Here’s one of 2, maybe 3 other Grätzers that I’ve come across in my travels. If smokebeer had a shandy, grätzers would be them; oak smoked wheat beer. Typically light in abv, color, and taste, Lips of Faith breaks the latter two of those rules with an awfully dark and malty- musty collaboration beer. This beer offers slight notes of smoke mixed in with a balanced and slow selling unusual beer. It tastes fine with a touch of sour bitterness on the back end which kinda gets behind the lips. I struggle to find any hint of wheat, which should be the main ingredient in here, but I’m a little tipsy right now and think I’ll end this review. Overall score = 4 smokestacks out of 7.
| Brewer | New Belgium/3Floyds |
| Beer Name | Lips of Faith Grätzer Ale |
| Brewer’s Description | It’s not dead, but Gratzer is definitely a long-buried style from Poland. And together with 3Floyds we have unearthed the best of beer zombies. Full of bold flavors from oak-smoked wheat, and along with Midnight Wheat, this beer presents a pure black pour. A subtle, spicy note from the Polish Lublin hops hides in the aroma, just below the dark and smoky surface. Despite all appearances, the Gratzer is very drinkable at 4.5% ABV, and walks itself with a nice, light body. Cheers to drinking smoky, undead beers. Prost! |
| Food Pairings | taco de lengua |
| Brewery Location | Ft. Collins, CO |
| Alcohol content by volume | 4.5% |
| IBU (International Bitterness Units) | 30 |
| Beer opacity rate 1 – 7 (light – dark) | 5.5 |
| Smell smoke? 1 – 7 (No – George Burns) | 2 |
| Sausage detection? Y or N | N |
| Smokepower taste: 1 – 7 Smokestacks | 3 |
| Beer thickness 1-7 (water – used motor oil) | 3 |
| Overall Happiness: 1 – 7 (sad – happy) | 4 |
Here’s a pic of the bottle with it actually facing the camera.
New Belgium’s website is better than 3 Floyds, but neither want to talk about this beer:
Update!…Here’s this link I found talking about this beer, but couldn’t navigate there from the home page for some reason:
http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/3-floyds-collaboration
…and one more thing, Grätzer = Grodziskie
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