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Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

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4523.55/5.03.54/5.0Special7%91.8Snifter, Tulip
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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 ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 4, 2007  
Amber colour with an off white head. Malty aroma with sweetness from alcohol, fruit and vanilla. Malty, caramel sweet flavor with a light fruity note.


 shp555 (1681), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 3, 2007  
Pours a hazy light yellow orange color with a white head. Aroma is wheaty, banana, cloves, lightly fruity. Flavor is wheaty, bready, and cloves.


 WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 1, 2007  
Dark amber to gold body, large bubbles and visible carbonation, small white head. Sweet nose of malts, corriander, toffee, fruit. Taste of corriander, orange, bread and yeast (subdued taste of a tripel), more hops in the finish than I expected (a plus), a hint of unexpected sourness in the finish (also a plus), and indeed a good complex long finish, maybe more interesting than the initial taste. Dry, almost thiin mouth.


 madsberg (4956), Søborg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 1, 2007  
Bottled. Beer no. 2 @ American Blind III. Orange coloured. Unclear. Fluffy light beige head. Soap, cold tee and light herbs in the aroma. Has some yeast notes. Flavour is light herbal and piney. Soap present. Qutie citric and again the yeast. Medium bodied. Quite dry. Is light bitter in the end and has some grapy undertones.


 joergen (8523), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 31, 2007    Updated: Jan 4, 2009
Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Sweet and fruity arom aof caramel with notes of alcohol. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and rye rbead with notes of hops and alcohol. Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.


 boboski (1095), Alabama, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 30, 2007  
Very classy packagng. Body is excessively cloudy due to some in-home crash cooling. Looks like raw, unfiltered aple cider. Thin, pure white head, well retained. Sheet lacing. Looks seductive. Aroma is haystack in the morning dew. Mildly fruity quality Belgian yeast. Notes of mild peppery spice, citrus, soured funky fruit rinds. Very wheaty and quite fresh aroma, like fresh-squeezed juice. Flavor is malty with equal portions of bready and toasty notes. Moderately tart. Acidic juice is still noticeable. Yeast is a touch more apparent, driving forward. Finishes soft and tart, quickly and moderately drying. Palate is excellent, light-medium bodied. This could accompany hot buttered whole whaet bread well. Nice, though nothing fascinating. A well done example of the style, enjoyable during a breezy dusk, as it was here.


 mgumby10 (1850), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 29, 2007  
Pours a very cloudy burnt orange with a thin white head. really funky smell, big oranges and citrus fruit. Kind of like they’d been sitting in the sun for a while. Tastes a little more mellow than the smell. Still quite funky, grapefruit is the most dominant fruit I pulled out of the taste. Some orange peel mixed in blends the citrus flavors. Fairly smooth, but somewhat bitter in the finish. Pretty good biere de garde.


 bgburdman9 (823), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 27, 2007  
Poured a cloudy yellow color with a white head. Aroma was of sourness and some sweet citrus notes. Also had some cheesy notes and a little funkiness.



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