Lips Of Faith - Cascara Quad - New Belgium Brewing

joeseppy

Illinois

4.04/5  rDev +11%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I pass by this and I read "Ale brewed with date with coffee cherries added", yea I'm there!

Pours a blood orange red with a dense vanilla-cherry head. Lacing goes down all the way.

Aroma has some date sugar with trace acidic cherry. Sharp ground cinnamon. Also, smells like the inside of a spent clove cigarette box.

Ballsy brew. Acrimonious cherry with a semi-sweet chocolate malt. Dried fruit. It's got that cherries soaked in shelf rail whiskey taste going on hhnere.

Cocoa powder dry feel. Moderate carbonation with some stickiness. Cherry alcohol in the nose.

I'm torn on this, like a bad train wreck I have to keep looking at. I'm really impressed with the lacing. Yet, I have not mentioned anything about coffee-Where's the coffee? Would I buy this again-no, but dammit I just might.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2013 05:17:49 | More by joeseppy

Mebuzzard

Colorado

2.61/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Well, I'll be. This one has a pink hue in the foam, which billows up nicely upon pouring, but settles to a collar with haste. Sticky lacing, sugary.

Aroma has a slight cherry cough syrup-ness to it. Some booze. Subtle sweet bread. Nothing powerful or interesting, really.

Flavor is cherry candy, too much of it. Sweet cherry and booze. Is this a quad or some sort of kriek? Perhaps a bit of spice from the yeast, but it is just beat up and left for dead. I can't get past the cherry. There are other flavors in there, but they are muddled.

Feels alright, still not zing or softness of some quads. One dimensional beer. Couldn't take this one, poured into the bushes.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2013 05:51:58 | More by Mebuzzard

vcoggins

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-15-2013 03:16:27 | More by vcoggins

JMBSH

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

06-14-2013 04:19:58 | More by JMBSH

EROCK75

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +16.8%

06-13-2013 13:25:53 | More by EROCK75

GRFounder

Michigan

4/5  rDev +9.9%

06-13-2013 01:46:12 | More by GRFounder

Bradbury

Minnesota

3/5  rDev -17.6%

06-12-2013 21:27:48 | More by Bradbury

JMUbrewz

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-12-2013 19:40:49 | More by JMUbrewz

sendbeer

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-12-2013 04:13:56 | More by sendbeer

stumac

Texas

4/5  rDev +9.9%

06-11-2013 21:57:57 | More by stumac

Theniz

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +3%

06-10-2013 20:10:41 | More by Theniz

savagepm

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +3%

06-10-2013 17:04:02 | More by savagepm

brewandbbq

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

22oz bottle.

Pours mahogany with a half inch head of beige. A few wisps remain on the surface with some dotted lacing for the duration.

Aromatics lead off with raisins, caramel, dark rum, plums, and candied fruit. Hints of berries and coffee follow through.

Medium bodied with a sticky, syrupy mouthfeel.

Sweet malt with rum-soaked raisins and caramel coated candied apples starts the palate. Boozy fusels with hints of cherry cough syrup and roast follow through.

Finishes with a lingering sweetness, warming booze, and a roasty, cherry-like aftertaste.

Interesting beer but too sweet and undercarbonated. The roasty character doesn't mesh well either.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 01:19:19 | More by brewandbbq

itracy63

Alaska

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-08-2013 04:33:43 | More by itracy63

ygtbsm94

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

06-08-2013 02:30:09 | More by ygtbsm94

Honus1

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-07-2013 02:58:10 | More by Honus1

jplopez21

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-07-2013 02:02:06 | More by jplopez21

Phyllisia

California

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

06-06-2013 17:29:14 | More by Phyllisia

bconsidine

Maryland

4/5  rDev +9.9%

06-03-2013 14:04:39 | More by bconsidine

ShanePB

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

06-03-2013 12:29:50 | More by ShanePB

zdeck37

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-03-2013 02:57:18 | More by zdeck37

cvm4

Mississippi

3.65/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours copper in color with an off white eggshell head and has pretty good lacing.

S - Dark fruits that seem ripe, along with toffee and sweet malts.

T - Cherry is there, though muted somewhat, with a coffee overtone. Has a fig/date/prune flavors throughout.

M - Lighter bodied with a high carbonation. Very wet finish.

O - Definitely a quad but the extra additions aren't extremely noticeable.

Serving type: bottle

06-01-2013 23:34:36 | More by cvm4

Garrettshu

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +30.5%

06-01-2013 20:02:25 | More by Garrettshu

mcrago

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +3%

06-01-2013 17:32:17 | More by mcrago

GetTheYayo

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +3%

05-31-2013 01:26:50 | More by GetTheYayo