Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

bottle-pours hazy orange with a foamy soapy white head. grainy nose, but with a touch of funk on these grains. definately a sour mash here! grains of paradise, lite grape notes, lite toasted malts. definately has a thing all its own on the nose. Its no true Biere de garde, but for an american sample, pretty respectable. flavors show the sour grains and lite toasted character here. body is medium with soft carbonation. good and definately one of the best if not the best american version of this style!

Bottled. Hazy golden coloured with a small head. Sweet and kinda malty with notes caramel, spices, citru and fruit. A bit too thin.

Bottle shared, courtesy, slob. Poured a murky cloudy gold-orange color, nice white head with great retention. Solid lacing. The aroma was coriander, wit-like in many ways, light floral notes at higher temperatures, orange-citrus overtones. The flavor wasa caramel, very light apples, malty, yeasty, bready, citrus, full and hearty mouthfeel, light spicing, the alcohol a little too noticeable, especially at only 7%ABV. Mouthfeel finishes with a slightly dry accent, but not extremely dry, as the malts keep this thing a bit wet. Bert, thanks for sharing!!!

Bottle sampled from Capone’s. Pours hazy, orange golden with a decent white head. Aroma of fruit, spices, and floral. The flavor is slightly sweet caramel, spices, fruit, floral, ,moderate carbonation, traces of floral and herbal hops.

A lovely beer. I’ve had several 750s of this, and my appreciation rows. A wonderfully warm beer that also manages to be crisp and complex, with the grassy and spicy character I just love from this style. Rich body for something so dry in the finish, it’s a fine one.

Small tenacious tan head, good retention and lace, fairly sticky. Murky orange gold color. Nose is mildly sweet malts, caramel, faint citrus and a strange grassiness. Body is med/light,sorta thin, lightly creamy mouthfeel, a hint astringent. Medium sweet malt flavors, caramel with notes of, toffee, apple and alc. thats not needed with a 7%er. Finish is dry and lightly fruity. Surprisingly tame. Props to dirty martini for the 750!

(Bottle) Pours orange amber. Sweet malty aroma with fruity, spicy and floral notes. Some coriander, orange, apricot and maybe a touch a pineapple. A bit syrupy, almost candy like. Clean malty flavour with a medium sweet, syrupy and spicy finish. Coriander, orange, and apricot in the flavour as well. Sparkling carbonation and a soft dryness. Some caramel notes both in the nose and in the taste. Medium body.

Soft white grape, ginger and pineapple nose. Soft delicate yet complex on the palate. Soft grassy hopping at the end leads to a wonderful enticing yet refreshing finish.