap at Falling Rock, served by Lauren Salazar after the last session of GABF. Pours with a murky amber brown body with minimal head. All of the samples were of similar color. All showed red wine and oak notes with good acidity. Number 3 was probably my favorite followed by number 1. Number 3 showed a soft cherry notes with some good fruit and maltiness on the aroma. Quite a bit rougher on the acid (mostly acetic) than #2, but had more character overall (in both funk, acidity and fruitiness). Low carbonation. Dry, acidic finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/19/2010 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Sourfest. I guess I will go against the grain. Pours with a hazy orange body and an off-white head. Aroma was orange, very herbal and spicy hops masking some acidity. Taste was sour, bitter and herbal. No where near as nice of a combination as I remember Terrior to be. Lively bubbles with a dry mouthfeel.
3.4
Earlier Rating: 7/21/2009 Total Score: 3.8
Barrel # 3 at the Stone Sourfest. Pours with a very small head over a hazy golden body. Aroma of pineapple, leather, brett, lacto and oak. Taste is sour, vinegar, brett, acid, pineapple citric-sour. Medium to high carbonation. Lots of stomach acid here...very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 16:40