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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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Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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 ChillCoat (1029), Concord, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
Bottle. Clear, brite, pale copper color with a large white head. Somewhat sweet malt aroma with notes of spice and grass. Dry and light on the palate. Griny malt flavors with some apple and wheat or straw notes. Much bigger hop bitterness than I expected. Very dry finish.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/105/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
750, corked and baled. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a towering thick platinum blonde head that squeezes through the top of the tulip like a pencil eraser with its high beams on. Mild grassy and lemony nose, not really much of a prepared statement for the olfactory media today. Medium body, nice harsh tingle to the carb. Refreshing in an assertive way. Lemon and hay and biscuit on the mid-palate, with some resinous west coast hops wriggling through for attention. Another lovely turnout by Mr Arthur, but not quite the beer of distinction that Red Barn is.


 hopdog (5535), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2007  
On tap at KSBF ’07. Poured a medium to deeper golden color with a small sized head. Aromas of spices, fruity, and floral. Tastes of spices, fruity, citrus, and wheat.


 TomDecapolis (3130), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 6, 2007  
Pours a lightly hazy golden with a medium creamy white head that laced. Aroma of varios spices, wheat, sweet maltiness, mixed fruits. Flavor ofBelgian yeast, spices, wheat, honey, dry.


 yespr (11649), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 5, 2007  
75 cL bottle, thanks to Bierkönig. Pours hazy orane with a white head. Slight spice aroma and slight wheaty. Flavour is malty and slight spice. Nice mellow finish.


 Feinschmecker (179), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Oct 4, 2007  
Bottle. Citric aroma with a golden hazy appearance. It is the carbonation that gives this a light flavor and makes this very drinkable. The bitter hoppy flavor is subtle. I get also some faint malt and yeast notes in there somewhere. It is good but I wanted more somehow.


 jeffc666 (1886), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2007  
Bottle purchased at BevMo: Oceanside. Golden with a nice firm white head. Flowery yeast aroma is quite pleasing. A mix of floral and earthiness in the flavor. Crisp refreshing palate. Good solid beer.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 3, 2007    Updated: Oct 20, 2008
Bottle Hazy yellow coloured with a small white ehad. Fruity aroma of caramel, hops and pine needles. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, hops and pine needles. Hoppy finish.



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