Lips of Faith Series: Eric's Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.45
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Wood-Aged Sour Peach Ale
Eric s Ale, from the creative and slightly diabolical mind of brewer Eric Salazar, is the third offering in our Lips of Faith program. Lips of Faith is all about taking chances, breaking rules and being experimental kind of like being back in high school. Eric won the quarterly drink-off qualifier by correctly identifying which three beers in what percentage had been blended in his glass, earning him the right to brew whatever kind of beer he chose.
Having worked closely with our wood beer project, La Folie, Eric decided to play around with oak barrels. The result is a very drinkable sour beer hybrid with subtle peach tones and a warm, spicy finish. The aroma has pleasant hints of vanilla and tropical fruit, the wood characteristics are present but nicely muted.
Eric s Ale weighs in at 7% ABV and is best enjoyed while listening to the dulcet guitar work of Buckethead.
Eric s Ale, from the creative and slightly diabolical mind of brewer Eric Salazar, is the third offering in our Lips of Faith program. Lips of Faith is all about taking chances, breaking rules and being experimental kind of like being back in high school. Eric won the quarterly drink-off qualifier by correctly identifying which three beers in what percentage had been blended in his glass, earning him the right to brew whatever kind of beer he chose.
Having worked closely with our wood beer project, La Folie, Eric decided to play around with oak barrels. The result is a very drinkable sour beer hybrid with subtle peach tones and a warm, spicy finish. The aroma has pleasant hints of vanilla and tropical fruit, the wood characteristics are present but nicely muted.
Eric s Ale weighs in at 7% ABV and is best enjoyed while listening to the dulcet guitar work of Buckethead.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of Butters at Mark’s Sour Tasting on 06/16/2010. Clear golden body with a small white head. Sweet fruit aroma with a sour finsih. Tart fruit flavor with light peach. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. 8/3/8/4/16 - 3.9 On tap at WBF-Raleigh on 04/24/2010. Clear golden body with a small white head. Tart fruity aroma with some peach and Brett. Tart Brett flavor wtih peach shining through. Medium light body with high carbonation. 8/3/8/5/16 - 4.0 On tap at Toronado during the RBSG Pub Crawl Tour on 08/01/2008. Hazy golden body with a small white head. Lightly sour aroma with caramel and fruit. Sour flavor with lots of fruit and caramel. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. 7/3/8/4/17 - 3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2008
at 18:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sketchy notes from Toronado, thanks to hopscotch for sharing. From tap Toronado. Pours hazy yellow with small white head. Aroma is citric to orange fruityt and slight milky. Acidic to milky initial flavour with a solid acidic base orange fruity base. Milky and acidic finish with a light fruity off/-note. Light citric and acidic into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 07:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at O’Brien’s in San Diego (just before it kicked). This beer is a dark reddish-orange color with a thin and creamy off-white head that diminishes slowly. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet and sour fruit. Medium-bodied with a tart peach flavor dominating. Some various sour fruits such as pineapple are present too, and it is woody at times. The finish is peachy with a lingering tartness left over. Overall this is an enjoyable Sour Ale.
Tried
from Draft
at
O'Brien's
on 31 Jul 2008
at 23:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Toronado, listed as Eric’s Ale. Color is orange amber. Head is small and white. Smells like a triple - sweet malt, spice and light stone fruit. The flavor is slightly sour light stone fruit. Finish is mildly astringent. Body is firm and carbonation is mild. It is extremely pleasant to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2008
at 20:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Luka’s in Oakland. Pours a chill hazed yellow with a small, off-white head. Aroma is tart with a bit of peach. Taste is a bit of bitter white peach and tart sourness. Mouthfeel and even taste has a lot of champagne like qualities. Light lively bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2008
at 15:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Nice amber beer with a thick cream-colored head. Sour, tart aroma with some malt. Nice sour peach flavor with some backing sweetness and barnyard. Medium body. LIngering acetic with some peach. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2008
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught: Duck Island Saloon, Seattle. Peachy-golden colour. Bretty, winey notes lead the aroma with light fruitiness. Semi-sweet peachy character balanced by a clean tartness in the finish. Refreshing.
Tried
on 16 May 2006
at 22:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draught Colour not determinable, nearly no head. A very typical mix of lactic acid & lemony aroma’s. There’s also a rubbery component, sulphury, but not off-putting. Vague fruitaroma, not necessarily peach. Superb lactic, tart taste - as a "fruited" Rodenbach would taste in the vats - with a dash of real lemonjuice. Not that I would do so, but it’s worthwhile. Tittilating, refreshing, great MF and palate. They’re not done with experiments at NBBC. Good for us. Eric, I love you, whomever you are.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 05:44