Lips Of Faith - Grand Cru Abbey Ale - New Belgium Brewing

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BA SCORE
89
very good
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287 Ratings

THE BROS
94
outstanding
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rAvg: 3.99
pDev: 11.03%
Reviews: 167
Hads: 120

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Brewed by:
New Belgium Brewing

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 9.50% ABV

Availability: Fall. bottle (124), on-tap (42), growler (1).

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Reviews by cokes:

cokes

Wisconsin

4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Dark, translucent cherrywood with a modest beige head that laces better than it lasts.
A loud, varied aroma, big on cloves, pepper, toasted bread, raisins, cocoa, caramel, and cherries, and a grape-y big red fruity wine essence, and a nod towards spiced rum.
Doughy as it rolls into the mouth, quickly morphing both sweeter- with caramel, and drier- with coffee and bitter cocoa. Fruitiness gathers in the middle, bringing stewed, spiced apples, raisins, bananas, concord grapes, prunes, honeydew melons, and kiwi. All simmered in rum. Yeast adds cloves, allspice, and pepper. Red vinous notes on the finish, with lingering spiciness, and a resurgent caramelly fruitcake kaleidoscope and a touch of chalkboard astringency.
Medium-full bodied, with an initial surge of CO2 that dwindles over time. Flavorwise, it's probably one of my favorite American Dubbels (or Imperial Dubbel as we'd tend to call it), it just needs a but of airiness to bolster the carbonation and head to seem as though it was brewed at Old Belgium.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2011 08:48:55 | More by cokes

More User Reviews:

CCutch

Minnesota

3.75/5 rDev -6%

05-29-2013 17:17:20 | More by CCutch

csfcmitchell

Texas

4.25/5 rDev +6.5%

05-23-2013 15:56:52 | More by csfcmitchell

mrwelk

North Dakota

4.5/5 rDev +12.8%

05-15-2013 01:38:22 | More by mrwelk

jacewg

District of Columbia

4.25/5 rDev +6.5%

05-09-2013 21:10:37 | More by jacewg

Lynn

Ohio

4/5 rDev +0.3%

05-08-2013 12:06:11 | More by Lynn

lernerlift

Kansas

4.25/5 rDev +6.5%

05-05-2013 22:13:21 | More by lernerlift

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

3.31/5 rDev -17%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Bottle: Poured a clear brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry caramel malt with a bready yeast is interesting. Taste is dominated by dry caramel malt notes with very subtle residual sugar notes and some bready notes. Body is about average with good carbonation and light warming alcohol can be detected. I am not sure where all those high ratings are coming from. I was expecting more complexity from the yeast ester which I could find here and I thought the beer was too dry for the style.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2013 19:13:17 | More by Phyl21ca