Beer Festivals: New Belgium and Terrapin

Ok, so I visited New Belgium's Clips of Faith festival in Asheville and I at least need to talk about my favorite beer from the Lips of Faith line: La Folie. This sour ale is brewed in the spirit of a Flanders Red. It smells like a brown ale, with hints of chocolate, but packs an intense sour hit with some finishing chocolate notes. I love sour beers and I hope more craft brewers will brew this delicious style. I'm also hoping that New Belgium will distribute La Folie more widely in the Southeast.

Above is the old design on the La Folie bottles. By the way, Eric's Ale was another tasty sour ale I enjoyed at Clips of Faith.


I also visited Terrapin's Hop Harvest Festival. They introduced a solid fresh hop beer called So Fresh and So Green, Green. It was nice having another fresh hop beer; I'm definitely going to stay on the lookout for more. I heard that Palmetto just put out a fresh hop IPA that I'm going to have to check out. And of course I am going to have to grab a few bottles of Great Divide's delicious fresh hop pale ale.