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Lost Abbey Devotion

Lost Abbey Devotion - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Belgian Ale

San Marcos, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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4443.54/5.03.53/5.0Special6.2%94.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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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 BrewDad (2363), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 8, 2007  
22oz Bomber - Gravity Room - Olympia, WA.
Aroma – Deep malty aroma with a huge Belgian yeast aroma.
Appearance – Hazy, Amber color with a thin head
Flavor – A great Belgian flavor with the malts ans spices and Belgian yeasts. Not too fruity and had a deep bready flavor
Palate – The bready flavor was also a breasy feel slick and dry in the finish.
Overall –This was a good Belgian to drik had some great character and flavors. I liked this Belgian more than others did not have a off Belgian flavor that most have.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2909), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Nov 6, 2007  
Pours a cloudy blonde color with a medium white head. Very pleasant aroma of noble hops, yeast and spices. Very good flavor of noble hops, yeast and spices with a dry, bitter finish. The body is light to medium while the carbonation is moderate. This is a very good, refreshing, sharp, belgian ale, Tomme Arthur is a master.


 AgentSteve (1334), SF Bay Area, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Poured a hazy yellow orange tone. Nose was a bit musty, with a two finger foamy off white head. Flavor was yeast with quite a bit of spice and clove. Not a lot of flavor here, though. A bit bitter from the middle through the end. Just O.K.


thegreat78 (32), San Marcos, California, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Decent bready malts, a rather full mouthfeel - really hits the the entire mouth with flavor. A big rush of hops - flavor and bittering. The yeast flavors provide more balance against the hop than the malts, but I found the beer to have enough malt to hold up. Long fresh hop finish. Fresh cut grass, a bit of citrus. The hops tasted freshly harvested, maybe the label is effecting me....but that fresh hop flavor really came through. As with so many of Tomme’s beers - complex, flavorful and perfect beer for rish cheeses and crusty bread.


 pantani (1895), Salinas, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Aroma is lightly spicey, with citrus, and a light hoppiness. Taste is much the same as the aroma, fairly hoppy for a belgian style.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Bottle. Golden clear colour with a nice white head. Aroma of yeast and spices. Flavour of spices, citrus and yeast. Not bad at all.


 IrishBoy (2686), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 27, 2007  
750ml bottle; nose of flowery citrus hops; lightly hazed dark gold with a medium straw haed; flavor is hop bitterness, lemon, and a slight bit of caramel. Not Lost Abbeys best! Tastes like a mediocre IPA.


 pantanap (1323), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 26, 2007    Updated: Dec 11, 2007
bottle....appearance: orange-brown hue with a thick/fluffy white head. very much resembled an ipa in nature.....aroma: crisp, hoppy citrus nose.....taste: light medium body, somewhat like a lighter belgian ale with a nice citrus bitterness. some wheat qualities come into play as well.



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