Red Poppy Ale
(has 9 batches)
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
7.90
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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.
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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,375l bottle from Beergium. Light reddish brown beer with good light beige head. Aroma has tart, yeast, cherries, oak and vanilla. Very nice. Taste is quite sour and tart. It has also cherries, wood and vanilla. Medium body, low carbonation. Very nice one, cherries are not dominating too much, which is good. Normally not my style of beer, but this is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2018
at 17:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brun farge med noe hvitt skum. Lukter sure bær og noe røyk. Syrlig og bær i smak. Smaken sitter i lenge.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 19:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at San Diego taproom. 5oz sampler. Thick murky red brown burgundy body. Massive foamy off-white head. Juicy Brett, cherry, mild oak. Not sure what good the poppy seeds do, but they seem to flesh it out. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2018
at 19:46
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Hazy brown-ruby color with white head. Aroma is cherries, oak, tannins, vanilla. Taste is wood, tannins, cherries, chocolate even, vanilla and caramel. Oily mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Very good, balanced and complex - fantastic beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2018
at 17:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 12.7 fl oz bottle (ABV listed at 6.5%). Dark amber brown with beige head and a tiny bit of sediment. Brett and citric cherry with mild oak
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2017
at 04:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Pours amber red with white head. Fruity, cherries, berries, wood, moderate tartness, funk, some vinegar, malty. Medium bodied. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2017
at 10:43
8/10
Mørk brunorange med lavt hvitt skum. Lukter sure bær, trevirke og lett røyklukt. Middels fylde. Balansert. Lett syr og fruktig. Kirsebær, trevirke og vanilje. Middels lang. (Beavex17)
Tried
on 27 Sep 2017
at 04:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks to Kraddel! 375 ml. bottle split by two. No date on the bottle. Copper toffee red amber, little tanned head. Nose is copper, herbal, low sour, toffee, malty, spices & strongly oxidized. Taste is fizzy weirdly oxidized, herbal, leaves, old bark, old cherry, low sourness. Feels past it, feels old which it might be given kraddel’s cellar. As mentioned there is no date. Still quite decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2017
at 12:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours redamber, small but stable with head, little cling. Smell is fresh, malty, lactic acid and oak. Taste is tart, oak, mild fruity, lactic acid, rather thin in mouthfeel and complexity is too little for the style. Ok, but I wonder why this is rated so high when there are far better options out there.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2017
at 17:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at BeavEx 2017, London. Colour is murky dark red with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Berries, ripe berries, dark berries, dryness, wood and some sourness. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2017
at 07:51