Angel's Share
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.84
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rouhlas (5047) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
375ml bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Dark copper brown color with small beige head. Malty aroma, dark dried fruits, plums, figs, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, wood, alcohol. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma with alcohol addition. Medium oily body with soft to flat carbonation.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
Bottle at Antwaerps Bierhuyske. Very thin, off-white head only retaining around the edges, deep reddish bronze colour, very dark but still transparent. Very complex, beguiling barley wine bouquet, of the kind I could sniff for hours; tawny port, banana liqueur, black olives, tons of vanilla tannins, milk chocolate, raisins soaked in brown rhum, coconut, marzipan, liquorice touch, candied orange, walnuts, cinnamon, mocha ice cream, red wine, candied dates. Intense candied sweetness in the onset but perfectly in place, bit syrupy, amaretto, sugary but in a refined, exotic kind of way, basic sourish accent, very soft, velvety, creamy mouthfeel, caramelly and lightly nutty undertone becoming deliciously chocolatey in the end, viscous and vinous as any big barley wine should be, peppery alcohol accent in the finish but only adding warmth and depth, orange liqueur, Pineau de Charentes, wonderfully bittersweet with oaky drought, long and very complex. Very expensive but fantastic, especially if you like deep barley wines the way I do. It doesn’t get a whole lot better than this... Epic!
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Rating #950. On tap at Toronado. Dark brown color with small tan ring. Aroma is burnt sugar, a strong brandy barrel in there. Taste is sweet, lots of vanilla, more brandy booze, malts, quite intense. Is this the first half of Deliverance? Probably. Not bad, but just heavy and strong. The brandy barrel might be too strong in here.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at the Cotteridge convention, 24/01/2015. With thanks to SarkyNortherner. Aroma is nice vanilla oak, caramel, cherry, alcohol. Viscous mahogany brown caramel coloured pour. Flavour is composed of sweet oak vanilla, caramel ,warming alcohol, praline and tangy cherry. Palate is velvety full and lovely. Cracker.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Probably 2009. Pours dark brown with no head. Aromas of chocolate, nuts, sherry, brandy. Taste is dungy, light chocolate, red fruit, brandy. Dry finish.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home. Pours deep brown, nose is oak, vanilla, chocolate, toffee, taste is similar, dark fruit, rich and boozy. Bottle at craig’s, from 2009. Pours deep brown, nose is wood, vanilla, chocolate, taste is similar, sweet.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at the Cotteridge Convention, big thanks to Sarky for dropping this off even though he couldn’t stay, 24/01/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with little in the way of a covering. Nose is rich caramel, toffee, dark fruits, spice, malts, raisens, sultanas. Taste comprises rum and raisen, toffee, spice, dark fruit rinds, dates. Full bodied, fine carbonation, lightly warming booze in the close. Solid BW.
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stevoj (18327) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Barley wine bottle share on 1/31. Very smooth, tasty stuff. Pours out a nice mahogany, , lots of sweetness, brown sugar, molasses. Silky, syrupy mouth feel, tons of warmth. deserving of the (mostly) high praise.