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 75cl. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
Unclear hazy medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, citrus, barnyard, rubber. Flavor is heavy acidic, vinegar and sour with a long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. We have this after having Russian River Temptation, Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus and Girardin Gueuze Black Label, and I must say the Girardin beat the American breweries, they are all nice sour but they still have a long way to go to match the real thing ;o)) [20081230]

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of brettanomyces, vinegar, and malt. The flavor is acicid with notes of vinegar, brettanomyces, malt, and wood, leading to a tart finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Sean9689. Pours an almost clear golden with a tiny off-white head. Very tart vinegary Brett aroma. Medium body, a little fruit, sweetish and peachy with loads of Brett and lacto, very dry and Gueuze-like. A little salty. Ends dry but not overly sour. A very complex and pleasant blend. 221110

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small, fizzy and white head. Aroma is citric and crisp barnyard acidic. Dry, acidic and yet very elegantly fruity. Mild acetone to acidic touch on the back of the tongue. Lingering brett and orange fruity flavoured. Lasting into a the far finish leaving a dry sensation and a lasting brett and fruity flavour. Nice.

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity and light acidic aroma of berries with notes of oak and barnyard. Fruity and light acidic flavour of berries, oak and barnyard. Tart finish.

Cloudy golden with a medium off white kind of short lasting head. Sour nose with barnyard, lacto, brett, peach and leather. Sour and bone dry flavour with barnyard, lacto, wood, leather and peach, FInished bone dry and sour. Lovely.

(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!

Bottle at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. Cloudy yellow gold, lasting white head. Yeasty farty aroma. It’s a sour beer. It’s a tad harsh, but it’s ok. Lemon squashy. Had this along with Russian River Temptation, Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus and Girardin Gueuze Black Label and the Girardin beat the other 3 into a cocked hat. I like the fact that American breweries are playing around with sours, but they still have a long way to go to match the real thing.

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small fast disappearing off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart funky citrus aroma. Sour tart funky citrus flavor. Has a sour tart funky woody citrus finish with hints of barnyard.

(750ml bottle, thanks ygtbsm94) Medium off-white head atop cloudy golden body. Aroma is mild sweet, some yeast sourness, cheese/funk, light grapefruit. Taste is mild sweet, cheese/yogurt, grapefruit. Light-medium body, light creaminess, moderate acidity.