The Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale

Red Poppy Ale
(has 9 batches)

 

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

  Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating
Score
7.90
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 189
Perhaps no country embraces the use of fruit in beers more so than Belgium. Numerous traditional as well as regional specialty ales are infused with every sort of fruit imaginable. In this way, the flavor of the fruit becomes especially prominent.

Red Poppy Ale is a veritable celebration of Sour Cherries in an explosion of aromas and tastes. Brewed from a brown ale base and aged in our oak barrels for over 12 months, this beer is not for the faint of heart.

The Golden Poppy is the state flower of California and the Red Poppy is found in Flanders Fields where our inspiration for this beer comes from. This beer is 6.5% ABV and is available in 375 ml bottles and on draft at inspired locations.
 

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8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
On tap at Trail's End. Pours a clear, dark red color, with a small, dense, tan head. The aroma is sweet cherries, brown sugar, lime zest, and cinnamon. Lovely, tart flavor, and just a little sweet. Medium body, with a crisp, lively, and clean palate. Just excellent!
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2019 at 14:28

10/10
Rodenbach Charectere Rouge nailed
Tried at The Ale House on 02 Apr 2019 at 23:41

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
How: Bottle, 2013 vintage.
Where: Shared by Patrik Wilke.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, fruit, cherries, sour, tart, vanilla, some spices.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Cherries, sour, tart, caramel, fruit, citric, vanilla, spices.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2019 at 07:42

8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draft at Hops & Pie Sour, Wild, and Fruited Fest 2016 4-23-16
Tried from Draft on 19 Mar 2019 at 00:33

8.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12.7 fl oz bottle, at the Beer Jerk Bunker bottle share, thanks to Emma. Pours slightly hazy orange brown. Biscuit, pepper, slightly earthy, cherry, orange zest, touch of strawberry, little sharp acetic acid, touch of barnyard funk stuff. Medium body. Very good, really very good.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2019 at 05:57

Tried on 26 Jan 2019 at 13:15

8/10
Big sourness everywhere in this beer. Lots of old woodyness gives dry notes. Lightly cherried, it's nowhere near a fruit beer. There's sweetness underneath the sourness too, not just from the cherries. Light yet it takes time to drink. Lovely and harsh.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2018 at 23:00

9/10
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