Box Set - Track #2: Stairway to Heaven
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small frothy white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is figs, dark fruits, caramel. Sweet bourbon, strong dark fruit, light funk, easy to drink. Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
3rd January 2014
Mega Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Very hazy red - brown beer, residual pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and dry. Light Worcester sauce sourness, sourish cherry, mellow fruity bourbon. Finishes light and dry with the sourness turning a little lemon acid. Overall, tasty but a bit sharp.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, generously shared by Kenny at the Big Friday tasting. It pours murky deep brown with a small beige head. The nose is tangy, juicy, wood, earth, floral, vanilla, cherry, soft raspberry and some jamminess. The taste is juicy, tart, tangy, cherry, big acidic kick, wood, jam, sherbet, some astringency, tart green apple and a lick of alcohol warmth with a dry, acidic finish, Medium+ body and fine, prickly carbonation. Good balance and actually hides the abv well. Nice work.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at the BIG Friday tasting, massive thanks to our Ken for sharing the entire track set and also to Bruce for providing the accompanying music 03/01/14. Murky dark chestnut brown with a moderate light beige covering, a good representation of 4 day old festival toilet water, this beer is NOT a looker ! Nose is soured apricots, tarte fruit, caramel fudge, dank wood, light pepper. Taste comprises tarte fruits, bitter apricot, dates, toffee fudge, light booze, musty, barnyard, funky dankness. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, surprisingly easy on the palate for 12.5%. Decent sour, looks aside, alcohol well integrated.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared during the Track Set interval of the Brokeback Revisited tasting in London. Thanks, Ken. Pours lightly unclear red-brown with a faint tan cream. The nose has sweat, lightly dried berries, slight nuttiness, earth. Medium sweet flavor with assertive sour berries, light acetic burn, some wood. Medium to full bodied with fine, spirited carbonation. Quenching finish, rich tart berries, raspberry, mild alcohol warmth, light funk, acetic twang. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart woody aroma. Fruity sour tart woody cherry and peaches flavor. Has a fruity sour tart woody finish with weak hints of peaches and cherry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Chestnut with tiny hint of off-white head. Malty aroma with oak, some funk, vanilla, caramel and raisins. Sweet and tart flavour with underlying sharp vinegar, fruity sweetness and plenty malt and dried fruit. Alcohol noticed in the background, clashing a little with the acidity
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Pours ruby amber with a small white head. Oak, bourbon, caramel and toffee. Flavor is tart and dry. Funky peaches, cherries and wood - bourbon. Really tart. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pours with an amber body and with a bit of haze and supporting a tan head of foam. The modest aroma has some spicy yeast and a funky goodness that’s almost barnyard wet horse blanket yumminess. Alright, in my book this is starting out nice as I love the barnyard funky smell. The taste is smooth as well as refreshing and crisp with a mix of sweet apple esters and then moving quickly into lime and an earthy nearly barnyard funkiness and tartness. Darn, I like the balance and depth of this. Solid!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Track tasting. Poured a cloudy red/brown color, vibrant and fuzzy tan head fizzled away quickly. The nose has some sweetness as well as notes of some light vanilla bourbon. Peaches and sour cherries notes and a touch of wood. There is certainly a boozy quality to this one.