Lost Abbey Devotion

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

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Pours a murky grayish honey with a 3 finger (in a chalice no less) chunky peachy beige head that has excellent retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma has a ton of grassy hop and slightly spicy yeast qualities, hints of citrus zest, grapefruit juice, sourdough bread dough, some limestone, cornfield in summer and just a hint of buttered toast. Flavor is full of citrus hop meets belgian yeast character. First up is lime, grapefruit, and orange juice sweetened with clover honey, followed by yeasty bread rolls with pepper and marmalade, some pine comes in along with lemon danish washed down with grapefruit juice and crusty bread for the finish. Palate is medium to thin with a slightly syrupy entry, strangely oily feel and dry, oily, acidic finish. I see this as a yeasty Belgian Single/bitter APA mix, it turns out quite nicely. If I could find this at $8-10/6 pack I would probably buy it all the time but at $10/750ml it will remain a pleasant oddity that I might buy from time to time. I think it would make an excellent pairing with spicy roast duck and stuffing.

Side by Side with the Saints Devotion thanks to Beerlando. Orangish cloudy pour with a big puffy white head. Nose is very spicy with lots of peppery yeast and some orange peel and citrus. Flavor is quite yeasty with a bit of a pepper note in the finish. Citrusy. Not amazing but a very solid saison like belgian.

Corked bottle. Pinkish blonde color. Grassy citric hoparoma and flavor with a hint of nutmeg. Silky mouthfeel. Firm grassy hopbitter aftertaste with pepper and nutmeg. Lovely well balanced blonde ale.

Lignt amber straw color. Hops and malts are nicely blended in the aroma with a touch of honey. Sweet citrus flavor hits the palate with a sharp bite. Slight pepper notes, mildly acidic in the aftertaste. Could be a little more assertive and bold. Maybe a nice summer quaffer.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. DArk yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Fruity moderate bitter flavor. Long nice moderate bitter finish. Pepper notes. Oily palate. Nice.

Bottle courtesy Douglass88. Pours a light cloudy amber orange with a thin white head. Malty brown sugar, citrus aroma. Taste is light malt, with a nice grapefruit bitterness. Nice smooth body, easy drinking with a touch of fruit in the finish.

Great beer. Cloudy orange body with floating specks of yeast, firm white head, very Belgian appearance. Nose of grass and malts and hops. Good palate. This has citrus notes, possibly from the hops, possibly from a touch of the nearly ubiquitous Lost Abbey Brett. Great hoppiness, far more than I would expect from a blond. A bonus point for so much flavor in a low alcohol beer, loss of a point for the price. Great bitter finish.