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Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale - Bière de Garde

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 Percentile 
90
overall
Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Bière de Garde

San Marcos, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4483.55/5.03.54/5.0Special7%91.7Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
From the French word "Garde" meaning something worth keeping, this Farmhouse Styled Ale is a most delicious companion to a loaf of freshly baked bread from the oven. Grab a seat on the porch, some soft cheese and a tree ripened apple from your grandmother's old orchard. Relax and watch the evening arrive as the afternoon sun is consumed by the illuminating moon over the gardens. We brewed Avant Garde for you, our friends and families. Here's to things worth guarding over. http://www.lostabbey.com
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 Cobra (1060), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/518/20
Jul 20, 2007  
750 ml. brown Belgian style bottle. Corked & caged. Muffled pop when cork removed. Not as carbonated as Red Barn Ale. Poured out a hazy orange color, with a sticky tan colored head. Aromas are of sweet apples, peaches, strong honey smells as well. Flavors are of fresh fruits, honey, slightly herbal, but well balanced throughout. Damn good beer overall.


psbrewlvr (15), Palm Springs, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Tap at Port cloudy orange flavor--- medicinal---sweet candi type of residual flavor OK


 rederic (1785), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 17, 2007  
750 ml bottle, cloudy yellow-orangeish hue, with an off-white head, yeasty, with a sweet peachy, apricot fruity nose, with a candied mandarin peel note, with hint of honey, some pale malts, with a light flowery hop aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, spicy, fruity mandarin character with some sweet candied tangerine peels, with a nice flowery hop citrusy,with some grassiness and subtle leafiness accents with a faint vanilla and coriander spicy note, leading towards a fruity, bitter hop finish.


 wetherel (1565), Encinitas, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Jul 15, 2007  
On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Nice 1/2 finger creamy small bubble head that dies to coat the surface. Cloudy orange color. A tad more toward the sweet side than the hoppy side. Generally low hoppiness. My nose isn’t skilled enought tosmell anything.


 golubj (1275), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 14, 2007  
Draft at Carlsbad Pizza Port. Aroma similar to a hefeweizen or wheat beer, but not that much sweet flavor. It was somewhat disappointing.


 alexanderj (2212), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 14, 2007  
On tap at Carlsbad location; for the style this was pretty good, but tasted alot like a higher alcohol hefe. Lots of banana/yeast and clove; a little vegetable element. Pretty malty as well.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 14, 2007  
Bottle at beerbistro. Golden body with a smallish white head and a touch of lacing on the glass. Toasty malt in aroma with an odd note I have smelled before but cannot place it - spice? coriander?. Light boozey notes. Flavour of the same unnamed aroma note. Dry spicy alcohol in the finish lingers. It is a nice example of the style, but it starts to grate on me just a little as the glass warms up. Average palate.


 toncatcher (228), Santee - SAN DIEGO, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Jul 13, 2007  
750 ml. bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with a medium head. Very tart aroma, almost like sour apple candy. Flavors of yeast and earthiness, with a nice creaminess.



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