alexsdad06 (1080), Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 17, 2009 750 ml bottle shared by shigadeyo. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. The aroma has a bready malt backbone with sweet honey, floral, yeast, and light citrus mixed in. The flavor is honey wheat bread, fruity, herbs and spices, slight citrus, and a slight alcohol presence. This one kind of grew on me with each drink. I could enjoy this on the porch with an apple, but I would probably leave the soft cheese for someone else. graham515 (424), Houston, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 17, 2009 Pours yellow orange into the glass with white head. Aroma is slightly fruity. Flavor is bready with some fruity caramel sweetness. Metalhead (570), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Mar 14, 2009 Hazy orange pour. One finger head.
Really not much to the aroma.Tastes of bread crust , toffee and a bit of citrus with a dryish finish.
Worth a try but I won’t repeat on this one. PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 14, 2009 Bottle: Pours an effervescent orange with good clarity and a dense off white head. Some dryish bread rust like malt in the aroma- some subtle caramel sweetness and herbal hop notes. Chalky Belgian phenols are there as well. Creamy/silky texture. The flavor starts with dry bready notes- some overripe peach and notes of caramel are followed by lots of peppery/herbal spiciness from both hops and dry phenolics. Notes of white peppery at the back. Soft and subtle- easy drinking. Well done. fidelis83 (713), Clinton, Iowa, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Mar 13, 2009 Pours a milky caramel color with a 1 finger creamy white head that has great retention and leaves a few specks of lacing. Aroma is caramel, toast, floral hops, honey, sweet grass, some musty and earthy notes. Flavor is caramel, crusty white bread, grass, basement mustiness, a hint of toffee, sort of spicy (yeast?) notes, floral sweetness and some dried citrus peels. Finish is wet limestone, toasted grain, toffee and a little mossy funk. Palate is medium thin, watery and slightly acidic with a fairly neutral finish. A pleasant but not overly interesting ale that I believe would pair extremely well with most food. shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 11, 2009 Updated: Mar 13, 2009 3/11/2009: Okay, I am finally just going to come out and say it... All of the Lost Abbey beers that I have had (mainstream releases) have been good, but they don’t seem like anything special to me. The beers are always right on for the style, but I just can’t find anything overly unique or interesting about them. Am I missing something? I don’t know. Apparently I just don’t fully know how to fully understand or appreciate Belgian beer styles and their nuances and complexities, but I have been saying that for years so that admission should be nothing new. Other than having some honey sweetness and being floral and lightly spicy, there isn’t much else specific I can call out. The appearance is spot on (hazy gold with an off-white head) and I like the maltiness (toffee-ish and slightly fruity) with a good level of sweetness and an inviting and pleasing spicy and grassy hoppiness and mild bitterness in the finish. I’ll say it again, quite good but I don’t see what the big deal is regarding the Lost Abbey brews. That being said, they have some very attractive labels/packaging! Now that I have said all of this stuff, the matliness and sweetness is really growing me! Looks like I need to remove my foot from my mouth now...
1 pint 9.4 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (7% alc. by vol.) from IrishBoy and shared with Tmoney99 and alexsdad06. Thanks Richard! Rating #391 for this beer.
Tmoney99 (4713), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 11, 2009 Bottle shared by shigadeyo.
Poured a hazy orange color with an average white frothy head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate yeasty and sweet citrus aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium yeasty sweet flavor with a smooth citrus sweet finish of average duration.
Soft drinkable brew. jmm635 (256), Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 10, 2009 Poured a murky caramel color with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma is very dirty and has a biting sour scent, with a little sour cherries and vinegar. Very similar taste. Nice malt backbone, earthy yet sour. Well carbonated, tingly on the tongue, and has a lasting malt finish. Very nice!
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