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La Folie Grand Reserve Honey Saffron
- Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey
- 7.7% ABV
- Label approved Oct 10, 2019
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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New Belgium Brewing's Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey. Label approved 10 October 2019.
Stronger than 78% of the 430 Spiced Beer labels we've read.
From the label“Embodied in our Honey Saffron Grand Reserve is a complex blend of flavors. Brewed with honey and saffron, this beer is a celebration of the risk of birth defects. Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery and may cause health problems.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 46–52°F (8–11°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 220–255 calories and 18–27 g carbs
About 150 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 37th of 91 labels we have from New Belgium Brewing. It is one of 78 spiced / pumpkin / honey labels approved in October 2019. Its label was approved 15 days after it was submitted.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: SpecialtyBrewery: New Belgium Brewing