Lost Abbey Judgment Day

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
San Marcos, California USA

750ml bottle - Pours a cloudy deep brown color with smallsih tan head. Aroma has raisens, vanilla bean, caramel, lightly toasted oak, figs and dates. Flavor is malty, slightly nutty, definite caramel notes, very faint roastyness, hint of cherries, toasted oak. Finish is fairly sweet. Overall pretty decent, not amazing, but good. Could stand to be a bit less sweet, a bit more highly attenuated.

Bottle. Pours a hazy brown body with red hues and a 1 finger off white head. Raisin and plum in terms of dark fruit. A big alcoholic finish with a light woody character with molasses. Good brew i hope the Mother F*cker of all beers is better and i hope to sample it soon. EDA hint hint.

Received this in a trade many moons ago...thanks to someone! This one has been cellared probably a year to a year and half, and didn*t make barely a peep when uncorking. Pours a deep murky brown with a quickly dissipating tan head...pretty standard fare for a Quad. Aroma is sweet and heavy...oodles of dark fruit, brown sugar, raisins, a hint of chocolate, and no shortness of sweet malts underneath everything. Flavor is likewise full of sweet, caramel malts, dark fruit, a bit of roasty chocolate to help offset things slightly, and a decent level of booze. Palate is smooth, and this is easily drinkable given the ABV (albeit slightly undercarbonated, possibly due to my aging of the beer), but you know there*s some alcohol in here as it warms the palate nicely. Good offering from Lost Abbey.

750mL bottle courtesy of KingG poured into a snifter. Pours a dark, murky cola brown with red tints around the edges. The tan head recedes slowly and leaves a lit bit of lacing. The aroma is mainly dark fruit with raisins and plums with a strong bready malt base underneath. Smells almost like a grape cola oddly enough. The taste is a bit better than the aroma for me with a little more complexity. There are the dark fruits up front with a bit of chocolate in addition. There is some sweet caramel and vanilla hints in the middle with the big Belgian yeast backbone. The mouthfeel is well carbonated and maybe a tad thin for the style but style sweet and sticky. This is certainly not in the class of the best quads but its definitely a solid brew with an interesting fruitiness that makes it slightly unique.

2008 Bottle - Thanks Finnegan...pours dk brown with a quickly dissipanting tan head...aroma is dried fruit, carob...flavour is burnt malt, toast, dates, alcohol is hidden well, finishes savory...this is a malty brew, but dont call it sweet...my first from Lost Abbey, and while I enjoy this, I think there is plenty of room to raise the bar...

Pours a very dark muddy brown color with a light tan head. Smell is slightly chocolatey. Taste is roasty, chocolatey and some brightness as in herbs is it. Dark and fruity but rich caramel and chocolate along with a smattering of herbs. Semi rich body with light to medium carbonation. Pretty nice beer.

Bottle: Strong belgian ale style, malty, red fruits and sweet, even too sweet. A good dessert brew.

Bottle at home ... Thanks to a trader for this [boy my memory sucks, i keep forgetting who sent what ]... deep brown ... deep vive fruits dates and a little treacle in nose ...rich deep fruits... toffee and treacle ... little plum ... little date ... little alcohol but very smooth and a little warming ... low carbonation ... medium to full body ... A good beer to savour...4.2

TK bottle at home ... deep brown .... rich deep toffee malt nose ..caramlised suger ... big rich toffe ... little swet ... vine fruits ... Very nice. 3.7