New Belgium Lips of Faith - Wild² Dubbel
This wild Colorado version of the Belgian Dubbel ropes you in with clove and dark fruit aromas. Deeply rich and malty, every sip has a creamy texture true to Belgian tradition before it rides off with hints of black pepper and cinnamon from the addition of shisandra berries.
3.5
207 reviews
Fort Collins, United States
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Bottle at NK Bar, Stockholm. Clear dark amber beer with a nice beige head. Malty spicy aroma, fruity, bready notes, caramel, yeast notes. Spicy flavor, bready, caramel, pepper, fruity notes, cinnamon. Rather thin for the ABV.
From bottle.
Wild yeast is more obvious (too obvious) in the aroma than in the flavor.
Distinct, moderately complex flavor.
Very nice mouthfeel with medium body and medium high carbonation.
Interesting brew. Weak brown red color. Hay, funk, tart berries, big spices, Clove, yeast, brown sugar. Yup lots going on....not necessarily super well balanced. Strange.
Bomber at the brewery. Garnet with a tan head. Horse blanket and dark sugar.
22 oz. bottle. Dark brown color with small head. Aroma is odd type berries, black pepper and yeast.
Flavor starts with mild black pepper, has an cowhide or burnt malt note, light grape notes. Medium body with a lively mouthfeel. good chewy yeast character.
Thanks Adrien for bringing this one out. bomber, split 5 ways. pours a dark mahogany. smells pretty funky. a little bathwater smell but earthy, mulch like and sweet. Explosive mouthfeel. Berry / fruit up front. finish is peppery, doughy, bread-like. not sour, jus a little funky.
Split with wife, pours dark brown, slim tan hue. Some pepper, and berries. Lightly sweet. Fuselage, slight booze heat. Meh.
A pale brown beer. Can’t say too much about the foam. Sour red berries, pepper and tiny notes of bready yeast on the nose. Flavours are kind of the same ivided up into three parts. The middle part is a punch of umami/blackpepper/cinnamon. A cool kick that is really! It is sweet, smokey. Complex. Awesome, without beeing too good!
Draft. Amber-brown beer with a dark cream head. Caramel and yeast aroma. Caramel and yeast flavor with light dark fruit and light tartness. Medium bodied. Caramel and light yest lingers with light cherry and light tartness.
More wild ale than dubbel, smells of Brett and the taste is reminiscent of it too. Little bits of dubbel sweetness but mostly dry Brett characteristics, some berry notes and barnyard funk in there. Great beer but should be labeled as a wild ale much more than a dubbel
Pours clear medium amber with one finger of beige head, excellent retention and lacing. (5/5) Nose is funky hay and brett, caramel malt, dark fruit, cinnamon. (8/10) Taste is moderate sweet, moderate bitter, mild tart. (7/10) Medium slightly thin body, moderate carbonation, off-dry mild bitter finish. (4/5)
Smells great and tastes OK - but the taste is actually a bit of a disappointment, after the smell. It smells a bit like an oude bruin, with some vinegar tartness and wild yeast aroma, but then the taste falls a bit short and the body comes across a little thin. The black pepper spiciness on the finish is nice, though, so that’s good. All things considered, it’s pretty darned good - but it feels like it could’ve been so much more. (15/20)
(On tap at VilleValla Pub, Linköping, Jan 23 2015) Clear deep cola with big fluffy off-white head and carpet of lace. Aroma of caramel malt, wet hay, lightly toasted, spice box, weird fruity berry note too. Palate has the caramel core of a dubbel with cinnamon and bread but also a barnyard hay and Brett character, becoming quite bitter on the finish with black pepper spiciness. I think there is this shisandra berry thing going on in the aftertaste, since there’s a fruitiness I can’t place and I’ve never had a schisandra berry. Really dry at the end which is odd for a dubbel, but not bad. Lightish body and soft carbonation, not that thick and malty for the style. An interesting twist on what isn’t always my favourite style, worth trying though I may not have it again.
bottle from Bruisin Ales, asheville. Brown/cola colored pour. Nutty, malty, cloves, malted milk balls, chocolate, raisins and light cinnamon. Decent dubbel with a little twist
Brown pour, tan head. Really cool beer! A neat mix of a belgian beer and a funky wild ale. Yeasty, fruity, caramel, bread. Tasty!
Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head, good retention, very fine lacing. Farmyard aroma with toast, caramel, hay, spice. Medium-light body, velvety, hides alcohol content well. Mildly sweet, medium brett funk, and a gentle bitter finish with some black pepper.
22oz bottle. Poured a deep amber color, almost brown with a smaller sized off white head. Fruity/bananas, berries, spices and some earthiness.
Translucent copper pour, short brownish head. Sweet hard candy nose, burned sugar on the tongue. Not expecting the sweetness, fruity bubblegum. Low carb, could use some balance to the sweet but very drinkable. Somewhat sour finish. Would I drink again? yes. Would I order again? probably not.
Clear deep nutty golden color with a thick off white head. Nice lacing. Balanced nice aroma. Fruity and nutty. Medium + body. Tad sweet and an ok bitterness. Soft carbonation. Candy, yeast, toffee, nutty and fruity flavor. Nice balanced and tasty ale.
[On tap at Belle Epoque in Malmö, Sweden]
Bomber. Nose is wild and yeasty, dirt road, lightly metallic, lots of lightly tart berry, spice, pepper, medium phenol impact. Pours light amber-brown with some pinkish tint, more like a deep bloody under light, with a considerable, foamy tan head with light lace and legs. Taste lightly tart, lightly sweet, but very gentle with both; the yeast character here is great, wild and Bretty, has a horse-and-trail grit, especially at the end, generic berry and ester content with elevated phenols. Dries out extremely, light metal collapses somewhat, bit of soft wheat, lightly scratchy finish with gentle warming only after the initial probing (alcohol is dangerously hidden overall). Light-medium body, not watery, but not malty, either. The Dubbel aspect is rather subtle, very lightly roasty-chocolaty, and takes some searching. Overall, I think the base beer is weak and too weak in the mix, and that the yeast or shisandra, whichever is most responsible for the spice and texture, is at too high a level relative to the grist and struggles to carry the beer by itself; unusual and absolutely worth a try, but I don’t think I’ll be buying it again. [2.9]
Major plus point: not terribly moreish, but you could drink a half-gallon of this an not feel heavy, and ask for more.
Update at the end: man, the Brett makes it totally worth it, once again -- really elevates modest material. [3.4]
Bottle shared by Nick. Clear garnet pour with white head, irregular lacing. Aroma: garbage. Sweet caramel, dough, dark fruits cloves all sitting atop a rotting pail of garbage. Taste: dark fruits ... Moderately sweet, surprisingly dry finish. Clove spice finish. Palate: slick oily texture, medium body, average carbonation. Overall: by "garbage" I don’t mean "infected" -- I mean it smells to me completely unappealing and gross. Just to be clear -- I think this is bad, not necessarily flawed.
The aroma is weak but has nice caramel malt, spice, and fruit. The appearance is brown with a thin head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall not bad and the alcohol is well hidden.
Dark Mahogany with decent head and good lacing. Nice dark fruit aroma. Taste doesn’t match aroma: surprisingly dry with light tanins; pleasant though. Clean finish.
Majority of a 22 oz. bottle. Sweet, slightly funky, yeasty, tart aroma features scents of candy sugar, banana, cinnamon, and lip gloss. Complex and enjoyable smell. Pours a clear, medium brown with an amber hue and a moderate to large amount of taupe head. Produces extensive lacing. Looks good in the glass. Flavors of leather, spices, bark, pine needles, gin, chocolate milk, and lemon. Slightly savory. I do get a hint of non-descript berry sweetness. Dry, spicy finish. Okay tasting but doesn’t go far enough for a wild beer. Medium to full body. Frothy in the palate. Ordinary palate effects. A mixed bag (or should I say a mixed bottle?) overall.
Bottle from ABC Lake wales. Nose is cherries, dark fruits, some light spices, Belgian yeast. Flavors are less fruity but very similar. It’s a good dubbel.
Poured from a 22 ounce bomber,Thanks Nick. Starts with a noticeable funk, dark stone fruits, cherries. This is unbalanced towards the funky side making it hard for me to drink.
Sample at SBWF ’14. Bottle. Almost clear brown liquid with small white head. Aroma of light vinegar, dried fruit, red berries, raw sugar and grain. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with notes of dried fruit and light vinegar. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Not that good...
Brilliant amber pretty fine and frothy persistent lightly resinous foam. Definitely strange. Tobacco aromas, books, woody, viney, port, red grapes, finishes sweet and lightly astringent
Nice caramel color. Sweet up front with a smooth malt finish.
Mahogany. Aroma of vegetables, cinnamon and pepper. Off putting. Flavour is much better, malty with some spices and berries. Not bad, but the aroma killed me.
Bottle. Etched glass. Thanks to Tim. Pours brown tan head. Nose/taste of caramel, sour dark fruit, cinnamon, black pepper, oak and light sourness. Medium body.