The Lost Abbey Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

 

The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Special
Score
7.45
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 40
From the barrel room comes this oak aged specialty release. Every so often we receive French Oak barrels that previously held red wine. If our brewers have extra time (and beer) they have been known to age some of our Lost and Found Abbey Ale in these barrels.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at City Beer during SF beer week
Appearance: Hazy amber/brown with a medium sized beige head some lacing
Aroma: Tart fruits and vinous
Taste: Tart fruits, sour cherries, woody with a dry finish
A very nice beer,

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2011 at 19:39


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at brewery, courtesy of Dawn the Ber Fairy - thank you ma’am! Hazy reddish brown color. Aroma of funky redcurrant. Taste is very sour cherry and caramel. Delicious.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2011 at 11:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Toronado shared by Marcus. Brown quad like appearance with a creamy tan head. Aroma is darker malt and light seeded fruit. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Mildly sour, oaky, seems to have a touch of apple. Finish is dry and woody, finishing to a light sweetnesss. Continuously astringent.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2009 at 06:19


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Chris_o birthday bash 08. Belgian style beer with a bit of sourness. Some pretty good wine fruit/red fruits. Lemon sourness, but sweet red fruits as well. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2008 at 11:41


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap served by Tomme. Pours a hazy brown color with hardly any head in my glass (I think they were messing around with nitrogen/CO2 levels on the tap). Aroma is amazingly rich with cabernet spiciness, raspberries, figs and vanilla. Taste is strongly rich but spicy wine with some light hints of a Belgian Dubbel added by way of fruits, persimmons, and some bananas. That said taste is mainly wine and some oxidation. Light effervescence, and a thick mouthfeel.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2008 at 02:46


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Muddy red-brown colour. Dar fruit and light alcohol. Fairly vinous woody character. Deep and complex. Fruity with rich raisiny depth and a dry alcohol finish. Complex and delicious.

Tried on 24 May 2008 at 09:18


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

750ml bottle @Vero Beach Throwdown-pours a dissipating off white head and brown color. Aroma is dark fruit, vinuous. Taste is sour dark fruit, vinuous, yeast. Thanks decaturstevo for sharing.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2008 at 09:23


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fordest. Slightly hazy amber golden with a creamy, cappuchinoish beige head. Tart, Brettish nose - very vinous. Medium body with vinous sweet’n’sour caramel and lots of dried fruit. Discreet bitterness. What a wonderful complexity. Knowing that this was labelled as an Abeey Dubbel I thought it was infected! But it’s not, it’s just wondefully barrel-aged, and it’s really more resembling a Flemish Sour. Someone please remove that Abbey Dubbel tag - it’s terribly misleading. 190408

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2008 at 09:54


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a deep clear brown/reddish color ale with nice size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light tannic notes with some oak and tart notes. Taste is a mix between a light Belgian Dubbel (lighter then I remembered Lost and Found to be…) with some oak and tannic notes clearly discernable. Somewhat sour and tart but still well balance with the sweet malt form the original beer. Average body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2008 at 11:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Marks for Appearance are an average, as beer was sampled in weak artificial light after dark. Sourish lactic nose, sour cherries, Pedio an Brett notes. Cherries taste, both sour & maraschino, some wood apparent. Warming up, light ginger flavour. Lots of backthroat acidburn, very well-carbonated, even spritzy. Another Lost Abbey Special. Maybe a tad harder than most, but nice enough.

Tried on 23 Apr 2008 at 10:16