Lost Abbey Cable Car

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale
San Marcos, California USA

bottle....huge thanks to andrew for sharing this rarity among rarities.....pours an opaque golden orange with a thin white head....aromas of sour and tart musty funkiness with notes of horseblanket and cheese. sounds somewhat off-putting but i mean it in the best way....flavors of grassy and tart citrus lemony notes and some orange. some more funk and brettiness intertwined with other earthy notes......all in all, i just wished that the flavors had more of a funk to it. i just can’t believe i just got a taste of it!

Sampled at "An evening with Pantanap #2". Big ups to Drewbeerme for bringing this, like Holdenn said I never actually dreamed I was going to be able to try this beer, thanks Andrew. Very hazy orange, lazy small white head. So funky, earthy, yeasty, slight sweet fruit aroma. Flavor is sour funk, that hits you in the back of the throat at first but substantially mellows at as it warms up, orange, sweet, dirty, slightly acidic, leathery, very drinkable and interesting american styling at a classic style. Medium body and pretty creamy, slightly acidic. Easily drinkable, wish it were more acidic, seemed to fade a little fast as it warmed, very complex.

Sampled at "An evening with Pantanap #2". 750 ml. How amazing is it when andrew gets this beer, he immediately wants to drink only 1/4th of it, b/c he’d rather share. I never even hoped I could try this one. But here goes. Pours a cloudy orange with a white soapy head. Funky sour yeasty notes are the foremost notes. Layered in subtle complexities with yeast spices, medicinal notes, sweet undertones, and old cheddar cheese. Tart yeasty flavors. Orange, lemon, bretty, hop resin/grapefruit resin and flesh. Leathery flavors that become more tropical and grapefruity as it warms. Long slow finish with earthy notes covering the tongue. Not acidic at all. I was expecting more sour/acidic notes, but this is really drinkable. Extremely complex in subtle ways. Maybe not due the hype it received, but a really good beer.

sampled at "An evening with Pantanap #2". 750ml bottle. huge thanks to Davecooks for the bottle. wow! pours dense golden-orange with creamy white head. the aroma has horse blanket! with citrusy, tropical fruit, yeasty, and oaky. a wonderful nose. flavor is funky, citrusy, lemon-lime, tropical fruit, earthy, mild sour and tartness. a mild medicinal notes finishes out. insanely drinkable but could use some more acidic and sour notes. a wonderful sour but (perhaps unfair) the J&J blauw that followed blauw it away.

Bottle graciously shared by jjpm74, too kind. The bottle pours very thick looking, such a dense beer, cannot see through it at all. I don’t know what it is but there are little black specks that settle at the bottom of the glass. I was also highly surprised this was a yellow/golden beer, just always imagined this to be a red hued brew. There is a minimal head that quickly fades into nothing. Aroma is light sour with peaches and faint strawberry. Light sour, light fruit but thick and pasty. Tastes is lightly acidic, faintly sour with a white grape/doughy sweetness. Just leave an extremely faint acidity on the cheeks. A medium heavy body that is felt on the cheeks. Its a nice beer, not nearly as sour as I would want it to be. Maybe time will bring out some more sourness and dry it out a bit.
750mL cork and cage, Cantillon small rounded wine glass.

Almost a year old, shared by mreusch. Pretty much the same, lasting well, thats worth something, I’ll raise the overall score a bit.

Pours gold with a diminishing white head. Smells sour with sugary undertones. Tastes tarte with some sugary hints. Some grassy tinges and citrussy touches are also there. Decent, but not a top 50 beer.

Bottle shared by JJPM. Worth the hype? Not even close. While this is a well made and interesting beer, I couldn’t ever see trading away half my cellar for a bottle.

Very yeasty, funky, smelly cheese aroma. Wheat and lemon aromas are strong. Lemony flavor is quite thin, lacking in carbonation and body. Wheaty and grassy.

GABF. What a great beer. Tartness is evident from very far away. Continues into the flavor of course. Lots of vinious aromas and flavors. Acidc, earthy, fruity and yummy