Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Bière de Garde
San Marcos, California USA

It is what is, a light, refreshing table beer. Pours hazy orange with a thick sudsy off-white head that leaves good lacing and retains well. The nose is of light fruits (mainly apple and pear), subdued caramel malt and some earthy hops. The flavour is short lived and mild, with tropical fruits, spice, booze and grain on the finish. The backbone is bready, doughy malts that are reminiscent of what can be tasted in oktoberfests. The palate is watery, chalky and cuts out almost immediately. A good beer to pair with a casual meal, but not intense enough to drink on its own.

This beer pours a cloudy orange and golden color with a ice thick head to it, also there is some nice spotted laceing along the sides of the glass. It has a nice strong aroma and there are some hints of carmel and some fall spices as well. As you drink it though the flavor is kind of bitter and it fades as quick as the beer goes down your throat. There are some earthy notes with some hints of honey. The palate duration is very short and almost non existant.

25.4 oz bottle. 18 months old so i guess from the first release. Almost clear apple juice with a wisp and edging. Taste like the nose; honey, apricot and fresh baked bread. Light carb, medium light body, a little resiny. OK, but seems to have lost some crispness with aging.

Pours out hazy gold.With nice head. Very fruity and sweet.Some yeast and malt. Nice farmhouse style belgium.

Bottle from the First Houston Tasting
Pours deep gold with an aroma of faint honey. Flavor is cereal hops with a malt highlight. Full mouthfeel. Pretty good brew. Buzzed at this point in the tasting.

Picked up at the brewery in San Marcos. Pours out a dark golden color with a huge white head. Aroma is tart and slightly funky and a bit of spicy sweetness to it as well. As far as the taste of this thing goes I think I’ve found my first Lost Abbey beer I don’t like. Taste is bready and doughy with a bit of spice. Now I understand this is be expected in Biere de Garde but what I couldn’t get past was the awful flavor of vegetables. Very strange and very weird mix of bread and veggies that I didn’t like at all. Sorry.

Richmond "industry" gathering. Medium to dark gold, some orange as well. Aroma was quite biscuity with a hint of grapefruit citric and a floral note. Medium palate, with an earthy flavor, and a somewhat "cooked" vegetal finish. Pretty good, sounds worse in this description and with the score than it really was. Just not quite to my tastes. Happy to try it though.

Bottle thanks to Ty5592. Poured a hazy yellow-orange color with a white head. Aroma of yeast, citrus, and funk. Opens with a citrus bite, which leads into a yeasty-biscuit taste with undertones of light, fruity flavors. Slight funk taste in the finish. Dries out the palate with a nice bite, and keeps you coming back for the next sip. Big thanks to Ty for hooking me up with my first LA beer.