A Still Small Voice
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Hill Farmstead BrewerySour / Wild Beer Special
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Score
7.87
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Blended with Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead and The Lost Abbey's Tomme Arthur, this beer has been a year, and what a year, in the making. Brewed and blended in San Marcos and Dry-Hopped with Cascade that Shaun personally chose, A Small Still Voice was bottled in February, and it's spent all of 2020 slumbering.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
750mL bottle pour at Hill Farmstead, 8/30/24. Slight haze. Muted brass. Spotty, white head. Seems in very good shape. Wow! It's like all Hill...has the white wine, super mellow lactic and strong mineral of a Hill saison. Very aromatic, with unripe stone fruit and very little barrel, yet obviously that gas helped keep it bright and vibrant over the years. Gentle funk, bright acid and a bit of both oak and very lightly oxidized malt. Great depth with plentiful biscuit, almost a touch of nuttiness and lingering fruitiness. Still vibrant and balanced. Love the mellow but bright acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2024
at 15:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
It pours clear clear pale yellow - gold with a small white head. The aroma is musty, funky, gooseberry, white, sherbet, lemon - lime, floral, elderflower, barnyard and oak. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, sherbet, lemon - lime, white grape, gooseberry, bright acidity, German white wine, elderflower, cracker, grain, some acidity and some alcohol nip with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Fun stuff.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2023
at 16:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours clear gold. White head. Grape nose, lemons, herbs, soap, grain. Flavors follow. Light butter. Chardonnay. Easy drinker. Tart but not acetic. Buttery character helps. Well made. Apricots. 8 3 8 5 15
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2022
at 14:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma has nice, moderately strong fruity note of apricots, lemons, green grapes and hints for tropical fruit. Light grain and alcohol notes. Light oak notes. A bit of a light, earthy, herbal phenolic note. Pours a slightly cloudy, pale, golden-orange with a medium large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Flavor is slightly sweet with a light acidity and light grain notes. Low bitterness and light alcohol notes. Solid fruity esters with lemon, apricot, other various stone fruit, green grapes and hints of tropical fruit. Light oak notes and hints of herbal, earthy phenolics. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid sour ale with great fruit notes and balanced acidity and phenolic notes. Oak notes are light and complimentary
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2021
at 01:49
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours clear yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is mineral, funk, peaches, Brett. Flavor is light tart, light funk, clean and bright with stone fruit notes. Light body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2021
at 18:11