patrick767 (7169) reviewed Avant Garde Ale from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
sample at the Hampton tasting - Pours hazy gold with a small head. It smells of yeast, malt, and a little citrus. The flavor is of sweet malt, some citrus, and a touch of spice. Enjoyable. edit: recently had on tap at the brewery and my rating was exactly the same.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Judgment Day from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Shared by Odeed; Nose of yeast, raisins, caramel, and cloves; clear cherry brown with a small ring of beige bubbles around the sides of the glass (not much carbonation) Flavor of spices caramel, and alcohol, with a bit of bitterness in the finish. Body seemed medium thick and seemed to coat my tongue. It needs some RR Temptation added to turn it into RR Despiration!
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Judgment Day from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Full draught glass at PP 12 hour fest on 3/24/07
Let the glass warm and breath for about 45 minutes while I was in line for pizza, I think this helped a lot. Not much of a head to speak of, though I’m sure that will change with the bottle (maybe). Dark brown with violet-burgundy tints on the edges and a medium-low clarity.
Rather sweet, but not a malty sweetness dominating; guess it’s the raisins. Regardless, there’s ample Belgian yeast, giving it more of a Belgian Dark Strong feel. Light banana/vanilla and lots of tart prune and black pepper notes on the finish. Hazelnut skins and light roast, almost in the quantity seen in some dubbels, it helps further add balance in concert with the phenols. Warming and vaporous alcohol is moderately present on the finish. Definitely different and not quite as polished as MOAB, but it’s also very young.
Sweet and malty, with an ample adjunct sugar presence (candi sugar, raisins), it still manages to pick up a fair amount of vinousness (prunes, concord grapes) and light roastiness, to offset the caramel/toffee sweetness. Lightly tart yeast notes sit on the finish, rather pleasantly but there is a strong blandness or sort of tannic-like dryness, perhaps you might say breadiness, that sticks to the palate and cuts in to the livliness of the flavors. The carbonation is low and though not really loose, does give the beer a bit of a heavy feel to it. Alcohol is perceivable, with warming and definitely makes itself felt, but at least helps cut some of the chewy toffee and raisin sweetness. Interesting stuff, and no doubt it should develop in to a better beer with some aging, as the raisins relax the strong hold they have on the beer and the yeast produces some deeper complexities. Will revisit, of course.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Red Barn Ale from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Clear orange-gold with a good white head, leaving lace. Very special nose, with spices, citrus and roasted pigskin, toasted malts, and an impression of white candi sugar. In the taste there’s no mistaking the Grains of Paradise flavour, as well as the orangepeel. Again toasted malts, cookies. And yes, Tomme, it does taste Dupont-like enough. With a dash of Van Steenberge, if I might add - did you add much white candi sugar? The pepper is traceable as well, but more in the MF. Medium bodied, slick, gristfilled, pretty dry. Ah. So the SPF 45 was also a Dupont lal? Well, I think this one comes closer. Good one, thanks.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Avant Garde Ale from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Orange-golden beer, well-carbonated under irregular, just off-white head, leaving textbook lace. End of bottle fully opaque as fruit juice. Spicey and herbal nose, peppery. Bit of ginger, pineapple. Very nice, actually. And a whiff of old apple brandy. And all the time, underbuild of toasted malts. Slightly sharp, toasted flavour, still spicey but less peppery. Root spices, bitterroot, mustardseed. Further slightly grassy. Warming up, bitter almonds flavour. Though sharp MF, pleasing palate wherein all the flavours from the taste fuse to a great total (this might be a convoluted way of stating that the beer has great balance, IMO). Medium bodied, bit of alcohol. I would not call it a bière de Garde, but then, the limits of this "style" are so broad that they more than probably encompass this as well. It’s just a great amber-golden ale... Thanks to brewboy....
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Lost and Found from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Fully opaque brown under short-lived brown-yellow head. Creamy rich nose, even whiffs of blue cheese. Burnt malts and roasted nuts (Pecan/Brasil/...) Som dark candy sugar. Don’t get raisins in the nose, but some alcohol & higher alcohols. Dry dark beer, woody, very malty with overtones of roasted & burnt malts. Quite some sweetness in the basis, but always under the heavy roasted notes. Some musky, animal-like flavour mixing in. Nutty as well, again. Very well bodied. Nice, and original... not a real drinking beer, however - bit too potent. I find it strange to find so few fruity elements in it, as it seems to have been the object. Thanks to brewboy, anyway!
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Lost and Found from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. An unclear orange-brown beer with a rim of orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with quite strong notes of hops, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of spices, straw, and hops. Not very Belgian.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Avant Garde Ale from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Warm (?), yeasty aroma with hints of herb and/or spice. Hazy peach color with a white head that tries to stay. It tries to lace too. Interesting tastes. The mouthfeel is medium and doesn’t thin. The finish is dry and decently bitter. There is also a lingering herb/veg - but not overly intrusive. Back to the tastes: Starts with hints of Belgian candy; earthy notes - don’t know what else to say. Light stone fruit aspects. This is dry except for the first mouth impact. There is something of a burst of ripe stone fruit just before the end of the taste. This is fairly complicated stuff. Really good.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Angel's Share from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Red-shot, nearly black beer; small, yellow/amber head. Fruity, wow - and roasted malts in the ideal combination, fruits seeped in precious XXO brandy, with exotic fruit added. Oh my God, This tastes mind-blowing good; a strong Belgian-type ale, from casks wherein XXO brandy has been matured, with a lot of fruity flavours. This is vinous, and brandy-like but alll of top-quality, dark fruit as black cherries, vanilla sticks, other retronasal spices. Despite the brandy character is the alcohol fairly well hidden. Full bodied, slick, viscous. This is beyond belief. Absolutely gorgeous - thanks Warren and Bill!
omhper (44752) reviewed Red Barn Ale from The Lost Abbey 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Hazy amber. Buttery malt aroma. Sweetish with soft, relaxed malt character with some careful grassy hops on top of it. Medium bodied Mild and pleasant. A good, unassaulting beer.