La Folie
(has 8 batches)
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
7.78
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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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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
7/10
Tried
on 24 May 2015
at 19:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Leicht trübes orange braunes Bier mit einer geringen leicht beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach roten Beeren, leicht säuerlich. Geschmack säuerlich fruchtig, rote Früchte, pelzig, ok.
Tried
on 24 May 2015
at 14:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Clear brown colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, citrus, vinegar, a bit sour.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Vinegar, tart, raisin, caramel, some fruit.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Clear brown colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, citrus, vinegar, a bit sour.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Vinegar, tart, raisin, caramel, some fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 05:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a deep red color. Fruity, vinous and sweet aroma. Taste is even more vinous. A bit dry. Notes of currant seeds. Reminds me of a sour beer from Lost Abbey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2015
at 12:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours redish brown without a head Lots of red currants, tartness and grapes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2015
at 16:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Rödbrun vätska med låg skumslöja. Saftade, syrliga bär med inslag av ekfat. Syrlig lätt kemisk i smaken. Liten strävhet från ekfat men framförallt saftade bär. Saknar komplexitet.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2015
at 01:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bouteille 660ml, gracieuseté de Damon lors du CanBIF Fall 2014, Thanks! Couleur acajou presque opaque présentant des reflets rougeâtres, mousse moka fuyante. Arôme de fraise, malt caramélisé, vinaigre balsamique, noix?. Goût de fraise, acidité moyenne-élevée, malt, âcreté de pépin de fraise, boisé en fin de bouche. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2015
at 19:05