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Style: Belgian Pale Ale
ABV: 6.5%

New Belgium's Lips of Faith series may seem silly thanks to that name but thankfully they are using it to produce some great beers. The Dandelion, Bier De Marrs, Le Folie, Dark Kriek, and Dunkelweiss are all variations on classic European styles and worthy of close examination. 

Tonight I cracked the Le Fleur Misseur Belgian style Pale Ale. It pours a beautiful hazy golden color with a tight bright white head with a creamy texture. Head retention is excellent and the lacing is better than average. 

This beer taste a lot like one of my favorites, Orval but lacks some of the malty sweetness of that beer but keeps a lot of its complexity. Black pepper comes through up front and is followed by green apple, fresh grass and mustiness from the Belgian yeast. This is one of the better Belgian style beers from American brewers and with a little age on it I think it will be even better.

This beer would make an excellent accompaniment with dinner. Pair this beer with spicy Thai food, mussels, soft cheeses, salads or lobster. Pick up a couple bottles for your next dinner party and serve this with the salad course and watch as your guest are blown away by it. They won't reach for white wine again I promise you.

* New Belgium Le Fleur Misseur Belgian Style Pale Ale by Rick Boyd is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at www.brewforia.com.