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Lost Abbey Cable Car

Lost Abbey Cable Car - Sour Ale

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Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale

San Marcos, California USA

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1524.14/5.04.08/5.07%96Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Courtesy of tpd975. Pours hazy deep gold with bright white head. The aroma is big tartness up front and right up the nose followed by smooth grains, a mild bit of lemon, apples and a touch of oak. The taste, like the nose, starts with bold tartness building quickly to a full rolling boil of tart daggers. It then seems to even out a tad with faint fruity notes of apples and lemons. The tartness rides right into the finish.


 j12601 (1139), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 29, 2009  
The 09 on tap, pouring at the Night of the Funk event in Boston. Pours a slightly murky and hazy golden straw yellow. A bit nutty, with hay, straw, and brett. Medium bodied, and a bit more of that nutty almond flavor. Light solvent notes. Long slow finish with some light aicd. Buttery, bit of DMS.


 PilsnerPeter (2585), Flushing, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 21, 2009  
Draft at Night of the Funk 2009: Cloudy golden pour with a fading head. lactic and citric aroma- has a lemony acidity with a mild floral component, and mild white oak tannins as well. Fairly slick mouthfeel with apparent acidity. Flavor is lactic and a touch solventy, and mild buttery grains as well. Citric and dry yet there’s that mild solvent presence. perhaps it’s because i tried this just after Yellow Bus, but this is slightly overrated. Still a solid American style sour ale.


 DMRz (218), Durham, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Draft at Night of the Funk. Pours a solid cloudy yellow with a tall white head. Aromas of citrus, witbier-like spice, and a ton of barnyardy funk. The flavor is heavy on the lemon with cumin, more funk, and some white wine-like notes. There is substantial sourness here that cuts through the funk and reminds me of Cantillon’s lambics. A very fine effort.


 thenick (731), North Bellmore, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/516/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Sample @ BBF Night of the Funk. Pours a cloudy deep yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma is citrus, a bit of spice, and a whole lot of that wonderful funk. Flavor is spicy citrus up front (coriander, perhaps a few other spices) with a wonderful explosion of funk at the end. Beer remains sublimely smooth and supremely drinkable, a characteristic that belies the heavy, heavy funk. It wasn’t the Yellow Bus, but man did I love this beer.


 SuIIy (1399), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Sample at NotF 2009. Pours a cloudy dark yellow color with a small frothy head. Nose is light funky esters with some lemony notes and a bit of spice. Palate is crisp. FLavors of light lemon and spice with some funky, musty notes.


 daleharshman (179), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2009  
2009 bottle from Toronado SD ($45!) shared with mspindler and joetheyounger. Pours a honey amber color. Bottle foamed a lot when opened resulting in big white head when poured. Aroma includes sour lemon, musty yeast, vinegar, spice, under ripe fruit, and Brett funk. Flavor is tangy and tart and contains vinegar, lemon zest, leather and more funk. Finish has more acidic sourness and funk. Sours are certainly not my favorite style, but I found this smooth and quite drinkable.


 corby112 (655), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/519/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Pours a dark golden ripe banana color that is slightly murky with a one finger off-white head that quickly fades into a lasting ring. There is very minimal lacing, only small spots here and there. Very funky aroma with some nice barnyard, horseblankety goodness. Lots of crisp golden fruits, apple, pear, grape, etc and a nice dusty earthy oak character. Just the smell of this beer made my mouth water. I literally sniffed my glass for several minutes before even taking a sip. This beer has a perfect balance of intense puckering tart barnyard funk, horseblanket notes, slightly lactic and acidic but not too much so. Tart and sour intensity up front that settles into some beautiful light crisp golden fruit notes. Hints of apple, pear, grapefruit, light grape followed by more funky brett oaky sourness which lingers into the amazing mouthwatering finish. Very dry yet sweet and crisp with an amazing crisp dry tart puckering finish. This is an amazing beer that for me truly lived up to the hype. It is just a perfect blend of tart/puckering sourness, crisp delicious fruit notes and a dry sweet yet tart delectable finish. This beer tasted better with each sip and my mouth was literally watering in anticipation of each sip. This is one of the most complex, flavorful sours I’ve ever had and I cannot recommend it any higher. I only wish I had more.



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