Lost Abbey Carnevale (2009)

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

Bottle at Sune’s - Thanks Joergen. Cloudy golden - white head. Soapy, bretty, horsey, yeasty, peppery, flowery, zesty, wheaty, fruity. Nice bretty.

Bottle at Sune. Hazy golden coloured with a small white head. Sweet aroma of brett, spices and yeast. Fruity flavour of brett, spices and yeast. Bretty finish.

Thanks to kiefdog for bringing this one to the tasting. Pours hazy yellow with white head. Nose is citrus, booze, hay, slight funk, brett, and some fruity notes. Flavor is the same with a mild brett presence, and funk. Sweetness, apple, pepper, yeast, and more sweetness give this beer a nice summer evening feel. Medium bodied and very enjoyable for a brett-spiked beer.

Bottle. Sweet beer of citrus hops, vanilla and peach. Refreshing and drinkable.

Bottle Pours semi-hazy yellow. Fruity peach and hops. Not very belgian or true to the style but good taste and drinkable.

Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours hazy deep gold with thin tan head. The aroma has a pleasing mix of sweet apple, a touch of grains, raspberry, earthiness and a bit of tartness. The taste is full with firm body carrying around modest Brett like tartness, apple, some spices, a bit of berry, a mild sense of earthiness, hay and grains. Nice complex brew that should only get better with some age.

2009 bottle from Beermerchants.com. Cloudy golden with a fine offwhite head. Deeply complex aroma, brettanomyces in the lead, but also citrus and sweet malts. Flavours are predominantly sweet, though neatly balanced by brett, that nevertheless play second violin in the mouth. Honey notes as well as flowers. A treat.

Bottle courtesy of gibby. Pours a clear light yellow color with white head. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of honey, grass, brett, funk, yeast, light citrus. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of honey, brett, caramel, bread, funk, light citrus. Medium body with a lightly sweet finish.