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Lost Abbey Devotion

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89
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4493.54/5.03.53/5.0Special6.2%94.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
It’s an unassuming road leading to the priory. Here, off the corner of two intersecting roads, dedicated monks have been making beer for over 150 years. It’s always been a simple life – the kind that requires they brew only enough to sustain the activities of their monastery In the silence of passing seasons, they pray, they brew and retire in a solitary existence behind the sheltering walls. They live a most interesting life. Most likely one we wouldn’t sustain. Nearby, each summer, the trellised fields spring to life as rows of resinous green cones are trained toward the heavens. Rumor is some monks love these hops and being surrounded by budding yellow aromas and the leafy pungent fields inspires them. Since we weren’t sensible enough to locate our brewery near hop fields, we can only offer this blond ale in celebration of our Abbey brethren and their steadfast Devotion.
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 zathrus13 (1296), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Bottle. Pours gold, with a white head. Aroma is yeast, honey, and some hops. Flavor is yeast, hops, honey, and citrus. Medium body. Decent, but nothing special.


 alagnak (329), Littleton, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Draft @ Falling Rock. Yeasty, grassy aroma with hints of honey - definitely the belgian yeast stands out in the nose. Flavor is really light and sparkly - totally unexpected - lemon and spicy floral notes hit the tongue and the finish has more of the earthy yeast. Interesting take and a well done one.


 dalekliz (546), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Oct 11, 2009  
On tap at the Sinner’s and Saint’s party. Pours a clear gold with a thick foamy white head. Sharp aroma, of yeast, malt, grass, and lemon. Taste is crisp, of lemon, malt, and grass. Lingering crisp sharpness. Decent.


 KAggie97 (2425), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/56/103/512/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Tap at Vine Street Pub.
Pours a thin cheddar orange with an aroma of weak grass and ’tarded biscuit and hops. Flavor is well-rounded pilsner yeast, light biscuit, and a bready finish with orange bits. Average mouthfeel that is slightly sexy on the tongue. More of a pilsner than a Belgian, in my opinion.


 illinismitty (1795), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Draft at Radio Maria in Champaign, IL. Pours a hazy gold orange with a white head. Faint aroma of Belgian esters and yeast. Lighter side of medium bodied with soft fine carbonation. Flavor of pale Beglian malts and clove, lemongrass, white pepper, and flower petals countered by a herbal bitterness. Semi dry and yeast finish. This could use some residual sweetness. Decent, but nothing I would go out of may for again.


 Jsawyer (282), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 1, 2009  
Draught; thin white head atop a very turbid and almost fleshy pale blond body. Aroma of honey and biscuit, slightly salty sweet, and orange and lemongrass. Flavor is particularly sweet honey, slightly orange, lemongrass, butter, slightly yeasty, and with a light lingering bitterness. Pleasant and I found it slightly warming although I’d never expect it from such a low abv beer.


 Narnad (691), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Served from Tap. A clear golden color with a very low dense head. Aroma has a light apple sweetness, slight coriander spicy note, pretty faint alcohol with a light two-row sweetness and light citrus end note. Flavor is lightly sweet of malt, a modest amount of alcohol but not enough to dry the flavor out, sweetness of apple and light coriander spcid and a modest amount of yest presence. Moderate density combined with low carbonation make it feel just okay but there is still a good deal of lacing left on the glass. Overall an okay brew from the tap but the flavors seemed a bit faint and not very memorable.


 AndyReynolds (281), Wilder, Kentucky, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Craig. Pours a cloudy gold with a thin white head. The aroma was hops and sweet malts. Notes of fruity yeast and citrus also came through. On the palate it is lighter than I expected and pretty carbonated. The flavor brings out citrus hops and it finishes pretty bitter. This beer was pretty good, different than what I expected, but still good.



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