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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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.

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

Thank you Mike for this exceptional treat. Pours a brilliant light orange-gold with a thin, fine white head. This is a very pretty beer, with fine strands of bubbles rising up throughout the glass. Huge, bright, vibrant aroma full of berry fruit--strawberries--and stonefruit--apricots and peaches--on the top layer. A wonderful intertwining of fermentation notes swirls underneath with fresh, lively brett characteristics. More layers continue to emerge including some barrel oxidation, very light maltiness, and very soft hops spice. There are more bright fruits in the flavor--all of the above--with incredible tartness, mouth-watering acidity, and soft wood influence. Extraordinarily complex, distinctive, and balanced. Simply incredible. The pure, crisp, tart body is conveyed with perfect balance on the palate. It is multi-dimensional, vibrant, and both light and assertive. This beer has made me consider switching my "favorite style" to sour ale. I really hope that I get to try it again someday.

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.

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

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.

I fell in love with the aroma of this beer. A nice amount of funk, sourness, and tartness here. A tad bit more than the usual American Wild Ale. Oak comes though nicely for a nice deep aroma. Lemon, white grapes, grass, and peaches. This is a top notch aroma when it comes to these kind of beer and is still holding up quite nicely. I’m sure it would of been a tad bit lighter in funk and sourness and had more fruit aromas if I had tried it earlier down the road but still frigging amazing. Up front this beer is nice and sour but I thought Duck Duck Gooze was more tart. It was definitely easier to drink then DDG. Up front the sourness, tartness, and barnyard funk rule. Then layer two comes in. The lovely lemon, grapes, apple, and peaches. The fruitness takes over the tartness and then the oak comes though and sits on the tongue. This is just a lovely beer. Probably overtakes any American Wild Ale I have ever had. Hands down. It’s sour without destroying the palette. Mouthfeel is top notch. Medium to full bodied. Coats the tongue and just goes down smooth as hell. Best American Wild Ale I’ve ever had. Close behind is Beatificaton, Isabelle, and Temptation.

Bottle. The clearest golden pour I have ever seen, with a small white head. You can definitely pick up the Yellow Bus and the DDG in the nose. Tart, but not overly so, refreshing, and super clean. What a fantastically put together blend. All kinds of wonderful funk and barnyard notes that are softened by delicious peach and sour cherry undercurrent. A complex, clean, masterful ale. Lives up to all the hype. Simply amazing.....

Bottle... GSRARO Throwdown... This beer rocks!... Murky, light yellow ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Good retention. The nose is a fantastic journey into everything sour, funky and fruity – cherries, tons of acidity, horse blanket, lemon and pale grains. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. So fruity and citric; so acetic; so acidic; so tart; so dry; so very nice. Eye squintingly sour, drying finish. Big-time thanks to giarcsr for shipping this bottle all the way to Florida from Carlsbad, CA (a wonderful town, btw)!