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Lift Bridge and New Belgium's Lips of Faith
2010/03/13,20:38

It should be noted that K and I don't drink regularly, or heavily. However, we do try to drink interestingly, and then I write up my or our opinion on the beverages we quaff. 

Before a trip to the Lakeville LifeTime Fitness for some swimming, we drove over to our favorite beer store, Four Firkins in St Louis Park. While browsing around the isle (there is only one), we picked out a bottle from the Lips of Faith series brewed by New Belgium Brewing (more on that later). We also bought a Rogue Kells Irish-style Lagar and a Big Sky Brewing Buckin' Monk Tripel Ale. So you can look forward to those reviews. 


Had dinner at Pizza Luce in St Paul this evening. Luce has the second best pizza in the Twin Cities; and third place is not even close. And to wash down said slices, K and I both enjoyed a Lift Bridge Farm Girl Saison. This was sort of a whitewashed unfiltered wheat. Heady, cloudy and light in flavor and a great finish. This is typical for any saison-style beer. We didn't really match our pizza and our beer particularly well. But I enjoyed enough of it before I started my meal that I'm definately going to give this beer a second bottle or perhaps a third bottle, before I finally make up my mind. 

After putting the kids to bed, I cracked open the Biere de Mars. This was the beer from New Belgium that I mentioned earlier.  As they say, it's an "ale brewed with spices" and I believe them. They also say it's an "Orange-hued Ale, Citrusy Lemon Verbena and"...something else. The results of this collision are underwhelming. I taste cloves and orange peel and beer; and that might sound good, but the bitter peel isn't balanced with the other flavors. I also forget I'm drinking beer, which is a little disappointing....because I like beer. As suggested by some other words on the bottle, this is an experimental brew, and I applaud New Belgium's efforts. However, I can't applaud their results.  Better luck next time. 

 

  

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