Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus

Formerly brewed at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale
San Marcos, California USA

A: Pours the color of dried apricots. Nice light fizzy bubbles but no retention or lace. S: Nice aromas of nectarines and lemonade. Nice tartness with hints of acid that sting the nose. T: Great citrus flavors. Lots of lemon with hints of bitter orange. The citrus seems to blend into mild peach and apricot type flavors. Hints of sweetness pop before being blasted by tartness. That being said the beer is not overly tart. It is very mild grain notes and a touch of yeast. M: Light zippy, tingly carbonation.

75cl bottle shared at The Bruery reserve society party. Hazy yellow with a white head. Funky as hell aroma with a great kumquat fruitiness and sourness. Sour but very smooth with lots of funk and complex sour fruit flavors. Almost cheesy in a lambic way. Just amazingly complex flavor and aroma that manages to really stand out from their other sours.

From notes. Hazy yellow pour, white carbonation. Lots of funky brett, light colored fruits, mild dose of crisp and lightly peppery oak, moderate tartness, dry. Medium body, lightly juicy, softly carbonated. Excellent sour brew, need to retry in a year or two.

A - Pours a slightly cloudy burnt orange/honey color with a decent rise of white bubbles that subside to a small web. no lacing. S - Lemon peel, barnyard, and light oak. It smells like a delicious gueuze. T - Oak and the brett funk really shine through. Lemon peels, orange, apples, and an array of sour fruity goodness dances around in the back. It’s a very well balanced wild that stays interesting with every sip. M/D - The carbonation is spot on and the beer coats your mouth well. I decided the bring in the new year by being a glutton and drinking the bottle by myself, and I would love another. Which brings me to how sad I am that this beer is ridiculous to trade for considering the numbers released not even 2 years ago. Thankfully I realize now I will be satisfied with a standard Cantillon or Drie Fonteinen Gueuze. This beer is not out of this world amazing, just a good balanced wild.

Bottle at the brewery shared with MrBunn. Aroma is all lovely grapefruit tartness with lots of citrus character tipping over into almost a green apple sour. Taste and body are just robust enough... With good carbonation and a lasting grapefruit sour. Palate is very complete, enveloping the tongue and making me nearly drool. ABV is non- detectable except for a light burn going down. Excellence. What is funny, is that I actually had the Veritas after this one, and, as much as I liked it, it really only served to prove how well-made this beer is.

Bottle at the source. Pours a lovely orange with a lot of foam at first, but it dies down to nothing fairly quickly. Aromas are sour bliss: barn, grapefruit, malt vinegar, lemon, etc. Flavor is pure delight. Lots of sour flavors coming together both fully and still remaining light on the palate. Damn fine and worth the trip all by itself.

My 1,700!!! Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a white head. Aroma is funk, brett, cheese, and lots of barnyard. Flavor is funky, cheesy, brett, barnyard, and some lactic tartness.

Delightful aroma of lemons and apricots. Flavor is quite tart yet remains lithe and elegant. Notes of vanilla and yeast, dominated mostly by kumquats. Superb.