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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Score
6.68
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Collaboration ale between The Lost Abbey and New Belgium Brewing.
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.
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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle thanks to Joes. Hazy a bit pale yellow color, small to medium sized fairly quickly diminishing white head. Smell malts, some sweetness and lightly sour. Taste malts, not very sour, almost a bit sweet even. Some fruityness as well. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 13:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Joes. Slightly hazy golden yellow colour with a minimal head. Smells grassy, lemon, fresh, dusty. Tastes not that sour.. Just a bit fresh, some lemon, grassy, herbs. I expected a very sour beer, but it’s hardly sour. Thin body, soft carbo. More like a fresh triple then a sour/wild ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 12:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. corked.[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, moderate hoppy, herbs, moderate to heavy yeasty. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration, tart, brett, fruity, herbs. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121103]
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2012
at 03:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are brett, citrus, hops, flowers, notes of fruits and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2012
at 11:33
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Many thanks to Fin&Loz for a 375ml bottle of this one, kindly passed on to Finn and me at Kernel Brewery 3rd November 2012. The bottle comes with a cork and a wire cradle and opens with a good shot followed by smoke. Hazy golden body, decent white head. Smell of sweet citrus and a mild touch of yeast. Sweet banana in flavour partially offset by spiced pineapples. Hints of wheat as well. Sweet ending. Medium bodied. Overall too sweet, but still worth drinking. (Celebration of the bonfire night at our hotel room in London, 5.11.2012).
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2012
at 02:17
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle purchased at geers for 77 ships who than generously splitted it with me ! blonde, white fluffy foam. tastes soft carbo, not that much taste. seriously, thought i was about to find out what this ’bret’ was, i dont notice anything? maybe its just me :) ) definetly not sdour at all ( i’d expected it to be but it just aint )
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2012
at 09:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle bought at Ølbutikken in November 2012. Rating number 2500. Slightly hazy yellow/golden with a minimal white head. Light brett both in the aroma and taste. Also citrus, bread, wheat, oak and green apples. Soft and dry mouthfeel. Descent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 09:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of yeast, fruits, malt, and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, spices, lemons, brettanomyces, and lacto, leading to a dry brett’y finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2012
at 10:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of JanLaursen. Pours a cloudy opaque golden with a white head. Fruity, yeasty nose. Medium body, heavy yeast accents, quite fruity. Hardly any bitterness or Brett for that matter. To be completely honest, this is just a rather dull Belgian blond. Utterly indifferent about this one. 131212
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2012
at 10:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Herber, milder Kräuterbeginn. Leichte Süße, deutliche Hefenoten. Ab dem Mitteteil bitterer, wenig trocken. Rundes aber unspektakuläres Bier. 11/11/12/12/12/11
Tried
on 11 Dec 2012
at 01:32