Mo' Betta Bretta
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: New Belgium Brewing Company / New Belgium Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
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6.68
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A long time ago (well, 2004), Pizza Port’s (Solana Beach, CA) Tomme Arthur and New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert brewed an all Brettanomyces beer they called Mo’ Betta Bretta. In 2012, the two joined forces once again — this time at The Lost Abbey — to re-release this funky ale.
On the Imagination River…live some very curious Bullfrogs. Rumor has it they LOVE funky and wild beer. But it wasn’t always this way. Like most beer drinking frogs, they started out drinking mass produced beer. And for the most part, each was content drinking this beer. But then a new frog took up residence next door. He embraced funk and his inner wild child.
One day, while lounging on the lily pads, he broke out a special bottle of Mo Betta Bretta, a delicious blonde ale with a decidedly 100% wild fermentation carried out by Brettanomyces. Everything changed that day. Now when you get close to the reeds and listen, you can hear them croaking in unison…Mo Betta Bretta. And for that, we’re thankful these frogs have great taste in beer.
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle, probably circa 2010. Clear gold. Large, white head, good retention. Kind of a muted brett nose, lightly spicy at best, more Sacch-like at worst with bread, white pepper, peach and such and tangy, lightly rubbery Brett. This is about as far a cry from the original Pizza Port batch as it gets.... Sadly it fares no better in mouth. Somewhat oddly thick, chewy texture with honey, light sourdough/other various bread. Heavy white pepper, dry nectarine, some weird rubber and random sharpness at points. Sad attempt at recreating the legend.
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Corked bottle. Golden color. Shy citrusaroma with salt and leathery notes. Weird flavor. Citrus, onions, rubber, pineapple. Still some rest sweetness. An odd mix of complexity and by-flavors.
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 7 years ago
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andrewje41 (7962) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375 mL bottle, split with Eugene. Bottled on 5/23/2012. Interesting to see how this had heels up. Pours a cloudy orange color with a ton of foam head. Aroma is grain dominant, with a super pasta like character. I don’t know, instant reminder. Super brett forward flavor with a creamy body. Sort spice and orange fruit. Fun beer to try. Pretty good.
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SinH4 (15499) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled May 2012. Yellow color with small head. Aroma is bretty, cucumbers and a bit more vegetables. Taste is fresh and vegetables, moderate sour finish. Not exactly the best sour ale, but easy to drink.
anstei (3639) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12.7oz/375ml bottle from Erzbierschof. It’s a sour ale as you would a sour ale expect to look and taste and feel and it is well-balanced, but there’s also nothing in it that would make you praise it as exceptional.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Mo' Betta Bretta from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Seems like age has really ironed out the bretta here because there isn’t more bretta and it certainly isn’t betta than other types. This vintage from 2012. Finishes with light sweetness, and not much bretta. Some florals, some sweet malt. Really just like a regular light Belgian ale. Bottle pour at Churchkey’s 5th anniversary.