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New Belgium Lips of Faith (Le Fleur Misseur)

New Belgium Lips of Faith (Le Fleur Misseur) - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
86
overall
Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1363.49/5.03.46/5.0Special6.5%91.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Deep burnished gold with a slight haze, Le Fleur Misseur opens with pineapple, clove and honey notes. Dry-hopping produces a flower leaf aroma supported by tones of fresh bread and honey. Le Fleur finishes dry and slightly herbal. Produced for New Belgium coworkers to celebrate our 15th anniversary, Le Fleur has roots in the earliest days of our history. In 1988 founder Jeff Lebesch sat weary on the side of a Belgian road when a young lad passing by picked a delicate yellow flower and offered it to Jeff. “Le Fleur, Misseur?” Jeff misspelled the boy’s comment in his journal as he accepted the offering. A treasured memory, a beer to treasure. Brewed in honor of the New Belgium’s 15th anniversary. It is a tip of the hat to Orval.
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 Beaver (588), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 5, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy dark yellow with a pillowy white head that retains well and leaves a lot of lacing.

The aroma is bretty musty yeast (horse blanket?) with some lemon.

The flavor is sweet malts with bright lemoney fruits leading to a medium bitterness with a good amount of brett. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with great carbonation.

Overall, a great beer. I love the balance of the sweet fruits and brett. I found it best colder, as it sat it mellowed a bit too much.


 drewbeerme (2223), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 4, 2009  
22oz bottle from the lips of faith series. pours hazy straw color with white head. nose of honey, spicy yeast notes, earthy, and orange citrus. flavors is balanced with slight sourness and funk, herbal finish. very light and refreshing drink.


 Schultsc (478), Henderson, Nevada, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/514/20
Aug 3, 2009  
Lips of Faith bottling. Slightly hazy light yellow-gold with a very fine, thin white head. Aroma consists mainly of a dry, leafy herbaceousness with an odd cannbis resin aroma. Dry honey notes intermingle with a touch of grainy malt and dry herbs. Body is light with an alcohol presence in the finish. Not terribly interesting.


 blutt59 (2045), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2009  
bottle, cloudy yellow with soft tall foam, aroma of citrics and yeast, very nice Belgian flavor with sour spices and bitter finish


 kyzr (1120), Belgrade, Montana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 25, 2009  
On tap @ NB. Clear gold with decent white head. Nose has slight citrus with touch of honey. Flavor is a little tart, with mild citurs bitterness, and a touch of sweetness.


 alagnak (301), Littleton, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 25, 2009  
Haxy yellow with good carbonation. Nose is really striking - lavender soap, arugula, wild grass and dandelion leaves. Flavor is more the tart horseblanket/barnyard Brett upfront and still the peppery flowers behind, with a crisp, dry finish with nice spicy pepper. Really interesting and very nice effort.


 talon1117 (616), Bellvue, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 24, 2009  
Pours a hazy, pale yellow color with a fairly small, white, pillowy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves no lace. Nose is lightly grassy, faintly floral, somewhat doughy from the yeast, and filled with some honey and grains. Flavor is similar with honey, light clove, some grains, leafy hops do make a small presence and dry the beer out a bit, just a bit of doughy yeast. Palate is lively to fizzy, light to medium, and somewhere between watery and creamy. Finishes very bland with some leafy hops and moderately light bitterness filling the mouth with, light honey, and almost soda water note. Just a very boring beer, nothing bad but not much flavor and not much complexity. Orval is not one of favorites by any means but this is not even similar to Orval.


 riversideAK (2650), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jun 26, 2009  
hazy yellow gold nice head. Aroma of grape peach pepper. Flavor is similae w soft fruits pepper funk green apple. Lots of soft fruits w a mild tart and funk. Interesting.



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