Lost Abbey Veritas 009

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle shared by TheAlum, thanks Adam. Pours almost black with some off-white head. Bourbon on the nose, didn’t get a ton of sour/wild from this.

750 ml bottle opened at the Kentucky Brunch Release (Decorah, IA). Don’t remember where I got this bottle. Pours a rich deep brownish hue, good darker near opaque qualites in the body. Some brownish copper glow on the far edges. Frothy tannish head atop dies to a film, laces small. Aromas are sour cherries, huge oak presence, some oxidation, gentle red wine and faint whiskey. A bit soupy, funky, some good brett, Lacto qualities, and carmelized and gentle sweet malts. A big brooding beer put through the oak barrel ringer. Initial is medium bodied, thinner and more put through the ringer than expected. Good red wine, cherryskins, and funk. Good huge red wine presence, tartness, cherries. Very smooth, well aged. Red wine, gentle funk, firm lactic presence as we move on. Some toasty and biscuity malts, a touch of sweetness. The cherries really come through as it warms, sour and tannic, good big red wine presence. Backend is tannic, cherry, almost a bit artificial. The beer is well oaked, dark yet huge oak and red wine presence. The whiskey element on the nose really gets covered up in the beer itself. Finish is big cherry, a bit brash and tannic at times but highly smooth at others. An odd beer. But pretty nice at times. Nose wasn’t great.

Bottle share at KBBS day, dark brown pour with a tan head. Aroma of cherry, barrel and tobacco. Taste is cherry and chocolate with a bunch of tannins coming through, solid!

Bottle 750ml. corked.

ABV: 8.0%. Clear medium black colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, wood - oak, soy sauce, dark fruit, chocolate malt. Flavour is heavy sweet, light acidic and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, tart, raisin, wood - oak, dark fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20130225]

pitch dark, almost no head. roasted malty aroma, fruity, bretty. falvor is bretty, woody, dark fruits, citrussy, pretty complex, quite sweet, big contrast to the aroma.

Poured into LA tekku Appearance- jet black with no head or carbonation.. flat Nose- dark fruit, oak, sweet bourbon and wine Flavor- a lot of complexity in this glass, thats for sure. Depth of bourbon and grape skin, sweetness almost caramel esc with a warm finish like taking a shot of fine bourbon(we had a shot of pappy 20 after this glass)

Bottle. Black with no head. Aroma is vinous with notes of vintage sherry, prunes, oak, licorice, Taste is near heavy sweet, light+ salty, medium sour. Medium+ body, oily/sticky texture, near flat carbonation. Sweet and sour vinous finish. Weird, but very interesting.

Botella. Deep dark brown colour, small beige head. Sweet dark fruity woody bourbon malty aroma. Good mouthfeel. Flavour: sweet, plenty of dark fruit, caramel and woody bourbon along with spices, roasty like in the sweet finish. Bit sour. Quite pleasant brew indeed.

Mörkaste CocaColabrun utan skum. Doftar sött av rödvinsbalsamico, soya, rågbröd, blåa druvor, söt lakrits, kaffe med sjuka mängder sucketter. Smakar sött och fruktigt med blåa bär, björnbär, lakrits, sött kaffe, soya, balsamico, vinöst med torr och lätt alkoholisk avslutning.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, alcohol, bourbon, wood, brettanomyces, over ripe grapes, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of brettanomyces, wood, bourbon, grapes, chocolate, dark fruits, and roasted malt, leading to a dry finish. Huge thanks to madsberg for sharing.