Lost Abbey The Angels Share

750ml bottle courtesy of Hair. 2007 bottle. Aroma: Coconut, vanilla, alcohol, dark fruits, tons of caramel and brown sugar, chocolate, cookie-like barley notes. Deep and delicious. Appearance: Deep brown in color with a small rusty highlight. Light tan head was full and foamy with good retention. Good lacing. Flavor: Medium sweet maltiness upfront with notes of cookie, brown sugar and caramel. Alcohol comes in strong with the barrel flavors. Dark fruits right before the finish. Palate: Full bodied. Moderate carbonation. Strong alcohol warming all over the mouth and into the throat. Overall: Very good beer. Nice flavors in the base beer were enhanced by the barrel aging. Only complaint is that the alcohol is a little too aggressive.

750ml bottle generously shared by Stine. Aroma of brandy soaked fings and raisins. Toasted vanilla. Soaked oak chips, tobacco leaf. Malt and wood in excellent balance. Pours an unremarkable dark ruby brown with a thin khaki head. Big brandy presence on the tongue. Loads of big, rich, toasted caramel malt. Vanilla. Wet wood. Rum soaked fruits. Cherries, plums and maple syrup. Toasted almond and cashew. Big nutty characteristic as the beer opens. Full bodied. Lush and creamy with a decent boozy finish. Lots of spicy brandy on the finish. Thanks a ton Eben!

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Rich chocolate brown pour skinned with a bit of off white cream. Brilliantly evocative aroma of toasted coconut, pineapple, brown sugar, powdered sugar, raisins, creme brulee; all sweetness, but all of a caramelized or seared quality. Warm. Bits of raisin, alcohol, plums, and cake batters. In sight of the summit of barrel aging of any type, if not reaching it. Little wink of tartness in the oak flavor here; beside the beautiful irish cream texture and balanced honey sweetness, a bit of pear and dried fig simmered in maple syrup lends a soft touch of outdoorsy, tangy fire-baked fruit character. Brazen smokiness and reduced-jam sugariness, seeming just a bit young. Cocoa dusted pineapple, apricot, chocolate liqueur; a bit of dry wine and spirit alcohol drying out in the mid palate. Texture of honey and bitten with a bit of nutty bitterness; full, oily, completely decadent. Long finish with lots of tropical fruit and sweet cinnamon bread and prickly warmth in a pulsating, thick decadence. Youth seems to win out, altogether, but with even just a slight rub of age there’s not a doubt as to the wonders this could achieve. Thanks Andy!

Thank you pepsican. Dark mahogany pour, almost no head. smells of brandy and feet. Tastes of candy corn, brandy, some booze. Nice

Bottle. First I have to thank Linus Stick for sharing this gem with me. WOW if every barley wine tasted like this I wouldn’t drink anything else. Pours a rich dark brown with a huge thick tan head that really lasts. Aroma was amazing moss and peat mixed with oak and vanilla it was like a 25 year Macallan. Taste was fantastic, rich, and filled with oak, vanilla, and earth. Mouthfeel was thick but not sludgy, warm from the high alcohol level, and with just enough carbonation to remind you that you were drinking a beer instead of a single malt scotch. I could drink this all the time... if only it were available at shops here in PA.

Wow what a great sipping beer! I waited a long time to get a hold of this and it blew my expectations away! The aroma was absolutely perfect! Strong oak, vanilla and chocolate with a heavy alcohol note. Pour was also perfect. A cloudy deep dark brown/near black with a 4 finger tan head. Taste was out of this world. Strong vanilla and oak with an earthy peat backbone with a scotch alcohol burn in the aftertaste. The oak and the burnt caramel malt flavors come in and out and justify the burn. Outstanding!

It is so nice to live in SD because of the number of great brewers. Lost Abbey is right at the top and Angel’s Share is one of their best. Such a hard beer to find (even in SD) and worth every penny I paid. Hues of dark cherry red in appearance but not taste. A proper hint of Brandy. Perfect palate from start to finish. Bought at the Linkery in South Park. Got the last bottle for $42 a pop.

Sampled courtesy mgumby10. Dark brown in color, sparse tan head. Decent amount of brandy, oak, fruity malts, alcohol on the nose. Very rich. Mostly smooth on the taste, despite a little alcohol burn, fruity finish. The sweetness and barrel don’t overpower, but they don’t really combine into what I was expecting for the hype.