La Folie
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
7.77
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La Folie, French for "the folly," is a beer steeped in New Belgium brewing tradition. This wood-aged, sour brown spends one to three years in big oak barrels known as foeders. And when the beer finally hits the glass, La Folie is sharp and sour, full of green apple, cherry, and plum-skin notes. Pouring a deep mahogany, the mouthfeel will get you puckering while the smooth finish will get you smiling. Not a beer for the timid, La Folie is a sour delight that will turn your tongue on its head. Find out why it's considered one of the best sour beers around.
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8/10
Tried
on 28 Sep 2015
at 10:41
8/10
Tried
on 28 Sep 2015
at 10:41
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB. Massor av plommon, körsbär och fat. Tydlig syra men ändå len och mjuk i munnen. I eftersmaken kommer sötsyrliga gula russin, vanilj, söt tobak och fat fram tydligare. Komplex och riktigt snygg smakbild. Ett av de bästa rödöl jag druckigt. Så fantastiskt gott.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2015
at 16:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Elmanana. Many thanks! Red colour, white foam. Medium carbonation. Aroma of red berries, balsamico, vinegar, lemon. bitter earthy notes. Refreshing, but not very well balanced. I like Rodenbach Vintage much better!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2015
at 13:20
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 03:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Mikkeller Stockholm. Dark ruby red beer with almost no head. Aroma and taste of sour cherry, vanilla, oak and cranberry. Very enjoyable!
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2015
at 12:27
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
2015 vintage. Dark amber color with big nice beige head. Aroma of apples, dark malts, a bit tobacco/burnt malts even. Taste is heavy, malty, fruits, very dry, a bit taninic, lots of wood, not too sour. Carbonation is foamy. Nice, but underwhelming. Not Top 10 Sour Red material imho. I hear other vintages are better, but this is also quite young.
Tried
on 30 May 2015
at 11:04
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Flaska från SB, årgång 2015. Smak och doft av äpple, körsbär, röda vinbär, trä, jäst, klarbär med toner av vinäger och plommonkärnor. Lagom sötma, fin syrlighet och balans, torr, beska med smak av ekträ, jordgubbar, jord och röda bär. Frisk och fruktig. Mycket gott!
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 15:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks for sharing! Sampled 650 ml. bottle @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival. 2015 version. Deep pomegranate, deep cherry,… Nose is hugely acidic cherry, puckering, lemon acidic & very acidic foeder,… Taste is lightly lactic, rather muted, lightly metallic, acidic, empty jam, puckering, bit thin & hollow, thinner than expected,… Decent & not bad at all but I expected much more. Expectations failed me here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 14:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Classic "New Belgian oud bruin" so to speak, a standard in the style as far as American beers are concerned. Yellowish white, loose head, hazy coppery red brown colour. Aroma indeed of ’oud bruin’ Rodenbach style: sour cherries, passion fruit, yoghurt, strong redcurrant, some caramel, wood, hint of lemon; sweet and sour taste, very fruity and estery, cherries, passion fruit and red berries; smooth caramelly malt backbone, bready, dryingly sourish finish with just a tad of leafy hops for balance and structure as well as some woody dryness. Perfectly fine example of the style, though it seems to lack some body, finesse and depth in comparison with, for example, Rodenbach Vintage.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2015
at 08:08