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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Wow this beer is insane! Make this again! better yet make more cable car and IP. ME Likey

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2010 last bottle at the Lost Abbey tasting room split with peteinsd. thanks for your generosity and kindness, peter! this is THE beer i had my heart set on for my recent trip to SD and it completely blew me away. pours and absolutely gorgeous, pure gold with a thick, rocky, snow-white head and tight, sticky rings of lace. aroma is absolutely immaculate with massively tart, buggy, brett funk lurking beneath beautiful, tart fruit notes of peach skins, red cherries, lemon zest, and hints of apricot with a touch of red grape skins and a light sweentess provided by toasted oak. flavor was pure, sour perfection with sour berries, red grapes, grapefruit, and fresh, south carolina peach flesh coming through as it warmed backed by dry, oak sweetness, brett funk, light red wine vinegar, and just a touch of vanilla. palate was lively, fresh, and tart as hell with spritzy carbonation and a touch of sweetness ahead of the epic, dry finish. overall, certainly the best damn sour i’ve every tasted. this may be the closest i ever get to yellow bus, and that’s just fine with me.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2010 Bottle. Pours a really nice straw color with a slight white head. Some barnyard funkiness balanced out with lemon and white grape fruit type aromas. Wine like tastes similar to a good Chardonnay. Sweet up front that transitions to a nice sour/tart. Flavors also included pear, white grape, lemon, with a very subtle oakiness as well. Light mouthfeel with a touch of over carbonation. Overall, really nice beer and a top for me.

Poured into my glass from a growler that was filled from a minikeg. Pours a cloudy yellow-orange color, sort of like cider. Some white bubbles come out but immediately disappear. The look reminds me of the Tart Lychee I had a couple weeks ago. The rest of it reminds me of a slightly less muddled version of that beer, as well. Aroma of white grapes, funky brett, lactic acid, pineapple, lemon citrus, and tart apples. Flavor has more of the same funky tartness, lactic acid, lemon juice, oak, white wine grapes, and apricots. Dry. Light-medium bodied, with low carbonation and a sour/tart and dry mouthfeel. Outstanding.

growler from minikeg. cloudy, hazy yellow to dark orange pour. aroma of bright tropical fruits, lotta lactic acid sourness. some tangy banana with a muddled apricot-like sweetness to it. flavor is white grape wine, moderate to heavy yogurt sourness, and some bready fresh bright lemongrass. slightly milky. dry, crisp. reminds me of some of the best expereinces i’ve had with new belgium sours like tart lychee and love. super tasty, awesome beer.

Bottle split at brewery with Ken. Cider yellow/orange in the glass. Slight swirl of the glass produces thick but quickly receding bubbles. Aroma is musty funk with sweet tart and perhaps some peach (suggested to me by Ken but hard to discern myself). The Cuvee (sour cherry/oak) and Duck Duck (lemon/gueuze) present a very unique aroma. Taste is thick tart/sour up front with some cherry and a devastating, palette clearing dry funk finish. Somewhat vinegary (but not overdone) as well. As the beer warms the sour fruit character locks in and reverberates through the finish. Pretty damn good.

Had at lost abbey. Pour is a nice hazzy orange. Little white head. Aroma is a farmhouse funk with apple and cherry. Flavor is amazing sour balance of apple, cherry and malts. Amazing

750 ml bottle from the vintage collection at The Lost Abbey. This one pours a hazy, golden yellow color and topped by a thin head of off white foam. Random spots of lacing mark the glass. The aroma is fantastic showing copious amounts of soured and funky fruits with apricot and peach the first to come through and followed by tart grapefruit, juicy orange and lemon. Some dusty, funky yeast adds ample dryness while old oak and some lactic acidity round things out. The flavor is just as awesome as the nose lets on with the sour grapefruit and tart peaches and apricots working perfectly in tune. The yellow bus really adds a great sour peach flavor. The old oak imparts some barnyard funk and also some vanilla smoothness to balance out the acidity. Tart lemons, cherries, and the dry, dusty yeast finish things off. The flavor is pucering sour, but well balanced at the same time. The mouthfeel is substantial yet very smooth with moderate carbonation that leads to a nice tart finish. This is an amazing world class beer that I can only hope to have again one day.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured hazy yellow with a white head. aroma was lemon and tart. flavor was lemon and oak. body was light.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy golden body with medium off-white head. Aroma of barnyard, lemon, grapefruit, cherries, oak, and earth. Flavor of lemon, lacto, grapefruit, apricot, vanilla, and brett. It rocked!