Lost Abbey The Angels Share

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

Bonus bottle (2008 vintage) received from wetherel (Thanks bud!) Pour was syrupy dark brown/almost black with a little bit of carbonation. Aroma was of raisins, malts, and some noticeable alcohol. Flavor was mellow oak, stone fruits, a little smoke, vanilla and some warm alcohol and molasses on the finish. I’m not generally into barleywines, but this was decent.

750ml bottle, 2007 brandy-barrel vintage courtesy of Weibull, thanks! I have been looking forward to this beer and my birthday seemed as good a day as any to pop this bottle. The color is a real nice dark-brown with red edges and a nice foam that dissolves into a smattering of off-white bubbles ringing the glass. It looks good! The aroma is very oaky, woody, and boozy with some vanilla. This sounds weird but the smell reminds me of Oaked Yeti but there is also just the hint of cognac. The flavor is pretty exceptional the moment it passes the lips. It is woody, more booze and sweet syrups abound. Wow, the flavor is also kind of hard to pin down as I am tasting different flavors with each sip, and odd gum flavor like Blackjack and candy. Perfect silky mouth-feel but the drink-ability is oddly not hampered by the ABV and the beer is boozy (in a very good way). This is a very complex tasting beer and if I was more articulate I would tell you why. Instead, all I can say is that if you like barrel-aged beers, seek this out, its tasty. The complexity of the flavor is helpful, aiding the drink-ability making you want to keep sipping and get blasted with a new taste. I had to bump the drinkability score, no problem drinking the whole bottle. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-15-2008 02:29:09

On tap at Toronado on Lost Abbey night. Tomme didn’t show up which was a bummer. Oh well. Wow this is good. Dark brown, almost black, with a light tan head. Aroma is sweet with vanilla, oak, dark fruit, roasted malt, and some alcohol. Flavor is more of the same - really complex and really, really, REALLY good. A lot like a fine port with roasted malts and all kinds of other great stuff. I couldn’t get enough of this beer. Smooth and full on the palate, but maybe a little low on carbonation.

Tap at the Toronado. Pours with an almost balck color. Aromas of coffee, chocolate and wood. Flavors are dominated by chocolate, some coffee and a definite oakiness. Very smooth but thick, slightly hot due to the alcohol, so I think that may have been a rather fresh batch. All in all a very tasty brew.

2007 bottle from fordest..THANKS! Brown pour wtih a small beige head. Aroma is amazing. Vanilla, wood, caramel, toffee, booze, fruit, grahamm crackers and more! Flavor is rich and fucking delicious. Amazing notes of toffee, vanilla, oak, booze, brown sugar, maple, rich malt...damn this is amazing. WOW!

Thanks go out to Jw347 for this long time want a 750 ml Bottle from 07 with gold metallic lettering caged and corked 11.5% ABV. When I opened the cork a nice pop ensued. No sour in the cork aroma Yea! I was concerned after reading some threads so I chilled this one down and went for it The bottle pored into a snifter produced a tan head for a minute the trailed of to a nice thin lace. The body was a dark I mean dark brown with burgandy highlights. The aromas coming from my glass are incredible it really wasn’t a special occasion today but smelling this glass made it one. It has an awesome balance of sweat malts and brandy some whiffs of alcohol come thru as well. A nice oak presence, caramel, vanilla, I could go on and on. This brew deserves to be in the top 100. Flavor wise this follows the nose, medium in the mouth and somewhat creamy. Some of the flavors I found that weren’t mentioned above were raisins, dark fruits, and brown sugar. This is a great sipper that will be enjoyed through the night glad I got to try it and it wasn’t infected. I must say this is defiantly my favorite American Strong Ale I have tried so far. I will defiantly seek another Angels share out for the future

On tap at O’Briens. Pours a deep brown/orange, thin tan head. Lots of carmel sweetness and vanilla, and notes of chocolate, cherries, dark fruit, and roasted malt. Some biscuits as well. Really good, but to sweet for my taste.

Pours dark brown, brandy, dark fruits, chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, little tart, little alcohol.