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Lost Abbey Avant Garde Ale

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4533.55/5.03.54/5.0Special7%91.8Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
From the French word "Garde" meaning something worth keeping, this Farmhouse Styled Ale is a most delicious companion to a loaf of freshly baked bread from the oven. Grab a seat on the porch, some soft cheese and a tree ripened apple from your grandmother's old orchard. Relax and watch the evening arrive as the afternoon sun is consumed by the illuminating moon over the gardens. We brewed Avant Garde for you, our friends and families. Here's to things worth guarding over. http://www.lostabbey.com
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 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2007  
Courtesy BeanDip @ Tampa RB Gathering. Light copper, a little more yellow than orange. Thin layer of white head. Caramel aroma with light spice in the background. Light spicy character to start, but a lot of sweetness is there for a bier de garde.


 brianjames1 (322), Northridge, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2007  
On tap at Port Brewing San Marcos. Pours a hazy yellow with white head. Very belgian in aroma and taste...spicy! Not a bad brew.


 after4ever (2770), Brier, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
750, corked (incredibly tightly) and baled. Pours a crystal clear medium coppery golden amber with a thick, sudsy platinum blonde head. Plenty of lace webbing the glass as it settles. Mildest, sweetest grassy funk on the nose. Tingly, almost sizzling carb on the attack, with a nice medium body. Mid-palate shows some lovely, luscious complexity for a bdg: tobacco, grass, lemon, and a bit of resin--the resin’s especially apparent in the finish. This is a very pleasant little bdg and most welcome at $8 a 750.


 Feinschmecker (188), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 4, 2007  
Bottle. Fruity yeasty aroma. Golden to almost orange color. It is little bitter and very carbonated. I can taste the alcohol. It is 6-7 percent without a doubt. It is a little fruity and malty and with a clean flavor. This is a very nice Bière de Garde.


 scrizzz (1285), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 2, 2007  
yeast forward and bright like duvel. didnt get the caramel or bread notes, great on palette, dry finish


 stefanje (943), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/104/516/20
Sep 30, 2007    Updated: Oct 5, 2007
750 ml bottle. Poured a cloudy unfiltered yellow gold color with an ample sudsy white head that had plenty of lacing and faded very slowly. The aroma was faint with citrus, a trace of spice, some alcohol and hops. The flavor was more appealing than the aroma, the taste was reminiscent of a good saison with a smattering bitter hops added. I taste grass, hay, biscuit, and citrus. Mouthfeel was full and satisfying. Finish was medium in duration, dry, astringent, and biter. Overall this is a fine brew. Recommended.


 AgentSteve (1375), SF Bay Area, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2007    Updated: Sep 28, 2007
From the bottle, pours hazy orange, like peach juice. Very full, white frothy head that diminshes to frothy lacing all over the glass. Aroma is a bit citrus, pine and yeast. Flavor is quite different than expected, with some nice hop and smooth malt, a little earthy, with a bit of a viscous mouthfeel that finishes sweet yet clean. Make sure you have someone to share the 750Ml bottle with, it’s a lot to drink in one sitting. Not one of my favorite Lost Abbey brew, but I have yet to have one I didn’t like.


 hopscotch (5483), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Bottle... Hazy golden ale with a mid-sized, fizzy, white head. Spicy, grainy nose delivers essences of pale malt mash, coriander, corn, honey and gentle notes of fuzzy fruit. Sweet, grainy flavor with an afterthought of light hop and alcohol bitterness. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Sweet, grainy finish. Thanks to ughsmash for providing the bottle!



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