Lost Abbey Lost and Found

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

This rating pains me. Only the third beer that I’ve had from this brewery and the first two (Judgement Day and Hop 15) were world class. This one smells of biscuits and is dominated by sour apple. The taste is more of the same with a tiny bit of toffee. Viscosity is beautifully full and silky, not at all clumsy. Sorry Lost Abbey/ Port Brewing, I’m still a big fan, thanks for the effort.

Pours dark, barely translucent brown with a 1finger pillowy light tan head. Aroma is tree fruit, caramel, raisins, fresh baked yeasty bread rolls, orange marmalade, hints of grass and floral hops. Flavor is dusty toasted white bread with orange marmalade, fig, raisin, burnt sugar, wet leaves, earthy notes, a little red apple skin and blackberries. Finish is dark fruit, burnt sugar, a little alcohol and light bitternes. Palate is medium thickness, a little oily up front and fairly dry though a little sticky to finish, carbonation is about right for a dubbel, nice and soft, but vibrant. Overall this is a tasty beer, a good dubbel but, really nothing to interesting.

22oz bottle from greater Seattle area. I enjoyed this beer. translucent amber with tall foamy head. taste had fruit up front (pear?) and mild bitterness. sweetness was moderate compared to other beers in the abbey ale style. only con was that it was expensive compared to other top US brewers.

Found at Isaac newtons in newtown PA, great find, best dubbel made outside of belgium.

This is a really fine beer. Pours a medium dark amber. Fruity aroma. nothing in it is overpowering. Slightly sweet taste Pleasant maltyness and quite refreshing. One of my favorite doubles

Bottle. Pours a dark amber body with an off white head. Big malty fruity flavors, hints of dark fruit plum and raisin, and Belgian cane sugars. Caramel with hints of licorice. Moderate alcohol warming, good brew.

750ml caged&corked bottle. Pours a dark amber, cloudy, with a very thick light tan head (gushing bottle). The aroma is tangy, malty sweet with a good bit peppery phenols, too. The flavor starts lightly sweet and musty. There is some light dark malt character - not quite chocolatey - with some doughy, toffee notes and some soft fruit. The finish is dry and somewhat sweet. Mouthfeel is surprisingly light in body, but feels full and creamy after some swishing. The carbonation level is high, but not overly so. Overall, a decent abbey dubbel but not nearly as special as I was hoping. I’ve read nothing but amazing things about Lost Abbey, so I was hoping for an amazing start. Perhaps one of their other beers will dazzle me (10 Commandments and Red Barn are in the cellar...)

The beer poured a deep amber colored body with a medium thickness tan head. The nose has a malty sweet character with some fruits notes to boot. The taste is more of the same with a nice malt profile and some dried fruit characters as well.