6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Thanks to golubj for sharing - very hazy golden beer - the aroma is loaded with earthy hops and some light chalky minerals - the flavor is overpowering grassy hoppiness, so much so that it drowns everything else out - it tastes like a freakin’ IPA, man - some bright fruity character and light herbs, all beat down by overwhelming hops - it tastes good, I suppose, but really lacks depth - a great belgian ale for the hop head, I guess, but not for the true lover of the style.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2008
at 21:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Pours a purplish dark brown with a thick, creamy beige head. Aroma is spicey and fruity, a little citrus and lemon zest. A little yeast. Flavor is malty, vinous, spicey, and more yeast. Nice bit of dark fruits. Overall a nice ale, but not quite what I expect from Lost Abbey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2008
at 18:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
tap at the brewery - Pours dark amber with very little head. It has a very good malt and dark fruit aroma. The flavor has those same malt and dark fruit notes along with an obvious dosing of alcohol. There’s a nice, big Abt. taste there, but it’s a little too hot and lacks the complexity of some of the great Belgian Abt/Quadrupels.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 13:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
tap at the brewery - Pours lightly hazy reddish-brown with a thin head. It has a good malted fruit aroma with a similar flavor that also includes some mild hops. A medium bodied brew, the dark fruit notes in the background are probably the high point.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 13:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
tap at the brewery - Pours clear golden with a thin head and nice lacing. It has a very good yeast and citrus aroma. The flavor is sweet malt with yeast presence and some good citrus notes. I didn’t notice much of that farmhouse funk sometimes present in saisons. It’s finely carbonated and quite drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 13:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap at the brewery - Pours hazy golden with a thin, lasting head. It has a slightly fruity smelling yeast aroma with some mild hops and malt. The flavor is of bread like malt and has a high amount of hops for a Belgian ale. Lively on the palate, it has a nice enough flavor though not much complexity.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 13:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Corked and caged 750. Pours an opaque, dark purple, maybe I want it to be violet bordering on black with a foamy slightly tan head. Close your eyes and evaluate the aroma and you’d swear this was a glass of wine with a heavy grape aroma that gives way to more subtle notes of lemony hops, dark candy and Belgian yeast. Flavor is quite unique, dark candy, dark sticky fruits, tart/funky yeast all on the front with creamy roasted malts on the end. The finish has a touch of heat from the bumped alcohol, but otherwise it’s fairly smooth for those with a refined beer palate. Very complex, could have used a touch more on the hops to round things out and tip it from very good to grand.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2008
at 16:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750 corked and caged, pours into the glass looking more like a shiraz than a beer. Zero head, hardly any carbonation, deep purple/black that is mostly opaque. Not much in the look to let you’re know you’re drinking an abt, let alone a beer. Initial aroma, right after the bottle had been popped, was heavy fruit and very grapey almost like... a shiraz. But once the glass had a chance to breath you got the aroma’s you’d expect from this style beer, dark Belgian candy, sour yeastiness, touch of peanut, and plenty of alcohol apparent in the aroma. Flavor is quite sour from the yeast and the alcohol, toffee and dark fruits are also abundant, with flavor notes of white grape and honey as well. Heavy mouth feel with plenty of heat from the alcohol with the funky, medicinal lasting after taste you get from this kind of beer. Truthfully, it was a little much for me. I’d like to see this beer without the raisins, and maybe with some extra hops to give it a more rounded nose, flavor and finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2008
at 16:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Suttree for sharing this at decaturstevo’s tasting. long lasting white head tops this hazy, medium amber brew. Big fruity malt and Belgian yeast aromas. Creamy body delivers some sweet malts and spices, Soft dryness builds at the finish. I really liked this one.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2008
at 06:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
on tap-pours a disappearing off white head and cloudy brown color with red tint. Aroma if funky medium malt. Taste is funky medium malt, spices, dark fruit-raisin. Not my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2008
at 08:51