The Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus

Isabelle Proximus

 

The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Avery Brewing Company / Dogfish Head Craft Brewery / Russian River Brewing Company / Allagash Brewing Company
  Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production
Score
8.27
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 64
The collaborative beer was the work of five brewers - Sam Calagione (Dogfish), Tomme Arthur (The Lost Abbey), Adam Avery (Avery Brewing), Rob Todd (Allagash), and Vinnie Cirulzo (Russian River). The guys all took a trip to Belgium together a few years back and decided to make a beer together - this is it. The beer was brewed at Tomme's brewery and each company put in a few barrels of beer and some of their house yeast. The result is a tasty sour ale. The original label artwork was painstakingly painted by Sam Calagione.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Botlle. Holy hell, thanks for this white whale John!!! Pours slightly hazy golden orange, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is geuzy, oak, brett, lemon, Flavor is light plus tart, light plus funk. Medium body.

Tried on 26 Jun 2022 at 02:57


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from FlacoAlto, thanks! Orange blonde color. Lemon, leather and just a hint of melon in the aroma. Lemony sour flavor with limone and pineapple. Dry out effect. Melon in the aftertaste. Just a hint of oak, but the fruit is dominant. Loved it!

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 16:24


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Tried on 30 Oct 2017 at 13:10


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle drunk 10/8/16
Deep, beeswax/honey golden with a large, well-retained, white head. Good clarity.
Tons of funky blue cheese-like character in the nose, with sweat, wet hay and other various barnyard. Nice. Light brett/lacto acidity with light maltiness adding honey-graham cracker. Very deep, dark and ponderous, it is certainly very different from the bright brett character of, say, 3F, but nonetheless gives a remarkably authentic impression of a real lambic.
And so it goes in flavor, lending moderate lactic sourness softened by both malt and plentiful barrel tannin. Cheesey as all hell with tons of barnyard. New oak is apparent, making it more Americanized in that regard, but it’s not overdone. No alcohol or flaw and with a soft, tightly carbonated texture.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2016 at 14:03


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8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. Hazy golden orange with a ring white head. Aroma of manure, lactic notes, bretty funk, lemon, dusty cellar and citrus. Flavour is above moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [17-09-2016]

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2016 at 04:54


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

750 ml bottle shared at the original Chez Moeder Lambic’s cellar. Hazy orange color with no head. Light malty aroma, yeasty, funky, barnyard, leather notes, citrusy fruity, tart lemon, stone fruits too, peach also, wood, vinous. Sweet and acidic taste, fruity like aroma, stone fruits again. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2016 at 15:29


9.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10

Extreme & manifold thanks to fux!!! The story behind this beers name is hilarious. 750 ml. bottle. Nose is big sour puckering with very bright apricot, lemon zest. Taste is huge lemon peel, zest, puckering, puckering but not vinegar, big sour, low funk with this massive glorious apricot fruit finish, fruit really lingers, some peach. So much better than expected.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2016 at 04:00


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

The beer is a dull, medium gold. Good luster. A touch hazy. Little to no head, just a few bubbles form on the pour. The aroma is complex and rich, and I love it. Funk and age. Lemons, apricot skin, some lacto. Some vinegar. Solid funk, more lambic-ish than the vast majority of American sours. Taste is fairly tart. A bit more age shows but it’s holding together quite well. Low carbonation. Some pucker. Medium body for a sour.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2015 at 01:25


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Poured from a bottle. Aroma has a nice moderate earthy, barnyard funk with some medium light herbal notes. Light oak notes with a bit of stone fruit and medium light citrus. A but more oak as it warms. Pours a slightly hazy, golden orange with a small, white head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor has a medium light oak note with some moderate barnyard, herbal notes. Some moderate lemon and citrus notes. Light stone fruit and faint tropical fruit. Moderate acidity. Acidity is a bit sharp. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice beer with a bit of age showing through. Good lemon acidity and a decent barnyard, herbal funk. Still holding up pretty well.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2015 at 17:13


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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Sample during the "Uber-Kurt (10,000) Celebration" on 12/13/2014. The beer is a clear bright golden color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tart fruit, yeast and oak. Medium-bodied with flavors of tart apricots, tangerine, oak and funky yeast. The finish is moderately tart with a vinous oak and subtle vinegar aftertaste. Really good Sour overall.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2014 at 13:44