Lost Abbey Serpents Stout

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

’09 bottle thanks to hophead22!
Black with a thin tan head that fizzles away upon pouring, leaving an oil slick behind. Nose is way sugary, bordering on juice with the light fruit, hints of roast and chocolate. Again simple in the flavor, more roast and licorice but a majority of the sugar, grape, and plum from the nose. Thin body, sugary finish with roast and licorice. Very simple and disappointingly aged, it’s already thinning out before a year.

Bottled 750ml. -from City Beer Store, San Francisco. Black coloured, medium sized thick brown head, sweet chocolate nose. Roasted malt, bitter chocolate and coffee with notes of wood and smoke. Alcohol is noticable, finish is bitter. Again easy drinkable and very good imperial stout.

Bottle @ 4:20 for Diego’s birthday...Complessa, fruttata,cioccolato, cacao, caffe, liquirizia,ed anche note di luppolo;un elegante amaro si lega perfettamente con un grande corpo e struttura..undici gardi???io non gli ho trovati!! persistente ed emozionante, una delle migliori birre mai bevute..

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2009. Black color with dark tan head. Thick roasty aroma with coffee, charcoal, raisins, prunes, rum and some hot alcohol. Sweet, roasty and warming flavor with coffee, raisins and chocolate. Nice stout with a dark fruit character. hot alcohol in the aroma and flavor is disturbing a bit.

31/10 A 0.75 l bottle courtesy of ogivlado, huge thanks for sharing! It poured oily black body with smaller head. Very fine aroma of some chocolate, coffee and caramel. Flavor had some fruitiness, toffee, slightly sweetish and sourish with of course bitter coffee component being quite strong as well. Relatively simple though, with thinner body for an IS. Medium finish with pleasant roasted malts. Alcohol is greatly hidden, didn’t mention it in my notes at all! Typical, but in the same time different in its own way, this is nice Imperial Stout.

Pours dark, with a creamy tan head. Big nose of dried fruit, chocolate and hints of coffee. Flavor is all over the place. Each sip brings a new joy to the palate. Dried fruits, chocolate, roated nuts, espresso and just a touch of brown sugar. Nice dry bitterness from the hops. Great creamy mouthfeel.

Pours black with a brown head. Aroma is very fruity with notes of chocolate. Slightly alcoholic on the nose. Very nice flavour, respectable stout.

750 mL bottle from South Bay Drugs (2009 bottle, purchased February 2009). Black pour with a thick, bubbly tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel, and a hint of smoke. Flavor is of espresso, dark chocolate, raisin, vanilla, and booze. This is excellent stuff. Out-freaking-standing.