New Belgium

[WOP31]

Bier de Mars is Ommegang, I have a bottle of it at home.

New Belgium was one of the breweries that turned me on to craft brew, specifically the Fat Tire. But I quickly moved past them being in the Pacific Northwest there is no shortage on good beers to drink, and once you get over the whole "beer should have as little taste as possible" stigma I think that it is really easy to move on and forget about beers such as Fat Tire.

I will say that when I saw it in Indiana for the first time a few months back a slight tinge of nastalgia came over me and I was tempted to pick up a 12er, but then I saw that they were selling a 12 pack of cans for $18 and thought better of it. I did how ever pick up the 1554 and was not disapointed in it. I have had the Fat Tire on a couple of ocasions now at friends houses and can say that while I will like the beer for it's place in my history, I won't be buying it anytime soon.

[heinz57]

Nope, New Belgium makes a Biere de Mars too.

[WOP31]

I prefer this one.

[heinz57]

Originally Posted by WOP31

I prefer this one.

I've never had either, but after all this New Belgium talk I'm fixin' to go home and have the Dark Kriek tonight. Hopefully it's on par with La Folie.

[Barley-Davidson]

Originally Posted by heinz57

I hear the Biere de Mars isn't so hot, but they put out some fun stuff.

Originally Posted by WOP31

Bier de Mars is Ommegang, I have a bottle of it at home.

Geez, I didn't know so many martians brewed.

[Ope08]

Originally Posted by heinz57

Look into their Lips of Faith line, La Folie was quite good. I picked up a bomber of the Dark Kriek too, but haven't popped it open yet. I hear the Biere de Mars isn't so hot, but they put out some fun stuff.

I second this opinion. New Belgiums standard lineup is good but with zero "wow factor", of course that makes it widely marketable so it is pretty much everywhere out here and advertised in every magazine. But their harder to find brews, like the seasonals, "Lips of Faith", are much better...

So, some pay the bills and the rest are for the joy of it and all that...

[snowymountainman]

Black Lab said it the best. Common taste of funk throughout almost every beer of theirs that I have tasted. I was just "splaining" this to a buddy last night. He thinks I'm crazy but it's there and waaay noticeable.

[Niedermier]

Originally Posted by snowymountainman

Black Lab said it the best. Common taste of funk throughout almost every beer of theirs that I have tasted. I was just "splaining" this to a buddy last night. He thinks I'm crazy but it's there and waaay noticeable.

I agree with the common flavor. Seems even a bit metalic to me.

[snails]

I agree with the common taste with new belgium, but am definitely more of a fan of the bike reference...

[Lamppa]

Originally Posted by Redweasel

I despise Fat Tire. 1554 is ok. Just had the Mighty Arrow Pale Ale and was impressed. It is just a solid example of Am Pale Ale. Not the end all but solid. It helps that they use a Cascade Amarillo combo which is my all time favorite combo for the style.

HERE HERE! I hate fat tire, 1554 was just ok, a bit thin in the middle.
Then I tried mighty arrow. By far the best beer from the company.
I was so impressed by this beer. I am starting to like cascades more and more and they fit perfectly in this beer.
I like the full flavor profiles, but the balance was excellent.