Saint's Devotion
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.42
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A Brett-finished version of our Devotion Ale. Saint’s Devotion is bottle conditioned with brettanomyces to deepen the layers of flavor on our most hop-forward beer from Lost Abbey lineup. Mildly sweet beginning with a slight citrus bitterness. The Brett lends some earthiness with tones of cellar mushrooms and fruit.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy golden body. Frothy white head, lasting. Aroma of horse blanket, lacquer, toasted grain, lemon, cobwebs, floral hops, soil. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery turning velvety texture, lively carbonation. Dry finish. The brett is nicely balanced to it does not overwhelm the citrus and other characteristics of the beer. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2014
at 13:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose/taste of lemon, peppercorn, cake malt and grass. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 17:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge off white pillowy head that slowly dissipates leaving clumpy lacing on the glass. Aroma is funky, Brett, wet towels, grass, peppercorns. Flavor is light sweet and a bit fruity, lots of Brett funkiness, some lemon zest bitterness and a bit of acidic sharpness as well. Dry but fruity finish. Medium body, too damn much carbonation - let it sit for a while and settle down. Re-evaluate with a 2012 bottle from Cocoapuph - pretty nice, nice Bretty funk remains. Carbonation much more under control. At least a 3.8 for this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2014
at 17:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2013 bottle drunk on 1/25/14
Incredibly frothy white head, is very well retained and tops a brassy, clear body, with sediment left behind. Lazy bubbles rising.
Brett in the nose! Sure, but what’s more is some biscuity malt and some lightly spicy hops. But mostly its the tart acids. Very nice. Moderate to high strength of aroma.
Pure band-aids and hickory skin in the flavor. Really well-attenuated, thankfully, without any malt heaviness. This is approaching orval, but for the hops. That being said, the brett is absolutely stunning. So well done it’s succulent and almost sugary in its depth. A study in brett brut? Sure, why not. Very peppery carbonation but as it breathes it’s still quite tight and engaging. Simple, with pilsner malts and pale malts adding just the right amount of sugar, while the brett does all the work. I’m thinking one more year in the bottle, kept slightly warm and this should be absolutely stunning.
Incredibly frothy white head, is very well retained and tops a brassy, clear body, with sediment left behind. Lazy bubbles rising.
Brett in the nose! Sure, but what’s more is some biscuity malt and some lightly spicy hops. But mostly its the tart acids. Very nice. Moderate to high strength of aroma.
Pure band-aids and hickory skin in the flavor. Really well-attenuated, thankfully, without any malt heaviness. This is approaching orval, but for the hops. That being said, the brett is absolutely stunning. So well done it’s succulent and almost sugary in its depth. A study in brett brut? Sure, why not. Very peppery carbonation but as it breathes it’s still quite tight and engaging. Simple, with pilsner malts and pale malts adding just the right amount of sugar, while the brett does all the work. I’m thinking one more year in the bottle, kept slightly warm and this should be absolutely stunning.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 19:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a cloudy peach color with a loose head of large, soapy bubbles - nose is a mix of sweet melon, light honeysuckle, along with some crackery gingerbread and pineapple Brett and light muskiness - moderate carbonation - light sweetness up front, but the flavor is mostly dry from middle to finish, with some gingerbread, pineapple, funky peach skin - finish of mustiness and dry basement yeast notes - a nice Brett beer.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2014
at 19:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Golden -orange colour with a white head. Aroma is yeast, hop, grain. Flavour yeast, hop, grain, hop, brett, lemon, orange. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 01:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed golden amber ale with a thick frothy off white head. In aroma, beautiful sweet fruity malt with light Brett notes, light pepper, Orval character, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light Brett, perfumy, earthy, well done, but 16.99$ is a bit much.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2013
at 19:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Hazy golden with a big and lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and bretty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 111213
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2013
at 12:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Christers. Pours dark yellow with a small white head. Aroma of light malt, light sourness, brett, wood, light spicy, cinnamon. Flavor is malt, brett, wood, little sour, fruity, light spice. Medium body, lively carbonation. 111213
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2013
at 12:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Clear golden with big white head. Aroma is malt, fruit and brett. Flavour is malt, fruit, brett, little dry, little sweet, little ananas, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2013
at 12:45