Lost Abbey Sinners 09

Formerly brewed at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Old Review from back in 2010 - Sinners Blend 09 pours a very dark brown. When held up to the light red highlights show. I mentioned that this beer was flat. No head is poured. A few bubbles appear but quickly go bye bye. No carbonation or lacing. Smell is tart up front. In the background sits roasted malt, chocolate, and cherries. I saw a review that called it chocolate covered cherries. I agree on this one. The taste is a mixture between a sour and a stout. When the beer hits the palette it’s sour and tart up front. Not huge but it’s definitely noticeable. In the middle comes the cherries, some raisins, and oak. Then the beer hits the end. In the end comes the chocolate. It hits the palette and lingers. Overall a decent taste but with the kind of blend this is I thought I might get a bigger taste. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth, and slightly dry.

375ml bottle pours a water, opaque black with one ring of white head. Nose of roasted malt, vanilla, coconut, smells like an imperial stout. Flavor is very tart, cherry juice, limes, a little toasted malt, vinegar. Medium bodied, acidic finish. Smells like an imperial stout, tastes like a sour.

Thanks captaincougar. Hazy brown pour with an off white ring for a head. Tons of woody vanilla, lactic sourness, molasses sweetness, and caramel. Acetic hints as well. Not well balanced and a bit too much barrel.

Bottle shared by CaptainCougar. Pours clear dark brown with a small, fizzy tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is dates, heavy caramel, light oxidation, oak, port, cherries and plums. Flavor is lactic dark fruits (cherry/plum), caramel, faint chocolate notes, dates, lightly bitter and a dry finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.

Thanks to CaptainCougar for this gem! Cloudy brown pour. Nose holds balsamic vinegar, prune, chocolate, and dark funk. The flavor brings more bourbon and vanilla to mix with the dark fruit and lactic sour tones. Good, but not great.

Sweet vinegary beer with lots of dark fruit. Sweet and sour taste with aggressive acetic acid and loads of prune juice.

Bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar, thank you sir! Dark marky brown, light brown head, scant lacing. Aroma of port wine, plums and vinegar. Taste is sour plums and vinegar. Decent but profoundly sour.

Looks like a glass of flat coca-cola. Oaky aroma with some grape and wine notes. Sour oxidized flavor with a bitter finish. Notes of cherry. Slightly smoky. Just kinda meh.