4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: FEB 4, 2012 Gorgeous ruby red body under loose off-white head, low carbonation, natural. Brown sugar and rich citrus fruit nose. Wonderful brunt sugar and black cherry opening with an orange spice middle and grassy bitter finish. Very very nice. Medium fill to the palate and oily texture. Excellent beer, excellent!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Can honestly say I’ve never had anything quite like this. Pours deep golden colour with a big fizzy head. Aroma is funky, basement, old cupboard, woody, earthy, with light notes of dark fruit sweetness. The flavour is funky, oak, dark fruit sweetness, touch of manuka honey, hops show up and fade into the finish to balance things out. Not my norm, but very interesting and enjoyable
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
With Catina, Jeff and the neighbors in Peteluma. Great Carmel and butterscptch, maple, nice light bitter finish. Liked it. But wow, what and incredible head.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours straw color with nice fluffy white head. Aroma is yeast esters that are earthy and spicy with a hay/cracker malt aroma. Taste is sweet with a malty earthy finish. Pretty tasty and does not taste like 10%.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice herbally aroma, some saison type malts and aromas. Not much flavor, some flavors, a little dry, not much. Oh well
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A - pours cloudy orange brown with off white head that dissipates. Strong lacing. S - sour notes up front. Notes of brown sugar, dried fruits, and candied citrus fruits. Hints of funk and barnyard notes. M - effervescent bubbly carb, light tangy up front, bitter sweet end. Nice strong bodied, complex brew. T - funk, plums, tangy notes, spices up front. Field/stable, vinous malts, maple , and candied orange on the palate. Fairly short ending, leaving only slight grassy bitterness. O - pretty good funky winter ale. 7-
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown bottle, 1 pint 9,4 ounces, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured April 15 2012; eye: caramel with an orangey hue, semi-opaque, lots of effervescence, nice sheet of café au lait head, light lacing; nose: malt, light sourness, ligh farm, light fruity, caramel, light Brettanomyces yeast; mouth: malt, caramel, sourness, alcohol, pepper, slight farm, slight fruity, light Brettanomyces yeast, sour finale with presence of hops, full body, good carbonation, lightly sweet and bitter, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 15 avril 2012; œil :caramel avec une teinte orangée, semi-opaque, très effervescente, belle couche de mousse café au lait, légère dentelle; nez : malt, légère aigreur, léger ferme, léger fruité, caramel, léger levure Brettanomyces; bouche : malt, caramel, aigreur, alcool, poivre, très léger ferme, très léger fruité, léger levure Brettanomyces, finale aigre avec présence de houblon, corsée, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée et amère, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap. It pours hazy reddish orange body with a light and fluffy off-white head. Aroma is funky with berries, esters, yeast and alcohol. Flavor is light funky, fruity, yeast, spices, bubblegum and warming alcohol. Body feels relatively light ath the first sips, but the alcohol and sweetness come out when the beer gets warmer and make it a more heavy. Lots of alcohol in the aftertaste, medium body with medium/low carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle; 2008 vintage on 3/17/12; slight pop upon opening and pours clear light brown with faint light tan head; some tartness in the nose wih cheesecake, wheat, honey, a little minerally; some funky tartness has formed with the aging; chewy, slightly oxidized texture with some cherry skins, dry lemon, a little brett and bone dry finish; damn good for a 4+ year old bottle; sticky honey malt, chewy funk, bread and silky yeast going down; strong and sweet for a BdG of course and with this much age it drinks like a complex, rich and tasty sour Belgian strong; quite spectacular actually; proof that Lost Abbey knows what they are doing despite the messy wake of the carb issues and the Sinner’s program
Original rating: 750 ml bottle - 2007 vintage; thanks to WestSideThreat for the trade; pours light yellow with slight haze; a funky, bready, wheaty aroma mix with lots of brett characteristics coming from a year in the bottle; there is little sourness in the actual flavors, instead lots of lemon, grass and spice; very soft texture, smooth drinking and wine-like; funky without the tartness; very nice
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Heavy carbonation, light lacing. Dark brown with magenta. Sour brett funk on nose, but not off-putting. Nice spice and full palate. Raisin and honey.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours nice looking copper-amber color with a foamy off white head. Aroma is of sweet malts, candied sugar, apricot, raisins, banana, and some funky yeast. Taste is of sweet malts, caramel,raisins, banana, some pepper, and some brett funkiness. has a medium body with decent carbonation, a slightly creamy mouthfeel and a dry, slightly boozy finish. overall, a nice Biere De Garde from Lost Abbey.
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