Ommegang Biere de Mars

My buddy Jordan brought over a bottle of Ommegang Biere de Mars. The beer pours a dark golden color with a lofty and frothy white colored head. The aroma consists of lemon, grass, hay, barnyard funk, pepper, brett, and spices. The taste is light and funky with a brett funk to it. The beer says it was bottled in November 2008 (batch #3), and the age seems to show in the beer with some cardboard flavors. It finishes dry with some pepper, hay, and grass with a light lemon accent. The alcohol consists of 6.5% ABV. I’m not sure about this beer, and it may be because of the age. It wasn’t terrible and had some decent flavors, but it had a cardboard flavor that did get in the way of the total enjoyment of it.

New Belgium Lips of Faith Biere de Mars

I grabbed a bottle of New Belgium Lips of Faith Biere de Mars from a bottle shop in Denver. The beer pours a golden color with a bubbly white head. The aroma consists of spices including nutmeg and cinnamon with a malty undertone. The taste is yeasty but big on nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon. The spices in this beer remind me a lot of a pumpkin beer or a winter ale, but without the pumpkin or big alcohol content, which is 6.2% ABV. I thought that the Biere de Mars from New Belgium was great on the spice accents and a light malt accent. While the flavor profile did not fit into exactly what I was expecting, I really enjoyed the beer, and it was quite refreshing.

Iron Hill Biere de Mars

The final and favorite beer that I had on my last visit to Iron Hill in Lancaster was the Biere de Mars. The beer pours a vibrant orange amber color with a think filmy white head. The aroma is full of orange and citrus. The taste is also orange and citrusy with a light hop accent. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. I thought that the Biere de Mars was very tasty and amazing. It was great twist on a farmhouse ale, which can be paler in color and not as flavorful. This beer is highly recommended by me and you should try it if you are near an Iron Hill that has it on tap.