Lost Abbey Cable Car

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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2009 bottle shared by ucusty. Thanks Dave. Pours cloudy yellow with a fizzy white head. Nose is pretty incredible. Loads of tropical fruits, funky yeast, cotton candy. Flavor is very barnyardy with some juicy citrus and loads of funky deliciousness. yum.

Much thanks to Phatz for sharing this rarity of a gem. Appears a hazy, light gold with a small white head that slowly fades into a mild cap. Lacing is scattered all over the glass like tiger stripes. Streams of CO2 quickly rise to the top. Smell is of caramel, candy sugar, vanilla, barnyard, funky must, cinnamon, and cardamom, with a touch of apple. Taste is of the mentioned aromas that meld together in a lemony zest, citrusy, sweet, funky, and tart blend that tantalizes the tastebuds into craving this different but enticing brew. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, chewy, full of candy orange, funk, with a dryness covering the palate with citrusy zest.

UPDATED: NOV 27, 2008 Note to self: revisited this at Toronado SD, 2008 vintage, and was similarly impressed, if the nose was just a touch more muted this time around (could just as easily have been the glassware). My wife and I shared this as our last bottle purchase of our 3-month roadtrip.

750mL bottle, generously shared by artusory. Thanks, Ryan!! Pours a hazy, toasty golden color; bright white head with brilliant, fine-bubbled lacing holding tight to the sides of the glass; a bit more clarity or retention and it would be perfect looking. Probably the most satisfyingly aromatic beer I’ve had in a while; the fruit character actually reminds me a lot of a certain Finger Lake (I know, but the whites can be excellent) reserve gewurztraminer wine that I haven’t had in years but still think about: tons of lime, dripping tree fruits (tropical, lychee), and sweet sweet honey notes, all surrounded by a mouthwatering tartness and funk and toasted oak; I couldn’t stop smelling this. Tons of citrus and tropical fruits (passion fruit, lime) at the core, but, unlike Castleton, where highly-carbonation citrus takes center stage, this has so much surrounding it: toasty, chardonnay-tinged oak and well-integrated sourness; not intensely funky, but some funk and mustiness and dripping, ripened fruit; better than the Cuvees, better than PH1, and equal to Blauw. Excellent integration and depth. Lengthy, tart and citrus and tropical fruit in the finish; when the tartness subsides, a soft doughiness appears at the very end.

UPDATED: MAR 30, 2008 Sampled at GABF. Almost the first ones into GABF and this was our first stop. Aroma of brett and other tart sour notes. Flavors of tart fruit and slightly sweet.

Big ups to Wavers1 for this! Thanks Baker!!!! Vintage 2009. Believe the hype! Or you can be like flav and choose: Don’t believe the hype... Yes Was the start of my last jam So here it is again, another def jam But since I gave you all a little something That we knew you lacked They still consider me a new jack All the critics you can hang’em I’ll hold the rope But they hope to the pope And pray it ain’t dope The follower of Farrakhan Don’t tell me that you understand Until you hear the man The book of the new school rap game Writers treat me like Coltrane, insane Yes to them, but to me I’m a different kind We’re brothers of the same mind, unblind Caught in the middle and Not surrenderin’ I don’t rhyme for the sake of of riddlin’ Some claim that I’m a smuggler Some say I never heard of ’ya A rap burgler, false media We don’t need it do we? It’s fake that’s what it be to ’ya, dig me? Don’t believe the hype...

It’s extremely tart and fruity. Good amount of lemon and zest seem really prevalent in the aroma and flavor as well. You take one sit and your cheeks really pucker a great deal. The color is almost yellow, with holds some goldish tints to it. I remember taking the first sip and having it burn a little on the way down, deep down to the pit of my stomach. That burn was "the sickness and the cure"(dogfish slang). I was pretty much hooked on. It was great, but what made it even better was the fact that I got to share the experience with some good beer friends and that’s what it’s all about people.

Bottle at San Diego Toronado. Absolutely delicious. Pours a hazy gold with a thick foamy head. So many flavors: citrus, oak, sweetness, sour, peach.

One of the epics I have always wanted to try. 2008 vintage. Thanks to Chris Black of Falling Rock for sharing this tasty treat. A golden yellow with light one finger off-white head and a delicious citrus aroma. Mildly funky with some citrus rind and orange peel i the finish. Flavor isn’t as sour as expected, more chablis-like, with lemon zest. Suprised at the drinkability. A lightly flavored, perfect summer brew. Gracias Senor!

Bottle shared att CCB tasting, huge thanks to Adam. Pours hazy amber with a small off white head. Aroma is funky sour acidy fruity, excellent and balanced. Flavor is sour fruity funky, so good and balanced, slight pleasant bitterness. Finishes sour funky and fruity.

Poured a semi-hazy straw yellow. with a nice 2 fingers of white fluffy head. the aroma is a mild funk with some bright lemon tartness. the taste is pretty good. Upfront you get a mixturen of sweetness... kinda lemon, citrus maybe... in the middle of the palate you get the barnyard and funk coming out a bit with some more sweetness. The back of the palate is where the tartness kicks in a hits the throught a little bit. over all a great beer. This vintage is certainly young and needs some more time to develop and creat the tart sour flavors that are missing!