Box Set - Track #04: Sympathy for the Devil
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Series Out of Production|
Score
7.17
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Another epic blend of beers not widely seen out side our tasting bar. The base for Track #4 starts off as two freshly emptied barrels which were to be part of our Veritas 009 blend. To these barrels we have married two French Oak red wine barrels that have been harboring Hot Rocks Lager for nearly two years. The base beer sports a deep black color with crimson highlights. Flavors of leather, tobacco and a wine like jammy quality were developed as the base beer.
The addition of Hot Rocks Lager aged in Wine barrels brings a strain of Brettanomyces not normally found in our beers (wine strain we found in the barrels as we did not inoculate them here at the brewery). As is our hope for all these blends, the sum of all the parts has yielded great results. Perhaps one of the more subtle yet harmonious blends to date for our brewers, this one promises to deliver another great Lost Abbey experience.
The addition of Hot Rocks Lager aged in Wine barrels brings a strain of Brettanomyces not normally found in our beers (wine strain we found in the barrels as we did not inoculate them here at the brewery). As is our hope for all these blends, the sum of all the parts has yielded great results. Perhaps one of the more subtle yet harmonious blends to date for our brewers, this one promises to deliver another great Lost Abbey experience.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, sour fruit, wood and brett. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 201214
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2014
at 08:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is wineous, fruity and metallic. Smooth fruity, minerals and metallic. Dark roasted and wineous fruity. Lingering dark malty and overripe fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2014
at 08:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown ruby hue with no head. The aroma is cocoa, dark fruits, and oak. Thin mouthfeel with sweet bourbon, cocoa, dark fruit. Odd flavor, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 17:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
3rd January 2014
Mega Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light with fine carbonation. Bitterish dark chocolate. Wood. Light Flemish red sourness. Bitterish and somewhat salty brett. Finishes semi dry and bitter. Doesn’t fully come together for me but it’s tasty enough.
Mega Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light with fine carbonation. Bitterish dark chocolate. Wood. Light Flemish red sourness. Bitterish and somewhat salty brett. Finishes semi dry and bitter. Doesn’t fully come together for me but it’s tasty enough.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2014
at 02:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, generously shared by Kenny at the BIG Friday tasting. It pours near black with a medium beige head. The nose is toast, roasty, meatiness, liquorice and some tangy dark fruits. The taste is tangy fruits, berry, jam, toast, roasted malt, cardboard, vinous, balsamic vinegar and some bitterness. Medium body and fine - moderate carbonation. Unfortunately no great depth to it. Decent, but one of the poorest of the box set.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2014
at 04:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
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. Obscured mahogony brown with thin beige bubbles that clear to edgework. Nose is tarte dark berry fruits, brown sugar, earthy cocoa powder, dark toffee fudge, stewed plums, tangy soured berries, dank woody notes, cobwebs, barnyard, funk. Taste comprises dried prunes, tartened red grape skins, musty, dank wood, toffee, light dirt, earthy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry tarte closure. Ok Flemish red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 13:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared during the Track Set portion of the jackl is backl tasting in London. Paired with the intended song! Big thanks to Ken. Pours clear, deep brown with a frothy tan head. The aroma holds mild char, tangy dark berries, a bit of wood. Medium sweet flavor, a little meaty, with light roast, milk chocolate, raisins, dirt. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish with earth, chocolate, dried and leathery fruits, charred wood. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2014
at 08:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty woody bretty tart wine aroma. Slightly roasted malty woody vinous tart flavor. Has a fruity malty woody vinous wine and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2013
at 21:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Pours dark brown - nearly black with a bubbly head. Nose is oak, red wine, dark fruit and caramel. Flavor is oak, toffee, caramel, vanilla and a whiff of alcohol. Not the most refined perhaps - but quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2013
at 10:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Near black with a tiny off-white head. Malty aroma with toffee, cherry and licorice, and plenty of brettanomyces. Sweet malty flavour with licorice and spice, and lots of hot alcohol. Has more than a touch of fernet branca character
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2013
at 10:33