La Fleur Misseur Now Available in St. Louis
June 30, 2008 1:19 pm Beer News
You may remember me mentioning talking about La Fleur Misseur a while back, but it looks like the day has finally arrived and La Fleur Misseur is available in St. Louis. This beer is part of New Beligum’s new Lips of Faith series of sour/funky beers. Each couple of months will bring about a new beer for our tasting pleasure. For instance, La Fleur will give way to a Grand Cru by early August.
The catch to these beers is that they’re limited release small batches, which means you’re going to have to seek them out. Luckily for you they’re easy to find at Bailey’s Chocolate Bar and Cicero’s.
(As a completely separate, yet related side note, during my visit to The Flying Saucer in KC this weekend I noticed that La Fleur was available so I immediately ordered up a glass. Imagine my surprise when the beer arrived and after one whiff I knew I had the wrong thing. A manager walked by and noticed a puzzled look on my face and I explained that I didn’t think that they gave me La Fleur because I didn’t smell or taste any Brett. He told me that it wasn’t a sour ale and that it was made with Wormwood. I didn’t feel like fighting it so I just drank what I was given.
This same manager told me that Schlafly had a sour ale.)
Tags: baileys chocolate bar, ciceros, la fleur misseur, lips of faith, new belgium
ericburnley :
Date: June 30, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
I guess that was Springboard they gave you?
Interested to see what La Fleur is like. Do you know if this is tap only or bottles? Didn’t see anything on their site about it, but I could’ve quit looking too early.
Mike :
Date: June 30, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
Gah! You’re right, it was Springboard. That’s what I get for second guessing myself. I should have walked up to the bar and checked it for myself. Bastards.
And yeah, from everything I’ve been told this is a draught release only.
BMock :
Date: June 30, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
I would love to know if this is a very limited release or not. I would hate to miss out, but I don’t know if I can get to either before three weeks or so.
PolarOpposites :
Date: June 30, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
I’ve never been too impressed with any Flying Saucer. They usually inundate you with their variety, but they never seem too knowledgeable about any of it; other than to say “yeah, a lot of people order that.”
Mike :
Date: June 30, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
If I didn’t make it clear Brad, this is a very limited release.
grtfulphan :
Date: July 1, 2008 @ 5:46 am
I thought the lips of faith series New Belgium did was actually a beer made by one of their employees after winning a competition if I remember correctly?? Its quarlertly or twice a year Jeff and staff make up a combination beer and each employee has a chance to taste it and determine what beers are used and what the ABV% is. The employee who is the most accurate gets to make a limited batch of their own beer and it will be released in their “Lips of Faith” series.
Beach :
Date: July 1, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
Very good knowledge grtfulphan! Lips of Faith was a program where our emplyoees got to brew their own stlye of beer. That line started with Eric’s Ale. We have had some great beers since then in the LOF program Pat’s Stout, Jessica’s Porter, Jophnny’s Voodoo Ale. The new LOF program will now feature esoteric, small batch beers made for the beer hipsters of the world. Le Fleur, Abbey Grand Cru, La Folie, possibly La Terroir. The employee program still exists, we simply renamed it Loose Lips, those beers will still only be available at brewery and specific locations in Colorado.
If any of you ever have any New Belgium related questions, please feel free to drop me a line at rbeach@newbelgium.com.
Cheers!
Photos: KC Flying Saucer | STL Hops - A St. Louis Beer Blog :
Date: July 17, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
[…] We tried the food when we returned on Saturday night and it was good, but not great. Good enough for a quick snack or an excuse just to visit. If I have one complaint is that it’s previous obvious that the people working at the place aren’t really “beer people.” Sure they’re friendly, but I had one person (who may have been a manager) tell me that Schlafly had a sour beer. Now, in all fairness this place has only been open since May 5th, but that still isn’t much of an excuse for getting the wrong beer. […]