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Lost Abbey 10 Commandments

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4383.8/5.03.79/5.0Spring9%92.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Lost Abbey’s once a year Anniversary beer. A new generation of Dark Farmhouse Belgian-Style Beer that had Brettanomyces (a special Belgian brewer’s yeast) added at bottling. (from newsletter) (from bottle: Ale Brewed with Raisins) 10 commandments: 1. The most imaginative beers are our crusade. 2. We believe we are all in this together. 3. We strive for honesty and integrity in our lives like you. 4. Fresh beer is great, aged beer is better. 5.Now that you have found us, help us spread the message. 6. There is good and evil in the world, our beers are good. 7. Passion isn't something you can buy at the corner store. 8. We believe an inspired life is worth living. 9. Life is about choices. The Lost Abbey is a great choice. 10. We are not perfect but no one is.
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 jredmond (1090), New Jersey, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/519/20
Oct 12, 2009    Updated: Oct 24, 2009
Bottle split with Pat. The bottle reads 10% abv. Pours a dark murky brown with a small brown head. Aroma is sweet fruit, raisins, and malt. The flavor starts as a belgian ale, and ends with a roasty flavor accompanied by notes of raisins, clove, and vanilla. An amazing brew.


 patrickfannon (384), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with James. Pours murky borwn, with a thin, pungent beige head. Aroma of rasiins, malts, sweet fruits, chesnuts, and hints of clove and vanilla. Full body with a cleverly smooth finish. Outrageous Belgian strong.


 satan165 (620), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/103/516/20
Oct 10, 2009  
nose of black cherries and raspberries with a touch of roast. body opaque with a head that requires a trappist glass to reel it in. flavor is foremost raisins like a legitimate dubbel. even after little brett in the aroma, it is fleeting still in flavor. perhaps a touch of sourness late is its only real appearance. roast continues throughout the sampling and booze is not apparent on palate but definitely does this body well. a bit disappointing on brett character but still stands as an excellent belgian ale.


 talon1117 (634), Bellvue, Colorado, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/104/518/20
Oct 6, 2009  
2008 bottle. Pour is a hazy, very dark garnet color with a head which is tan, full, pillowy, and a bit rocky and does leave a thin, lasting, foamy layer and tight, sporadic lace. Nose is interesting with so many complexities; the brett is apparent with noticeable tart notes (overripe cherries) and some earthy funkiness, the raisin is also apparent, wisps of alcohol, yeast is all over the place (dust, cobwebs, bready), notes of fresh herbs (sage [apparently rosemary?]), hints of leather, and light notes of toasted caramel and toasted oak. Flavor is similar but better than expected with a rich malt base for all the complexity; toasted caramel, light anise, dark honey (is that possible?), raisin bread, leather, similar yeast notes, coriander, potent herb notes (rosemary), very light wet earth notes, hints of almonds, toffee, and the brett creating an almost vinous aspect to the already complex beer. I had originally given the flavor a 9 but after I listed 13 different flavors I could taste, I had to give it a 10 based on complexity. Palate is nice with a moderately full body, nearly lively carbonation, and a velvety and round mouthfeel; dryness in the finish and very light warmth long after the finish is complete. The finish is long and drying out slightly but, even with all the other complexities, is still sweet; notes of spicy rosemary, toffee and caramel, light oak notes, almond, dry honey, and cinnamon? Truly a remarkable beer in the fact that it is dark and sweet but also takes the brett character to create a beer which is completely unique and very complex. Usually these dark farmhouse-type beers tend to be dry and not complex but this one was neither. Another note... honey in most beers I am opposed to because it brings unnecessary residual sweetness and intense dryness, however, in this one, it added some necessary sweetness to balance the other complexities and the dryness was only minimal. Bitterness was almost negligible but the rosemary provided some and the overall sweetness was not overwhelming. It is hard for me to say a bad thing about this one, certainly my favorite brett beer. This brewery never disappoints.


segfault (98), Centennial, Colorado, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Pour is like a belgian Dark Strong, beautiful and deep brown with tan lace. Aroma is definitely Belgian with bretta sour notes. A full palate sparkles darkly on the tongue. The flavor... malt, current, tart, caramel, leather, earth. WOW! This beer is amazing. My first ever 5.0.


 jsquire (2123), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Dark beer out of the bottle with a minimal brown head. The nose has some Brett funk and an almost cola sweetness to it. The flavor has some leather, corriander spice, dark caramel sweetness, dark bread, and raisons. I’m getting more and more used to the Brett funk, and this is an enjoyable use of Brett to me.


 craftbeerdesign (772), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/518/20
Oct 5, 2009  
sample from the pitcher at GABF on 9/26/09... pours a dark murky brown... sweet raisin nose with a bit of funk... slight yeast and spice notes throughout... dark fruit and more... enjoyable.


 planky84 (154), , Greater London, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Bottle from Beermerchants.com. Pours a dark brown with a beige head which dissipates quickly. Aromas of figs, dates, chocolate, roasted malts, raisins, herbs. Flavours of raisins, dark chocolate, burnt malts, cinammon. Nice warming alcohol mouthfeel. Finishes sweet and herby. Nice.



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