Lips Of Faith - Dark Kriek
New Belgium Brewing Company

Lips Of Faith - Dark KriekLips Of Faith - Dark Kriek
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From:
New Belgium Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
8%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.58 | pDev: 15.08%
Reviews:
96
Ratings:
113
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 14, 2014
Added:
Jan 27, 2009
Wants:
  16
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by Vancer:
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Reviewed by Vancer from Illinois

3.83/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A very good looking brew in the mini-snifter. Dark copper with mahogany edges, topped off with an ivory cap. Subtle hints of cherry buried among the malt - duplicated with the taste. Any sour funk or musty blanket is second level, not there with the initial semi-sweet quaff. A very light touch of the cherry throughout
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A tasty brew indeed, I could drink this all evening long, the alcohol is not a taste factor. Very glad to have the chance to sample on tap at Pi pizzeria in the east loop.
Dec 14, 2009
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Rated: 3.7 by Beer-Zombie from Oregon

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Rated: 3.25 by KAF from Iowa

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Rated: 3.75 by afsdan from Colorado

Apr 09, 2014
 
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Dec 17, 2013
 
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Rated: 3.75 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

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Rated: 3.75 by ambruns1979 from California

Aug 12, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by bthomas from Washington

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Jan 29, 2012
 
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Nov 19, 2011
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Reviewed by JAXSON from Pennsylvania

3.26/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2009 rate.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark cherry red with a frothy head. Nose is sweet and sour, red berries, faded hops, slightly medicinal. Collage of sweet and sour dominates this, which I like, but there's a little too much sweet and the cherry flavor is a bit strange. I can't stand the slightest bit of medicinal cherry flavor in a beer, this borders on it. Not bad, just alright, not really my thing.
Dec 24, 2010
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Reviewed by katan from Colorado

4.13/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22 oz into a glass. going to the cellar for one.

A - Pours a deep dark brown color with some amber highlights. Strong head formation, brownish in color - quickly breaks down to a film. Appears lightly carbonated.

S - Combination of fruits and yeast. I get quite a bit of cherry and other fresh fruits, but then it is balanced by a very earthy brett and wild yeast. Tobacco, leather come to mind.

T - Starts off lightly malty, brown ale like with some crystal malts. The brett yeast comes in big time, very wild, very earthy - deep. The cherries and the sewetness come in later, bringing the beer back into balance. Finishes with a strong sour fruit flavor and just a hint of wood tannins.

M - Moderate body, strong carbonation. Very well built for a beer of this style. Let the yeast run. Finishes somewhat cloying and sweet, but right on the center of the tongue the brett yeast brings some bitter balance.

D - A very complex ale - I can only see drinking one of them. But the flavors are so unique that in itself is very drinkable. ABV will sneak up on you. Can be filling, but thats okay for a slow sipper like this one.

A very unique beer. I enjoyed every bit of it.
Dec 21, 2010
Lips Of Faith - Dark Kriek from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 113 ratings