Box Set - Track #1: Runnin' with the Devil
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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C’mon, everyone knows you’re not supposed to run with the devil. But every sinner does. Why, because we can.
We all need that feeling of fear wrapped in danger and the excitement of being shot from the adrenaline canon. Maybe you too love that feeling of living on the edge hanging precipitously close to never coming back. Because only the Devil can take you there, he’s your favorite wing-man capable of simultaneously killing and saving you without ever offering redemption.
Good thing he can drive like moonshiner evading the law or you’d both be in trouble. Full throttle on the highway to hell is where you’re headed tonight. That is, if the Devil wants your soul. Hopefully he’s only flirting with your mind.
After tempting your spirit and temporarily inhabiting your soul, he’ll just kick you to the curb. Then, you’ll be left to decide if you ever want to take a ride with the Prince of Darkness again.
So ask yourself… Am I feeling lucky?
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown orange with small frothy white head. The aroma is strong funk, oak, and wine. Thin mouthfeel with a light funk, strong wine and fruit with light dryness. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
3rd January 2014
Mega Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and a little crisp. Wood. Flemish sourness. Pronounced red wine tang, lesser red wine berry fruits. Winey semi dry finish. Nicely winey.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | 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. Murky chestnut brown with a thin light beige pond atop the glass. Nose is tarte berry fruit, orange pith, dank wood, straw, light must, lemon rind. Taste comprises tangy dark berry fruit, cherry skins, straw, blood orange, funk, dank wood, musty hay, soured citric fruit, splash of vinegar. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, tarte lightly puckering closure. Decent enough sour, easy drinking but lacks a little depth for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the mega tasting. Big thanks to Kenny for this bad boy. It pours hazy deep amber-brown with a small beige head. The nose is wood, vanilla, vinous, earthy, brett, orange peel, berry and toasty coconut. The taste is tart, cherry, some acidity, sherbet, light vinegar, red grape, vinous, wood, light earthy bitterness, touch of alcohol and orange peel with a crisp, tart finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Balanced and rather drinkable. Great start to the track set!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared during the Track Set portion of the Brokeback Revisited tasting. Huge thanks to Kenny for this. Pours clear, honey-brown with a bubbly tan head. The nose holds dry grapes, mellow funk, wood. Medium sweet flavor with moderate sour fruits, raisins, motor oil, vinous quality. Medium bodied with fine, spritzy carbonation. Fairly quenching finish, wood, tannins, dried berries. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a reddish dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty sour vinous woody grape aroma. Fruity malty sour tart woody vinous flavor. Has a fruity malty sour tart woody vinous grape finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Pours ruby amber with a small off white head. Cherries, red wine, oak and mild vinegar. Funky and very dry with a pleasant tartness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle @ The Lost Tasting Of Abbey Beers, Odense 2013. Hazy copper with a small off-white head. Classic American Sour aroma of oak, bourbon, cherry, leather and caramel. Dry and very tart flavour with malt, red wine and sour cherry, along with a little vanilla. Sour enough to feel it on the teeth
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
OK, Track #1, here we go. Bottle pours opaque amber with an off white head of foam. The aroma is a mxi of some spicy yeast, a bit of lime like citrus and then a cherry sensation. Interesting. The taste has a good bit of tartness and acidity but seems to be in check for my taste. I get some cherry and then lime like acidity mixing together. Overall this is pretty nice with a good degree of refreshment and a somewhat dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Track tasting. Poured a ruby red color, tad hazy, cola bubbles, no head to speak of. Aroma is some tart notes, mild vinegar. Flavor is similar, a bit like an olde bruin. Not bad!