Lost Abbey Veritas 004

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with James and Mr. Dallas. What an incredible gem of a beer to cap a wild, wonderful session with my best buddies. Another huge thank you to James for his generoisty in sharing this bottle with me. It was a hell of a send off. Anyway, the beer pours a nearly opaque lemon hay yellow with a flat, reflective surface. No head and no lacing. The nose is simply outstanding; so very complex and nuanced. Pure lemon juice mixes with soap suds, fresh, juicy peaches, orange rinds, grapefruits, slight buttery and oaky notes, sublte cherries and honeysuckle. Meidum bodied with an insanely full, tongue-coatingly sticky mouthfeel. Sharp, rich, biting sourness spreads out and warms the tongue, leaveing fresh floral and citrusy flavors in the finish, as well as lovely traces of the notorious peaches from Yellow Bus. This is a special beer, through and through, and I was priveleged to have had a share. Thanks Dad! Cheers.

UPDATED: FEB 23, 2011 Bottle with james and pattay. We are touching the stars tonight. A hazy yellow pour with absolutely not lacing or head. Smell is a sour sweet with some peach overtones. Taste is a buttery sweet with peach overtones. taste is very sour but sweet and very rounded. delicious and fufilling. again, a thousand thank you’s to james.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2011 Bottle split with Pat and Dallas. Pours a bright orange body with beautiful haze and no head, no lacing. Aroma is peach, tart, and funk. Mouthfeel is perfect. Notes of peach, apricot, funky sour, tart, oak, cherry and lemon. One of the greatest sours Ive ever had.

Bottle at LA. Rating #141. Hazy dark straw yellow. Very aromatic funkiness, I could smell it from across the room. Very tart and extremely dry and yet mouth watering, a very wonderful beer. (1470)

We’re walking through the roll up door at Lost Abbey, on our way to try to get Tomme to open a Yellow Bus with us when Mikes friend offers this up to us. Not really even through the door opening at this point. Hazy golden with swirly head/lace. Lots of citrus and tart funkiness and sharp salivation sucking tart. Lovely and pungent but smooth and dry.

Bottled. Thanks Marsiblursi Clear golden colour with low foam. Smokey phenols in aroma with wood in the background. Little oaky vanilla, little Brett which increases when the liquid slowly warms up. Oak comes first in flavour, then Brett with sorbet freshness. Mouthfeel is lively. There are tropical fruits in a jucy soft mouthfeel. A lactic acidic finish lasts long.

(Bottle) Pours golden with small white head. The aroma is funky, phenolic and lacto citric up front. Horse blanket, basement, wet earth, peaches, passion fruits, melon, oranges, light cider grapefruit, more subtle estery fruits, smoke, white wine, cheese, dough, mild vanilla driven oak and sweet grapes. Pale malt with both white bread and cracker notes. Bright and fresh but at the same time musty and funky on the nose. The flavour is light sweet to dry and medium to heavily acidic. Citrus, lacto, tropical fruits, dry and pale malt, horse blanket, cellar and light oak. The mouthfeel is tart and bright with medium carbonation. Elegant, citric, earthy barnyard and mild fruit finish. Medium bodied. Super nice, but the 003 is slightly better.

Bottle. Had this one the night before the strong ale fest in San Diego 2010. Thanks again Jarspag!!! The first glass was served just chilled. Serve this one very cold. The cold temp makes this one sharp as hell. Color of straw with a thin head. Fantastic aroma of barnyard funk, citrus, wood. Taste is hard to describe. At first I thought it was like Temptation, but then comes an almost buttery coating and finish. Very Complex! I’ll let the nerds figure this one out.

Rating no. 3300. Bottle at Papsø. Wow! Hazy golden body with a small white head. The aroma is barnyard, citrus, acid, brett and vinegar. The flavour is barnyard, sweet caramel, acid, brett and vinegar. Good balance. Long sour, acidic and fruity finish. Very good.

UPDATED: AUG 6, 2012 Huge thanks to bmanning for opening this bottle up at a recent tasting. Also shared with Amyliz4 and Heather. A: Poured a hazy straw yellow with a bit of an apricot tint to it. Nice head and some very nice lacing. S: A good amount of funk from the Brett alongside beautiful citrus aromas. Nice notes of lemon and lime alongside unripe peaches, green apple, and Sweetarts. A bit of oak. T: Very similar to the nose with great acidity coming through. All of the same fruits, with the lemon and Sweetart flavors really coming through. Some great tart lemonade-type sourness. The best-tasting sour I have ever had. M: Fairly light bodied with good carbonation and the perfect level of acidity and dryness. D: Very drinkable. Great complexity without failing to exhibit a lovely sourness. Great balance between everything in it. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-03-2010