Lost Abbey Judgment Day

750 ml bottle, thanks to Jason. Firm and thick volcanic red pour; lazy, thin white skin. Pineapple oils and singed caramel glaze a pungent bleu cheese in the aroma; apples, raisins, dry pistachio, and white sugar. So pleasingly heavy, rich, and just dancing with nuances. Taste brings a simple canvas of brandy heat and rich oak tones of toasted vanilla; warming but not hot, smooth, and sensitive. Bold and bitter maple wood, tart cherries, and softly forceful Malbec tannins fill in underneath as the body grows darker, more concentrated, and more serious with every sip. Hints of blackberry and caramelized onions dripping with balsamic lend a tangier zest of sweetness and pleasantly understated sourness; plenty of creme brulee crust tempers all the tangents into a cool and and creamy general statement. Well aged. Phenolic notes, bananas, hot rum and spicy cheeses in staccato bursts before the finish; warming, full, and sparkly in the mouth. Hints of raw cocoa, mint, quieted tobacco and an acidic pulse at the end; conjuring the subtle brilliance of the cuvee as it reveals its full and detailed spectrum of flavors in slow release. Pure, wild, and astonishing.

Pours a flat dark amber medium brown color absolutely no head. Noseis of fig, raisin, alcohol, more dark fruits, candi sugars, little brown sugar too. Flavor is really tasty with all the above and some chocolate throwninto the mix. The downfall of this beer is its flatness. I cant tell if it went flat on me or if it’s supposed to be this way. It is not the worst flatness I’ve experienced but it’s up there. It doesn’t detract from the experience as much as it would if the rest of the beer wasn’t so friggin spectacular though. Complex and delicous. Didn’t feel like it was too hot myself, but close.

Bottle shared at Madness. Pours a dark red brown with a small white head. Yeasty, grainy, boozey aroma. Vinous flavor with some alcohol really shining through. Once again another solid offering from Lost Abbey but it didn’t really blow me away.

Dark pour with ruby hints. The aroma is full of dark fruits and yeast and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is very similar with dark fruits and alcohol tied together with a yeasty note. Pleanty of raison flavors. I liked it as did everyone else at the party. I probably should have opened it earlier in the evening and made more notes.

25 oz bottle, via adrian910ss. Pours a dark garnet body with tinges of purple under a small creamy light brown head. Lots of thick lacing. The nose is as much raisin as it is malt. Very fruity with lots of yeast and a touch of alcohol. Quite sweet smelling. Big heavy fruity malt grabs you first, then the sweet raisin and alcohol come on in the finish. The alcohol is a tad hot, but not overpowering. Very yeasty on the finish as well. Mouthfeel is full bodied and sweet, but not sticky or cloying. Warming all the way down the esophagus. Overall, this was decent, but definately one of my least favorite from Lost Abbey. I really don’t believe that this is the same as MOAB. I don’t even think that this has the potential to become what MOAB had been when I had it.

Monsterous dark fruit,icluding dates,raisiinsand apple, lot more alchohol presence then the monks would have put in, surpringly little head, taste was a montage of malts and yeast esters dark fruits and a little rum cake dominating, complex for sure, a little to much alcohol noticed to rank this among the top, but a year of storage might fix that

Pours a very dark brown with small beige head. Like all of the beers in this series the aroma is dominated by dark fruits especially raisin. Also, a bit more alcohol in the scent. Complex taste with a nice balance of dark fruits, figs, chocolate and alcohol. A bit too much alcohol taste and warmth that takes away from the smoothness of a beer like their Lost and Found.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 4   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 4
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 4   Bread : 3   Apple : XX   Esters : 3   Banana : 2   Phenols : 3   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 5   Biscuity : 4   Toast : 4   Caramel : 4   Toffee : 3   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : 3   Candy : 2   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : XX   Fruits : XX   Chocolate : 3   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : 2   Grapes : 4   Blackberries : 3   Dates : 2   Cherries : 4   Plums : 3   Figs : XX
Hops : 4   Noble(1)->American(5) : 2   Leafy : 2   Floral : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 4   Spicy : 3   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : XX   Pepper : 2   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : XX   Candi Sugar : 2   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : 4   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : 2   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 3   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Perhaps a bit young? This was a really different approach, quite hoppy (saaz?), bitter in the finish despite its initial grapey and juicy goodness. Despite its originalities, this remains delicious and richly malty.