Le Flacon d'Alsace leaves Trevor Prosser feeling subverted and lovin' it.
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Le Flacon d'Alsace beer
review
Submitted
by Trevor
Prosser
My latest adventure through the beer store glass door left me pondering selection for several minutes. What should I have? What needs a review?
I looked desperately past the Canadians and Kokanees for
something different. Finally, on my third pass, I found it. A little
French
beer called Le Flacon
d'Alsace (The Alsatian Flask) from Boris.
Now, when I say little, I mean it. These tiny 250ml bottles were
literally
hiding in plain sight. But the packaging suggested a subversive little
brew, so
home we went.
Le Flacon d'Alsace
Now, I'm sure many would insert a joke here
about their rebellious packaging coming from France, but I'll skip it.
Sure, the labels would appeal to a
college-aged Che Guevara shirt-wearing English major with minors in
philosophy
and art. Sure, you'll probably never see this beer served at anything
but a
snobby beer bar that prides itself in stocking every known brand, and
having
the right glasses to serve them all.
But all of that aside, I have to say that this rebellious little bier,
at 5.5%,
has a refreshing sort of Heineken
crispness with a distictive French smack
behind it that is a fair swipe better than the oft-metallic bitter
twang of
some European pale ales. It does have a certain aspect that reminds you
of a
decently dry white wine, but it's fleeting.
While its size is more suited to a
quick sip than a full meal accompaniment, it wouldn't be out of place
as an
apres-lawn mowing refreshment, enjoyed on a sunny back porch. Of
course, Boris
would rather you drink this bier in a small, dank apartment in downtown
Paris
as you and your fellow anarchists plot world domination, but to each
their own.
On each bottle is written this: "My values are those of a generation
that
has taken control of its existence and future. I pledge allegiance to
only one
flag: my own." To me, this is a bit more than a simple beer can claim
to
represent. I know
they're trying to be different, but they're trying too hard.
They have a good little beer on their hands - it's different,
but not
alarmingly so. In fact, I think Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy put
it
better in Adam's Rib
(1949):
Hepburn: Well, maybe
there is a difference, but it's a little difference.
Tracy: Well, you know as
the French say...
Hepburn: What do they
say?
Tracy: Vive la
difference!
Hepburn: Which means?
Tracy: Which means
hurrah for that little difference.
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