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New Belgium Lips of Faith (Le Fleur Misseur)

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1393.49/5.03.46/5.0Special6.5%91.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 notalush (2654), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Bomber, "Lips of Faith" - hazy light golden beer, some fizzy lace - quite a complex aroma that opens with a strong mix of herbs and wildflowers, followed by some tropical fruits, and a rustic, wild character - semi-dry, with pineapple and peach up front - wildflowers and toasted grains - just enough of a funky brett character to make it interesting, but it remains subdued - I would like it to be a little more developed, in order to dry the beer out, because the sweetness kind of distracts from the other nuances of the beer - not as much as in the BdM, so I’m enjoying this a lot more, but NB seems to have trouble making a nicely dry beer.


 dwyerpg (2529), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/105/518/20
Aug 14, 2009  
I think this has a quite excellent floral light citrus aroma. The flavor is certainly on the light end, but is also quite distinctly defined, with a pleasant light dry hop finish. Good stuff.


 legion242 (1578), Richardson, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
Aug 13, 2009  
Amazingly pedestrian. Tasted sort of like a milky saison. What could possibly be all the fuss. For $3 less, I could have had a Hennipen and much more satisfied. I am scared to try the Mars now, ’cause it was once a favourite of mine.


 nickd717 (1341), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 13, 2009  
Bottle from Whole Foods in Los Altos. They compare this to Orval on the description...um...riiiight. Hazy golden-straw color with a well-formed white head. Aroma of pale malt, yeast, and maybe a little brett. Flavor not too exciting overall - slightly sweet pale malt, citrus, and some floral hops. Fairly light on the palate. Not very exciting overall.


 mmmbeer (746), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Isn’t that cute, a beer named in French? Let’s hope the true Northern MI in me and the bootleg LA holds up, I need to work on this: Well, laisse-moi! Mal servi dans verre: liqauid couleur transparente jaune, non a la tete, arôme de levure, la poire, et bons bière! Battre ecouter avec du milieu malt, petite conciliant, Au beau des dégustation léger la douceur, délectable finish! Je’ennee et de soi!


 snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 10, 2009  
On tap at Brouwer’s Tour de Fat afterparty. Pours cloudy golden yellow with a decent white head. Aroma is a little bandaid funk, a little booze, cloves, and some sort of herbal thing that I couldn’t really place. Dandelions? Taste adds some bitter unripe orange. Mild aspirin bitterness in the taste and finish.


 carruthm (1125), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Cloudy light orange lots of floral bitters. Smooth palate but lacking subtlety in aroma. Dominated by the floral notes.


 chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a off white head. Aroma is sweet, with a little bit of citrus as well. I had a very similar beer @ Goose Island last night. Rather plain beer though.



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