Lips Of Faith - Super India Pale Ale (Alpine Collaboration) - New Belgium Brewing

wedge

North Carolina

4.43/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Clear pure gold color with a small, creamy head that holds as a bubbly cap. Smells like a big bowl full of fresh hop pellets...pungent, green, piney, spicy, and fruity. Stinky, dank, pineapple, melon, and grapefruit with the fainest hint of toast. Starts out dank and green in the mouth transitions to juicy orange and pine needles and finishes with a candied fruitiness that is a bit unusual, though not in a bad way. A bright herbal quality seems to permeate the flavor. Melon-y, resinous, tropical...really a nice, complex hop profile. Medium bodied with a smooth bitterness. Mmmm...hoppy. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2012 00:39:01 | More by wedge

djre4orm

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -16.9%

06-13-2013 19:33:42 | More by djre4orm

beerinNV

Nevada

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

06-12-2013 14:28:17 | More by beerinNV

ajzy

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -16.9%

06-10-2013 18:39:39 | More by ajzy

savagepm

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +1%

06-10-2013 17:06:54 | More by savagepm

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

06-08-2013 03:05:03 | More by CosmoHopHead

DeutschesBier

Maryland

4/5  rDev -5%

06-07-2013 15:23:06 | More by DeutschesBier

jbear68

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

06-07-2013 00:15:01 | More by jbear68

pugartheterrible

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

06-06-2013 01:16:08 | More by pugartheterrible

CCutch

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

06-04-2013 21:20:40 | More by CCutch

scm2787

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -22.8%

06-02-2013 16:37:57 | More by scm2787

spark3148857

New York

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-28-2013 01:30:08 | More by spark3148857

mikeincharleston

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -5%

05-26-2013 19:21:27 | More by mikeincharleston

aaron

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-24-2013 00:48:21 | More by aaron

drh1382

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-23-2013 20:18:59 | More by drh1382

csfcmitchell

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-23-2013 16:01:17 | More by csfcmitchell

NiceTaps

New Jersey

4.29/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a bomber into a stemmed tulip glass.

A- Poured a nice looking golden orange color, nice and bright. The fluffy cream-white head fades to nothing leaving some spotty lacing.

S- Powerful complex hop aroma followed by some syrupy maltiness. Lots of Citrus. It smells 'thick', if that's possible.

T-Heavy hop and malt flavors, some citrus and some caramel. I'm picking up some licorice, I think.

M- Powerful aromas and heavy flavors make for a very full body and feel. Plenty of carbonation provides some relief and balance to the full body. Malt sweetness and hop bite are equally posted.

O- Like I told my friend; " this Sh*t rocks!". Oh, and it's a friendly drinker, too.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 01:08:29 | More by NiceTaps

MinorThreat

Colorado

4.75/5  rDev +12.8%

05-16-2013 02:16:07 | More by MinorThreat

pk18

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

05-14-2013 03:04:07 | More by pk18

AngusOg

Maryland

4/5  rDev -5%

05-13-2013 16:49:59 | More by AngusOg

Zimm

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -5%

05-13-2013 00:27:25 | More by Zimm

gonzowestwood

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-06-2013 16:12:25 | More by gonzowestwood

briiguy

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-02-2013 22:51:34 | More by briiguy

djs467

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +1%

04-30-2013 16:19:07 | More by djs467

hollywood_15063

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1%

04-29-2013 23:47:06 | More by hollywood_15063