4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had on tap at Stone Sour Fest 2010. Easily one of my favorite Lost Abbey beers. The Red Poppy pours with a deep brownish-red color and slight tan head. Aroma of cherries, oak, lactic acid, vinegar, and citrus. Taste is equally complex with the cherries being the dominant flavor with the citrus and acids backing it up. Well balanced, finishes nicely, a true gem from Lost Abbey.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, cherries and oak. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 270112
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma:kirsebær vinøs tømmer Ud.:kobberrød uklar Skum:hvidt E.smag:sød lidt sur moderat til meget bitter lid Krop:medium For.:tør Brus:blød
27/1-12 @f1
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Cloudy light brown color with thin white head. Musty oaky aroma with a hint of whisky. Sour tart palate with subtle fruit flavor. Hard to tell its cherry with any certainty. Initial taste reminds me of a Belgian lambic. Finish has of mellow bourbon flavor with notes of Vanilla To find an American sour is rare and bourbon barrel though rising in poPularity is -still relatively rare but to find a barrel aged sour (two of my favorites) is a beer lovers holy grail.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours dark red/ruby with a good off-white head, some retention, no lace. Aroma of cherries, oak, brown sugar, funk. Taste is tart, sour, cherries, oak, vinegar, with a slight sweetness. Palate is soft, slick, high carbonation. Very nice, but when opened with supplication did not compare.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Nugget. Aroma and flavor of tart cherries, light brown sugar, and was refreshingly dry. Wonderfully made beer, but I also don’t get the pricetag. Great beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a nice dark ruby red color with a beige head. Aroma is sour with lots of cherries, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, dark fruits, caramel and some red apple and subtle funk. Flavor follows the nose with lots of sour cherries, balsamic vinegar, subtle funk, oak, dark fruits, caramel, brown sugar and red apple notes. The body is medium with a dry mouthfeel. Overall a really nice American Sour!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured into tulip, finger of off white head. Sediment is at the bottom. Smell is tart and balanced. Taste is strong cherry. Sour, almost bitter. Candied, almost. Very smooth and balanced. Sits on the tongue quite well. Very well done, but I don’t think it’s worth the price tag.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap/Growler from the 2011 RBWG and a 2 yr old bottle-pours dark red with a fizzy off-white head. nose is different between the two-the tap had more vinegar/bright lactic sourness whereas the bottle aged version has more of a cherry currant note to it. both were great noses. flavors are very sour-lots of cherrries, toasted wood (oak), vineous, vinegar, plums, with tons of puckering sweetness on the finish. This is a very sour beer if you ask me. With that said, its very tasty and is good fresh or aged. Body is lite and crisp with ample carbonation. i think the fresh tap version was a bit more sour than this 2 yr old bottle. regardless, a very solid american example of this style.
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