La Folie
(has 8 batches)

First ratingInitial Rating Date: 10/17/2012Sampled at GABF on Saturday October 13, second sessionClear brown color, tan head. Acidic, fruity scent. Tart, acidic taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/3/7/3/14=3.4Rerate1 pt 6 fl oz bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on December 21, 2013.As New Belgium Lips of Faith - La Folie Sour Brown Ale.Clear dark red color, small fizzy pink head. Sweet, light acidic, berry, vinegar scnet. Semi-sweet, a bit of vinegar, berry taste. A bit thin mouthfeel, very low bitterness.6/3/6/2/11=2.8RerateDraught at New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, on April 6, 2014.Clear brown color, small teal head. Acidic, currants taste. Fizzy mouthfeel, very low bitterness. Acidic scent.8/4/8/2/15=3.7RerateBottle at Sweet & Sour, Sätila, 2014-08-30. Thanks to tkrjukoff!Marked Lips of Faith 2013.Clear brown color, yellow head. Acidic, vinegar scent. Acidic, sour taste. Sour aftertaste, also a bit roasted. Medium mouthfeel, very low bitterness.7/4/7/3/14=3.5

Refrigerated bottle poured into a tulip. Pours dark amber with light brown head. Little lacing, light body, and low carbonation. Taste is simple tart, roasted malt, and a hint of nut. Part english nut brown, part sour.

Draught at Apex. Very dark red with fine, thin lace. Almost dark brown. Big cherry, vanilla, balsamic vinegar nose. Very sour, woody, with vinegar, cherry. A bit htin. Not so complex, but nice. Dry, woody finish. Doesn’t compare to some of the Cascade beers I had earlier today.

Sample, from a bottle, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 6 2012; eye: coppery, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, slight lacing; nose: sourness, acidity, light malt, wild yeasts, musk, woody; mouth: sourness, acidity, freshness, light malt, wild yeasts, musk, woody, a tad short sour finale with presence of acidity, not much carbonation, mildly sour, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, d’une bouteille, Mondial de la Bière, savourée le 6 juin 2012; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, très légère dentelle; nez : aigreur, acidité, léger malt, levures sauvages, musc, boisé; bouche : aigreur, acidité, fraîcheur, léger malt, levures sauvages, musc, boisé, finale aigre un peu courte bourbon avec présence d’acidité, peu carbonatée, moyennement aigre, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Bottle. Sweet berry, vanilla, oak, earthy yeast flavor. Brown tinged ruby with a small tan head, nice lacing... really pretty. Smooth, woody sour flavor like a well aged, sweet fruity balsamic vinegar. Medium to full body. Very nice.

Imported from my RateBeer account as New Belgium La Folie (by New Belgium Brewing Company (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

19/V/2012 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz bottle @ De Hopduvel - 2012 vintage (2012-521) Thanks to BoBoChamp for sharing the beer!

Clear red brown beer, no head. Aroma: some caramel, nice sour nose, tart apples, strawberries, some tobacco, bit of red lace candy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: apple skin, little bitter, tobacco, lemony, pretty tart, fruity as well. Aftertaste: very earthy, tobacco bitterness, pretty sour, red currant,s raspberries, some overripe to rotten fruits, bit meaty, metallic, something is off. And this beer gets a 100 and Rodenbach only 94??? Ridiculous. Wake up, American chauvinist pigs! This doesn't even come remotely close to any beer from the Rodenbach family.

Schwerer, leicht säuerlicher Sherrybeginn. Im Mittelteil holzig, konstante, in geringen Teilen beißende Säure. Süffig, erfrischend, adstrigenter Abgang. 12/12/10/12/10/12

Pours a reddish brown with a small head. Aroma is of wine, brownish malts, not-quite-vinegar. Taste is sour, but not in the extreme. The brown ale backdrop provides an interesting counterpoint to the sour ale aspects. Body is very light. Sourness is done correctly through and through. Good complexity and good balance.