Lost Abbey Veritas 003

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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(750ml bottle thanks to thirdeye11 and co.) Super hazy brown drain water, but oh how delicious the drain water is. Smells of balsamic, apple cider, spice, wheat malt. Taste (and aroma) is super complex- vinegar, caramel, tart, funk. Good good stuff.

Viscous red/purple color. Aroma very similar to CDT. Really complex flavor with a dry finish.

(750ml bottle) cloudy red, ring of tan bubbles. Nose of tart cherry, pipe tobacco, capers, raspberry jam, mossy, funky and mildly acetic. Taste of light alcohol and hops, some background earth, tart black cherries, a bit of caramel, caper berry, peppercorns, complex and very unique. Tart pipe tobacco linger. A good sour, but the least of the Veritas I’ve tried.

bottle, thanks to thirdeye11 for securing this, poured a muddy turbid looking brown with wine, leather, library stacks aroma, flavor is a dirty martini with some sour cherry and cocoa powder

huge thanks to everyone that went in on this one. deep amber pour with a cream head. nose is wood, cherries, tart, lacto?, bugs, slight vanilla in there as well. great on the palate, flavor is sour, cherry skins, bourbon, wood, smooth finish.

750ml Bottle - Pours a hazy amber color, with a nice off white head. Smell is sour cherries, caramel malt, toffee, oak, vanilla, and some funk. Taste is nice sour cherries, sweet caramel malt, brown sugar, with some oak flavors. Medium mouthfeel, and good carbonation. Overall one of the best sours I have had.

Glad I finally got to try this beer. Rating No. 1,500. The beer pours a hazy brown color with a white head. The aroma is outstanding. I get a lot of tart cherries, with some oak and bourbon notes mixed in. The flavor is similar, but even more complex. I get a lot of tart cherries, oak, vanilla, whiskey, brown sugar and barrel characteristics. The tartness is about medium and compliments the flavor very well. Medium carbonation and medium aroma.

750 ml corked and caged bottle, courtesy Fogdog. Pours a very dark and cloudy reddish brown color and topped by a small, foamy tan colored head that leaves scattered lines of lace on the glass. The aroma is really nice and complex showings notes of sour, old oak, dark cocoa, subtle bourbon, raisins, figs, and sour cherries. The Cuvee realy shines through, but the Angel’s Share imparts some caramel and vanilla sweetness to round things out. The flavor is just as nice as the nose elts on with the cocoa and caramel up front blended perfectly with the sour notes and subtle bourbon. Sour cherries and figs push through with some nice funk while the vanilla from the oak ties everything together nicely. Medium bodied and very smooth on the palate with good carbonation to go with a soft sour cherry finish. Really nice beer that I can only hope to have again some day.

A: The pour is dark amber/brown in color with a finger’s worth of off-white head and plenty of carbonation bubbles. S: A blend of acetic and lactic acids on the nose along with some sour cherries and other dark fruits such as plums and berries. Quite a bit of oak as well. T: Sour cherries and blackberries up front provide quite a bit of tartness along with some red wine vinegar and tannic oak. A slight citrus quality at points, too. M: The body is medium with plenty of carbonation and a dry and puckering finish. D: A nice sour ale, though leaning a little bit more on the vinegar side of things than I would prefer, but still in balance.

Bottle at the brewery. Clear reddish brown pour, off-white, tannish head. Sour cherries, grapes, dark fruit, apple, funky barnyard, musty malt, and some acidic vinegar. A very nice sour, glad to have tried it.