Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Bière de Garde
San Marcos, California USA

Bottled - tasted blind. An unclear amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with nots of caramel, leading to a very bitter finish. The body is quite strong.

From bottle #6 at sk8vikings American blind tasting. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Fruity and light orange citric aroma, vague smoke note. Flavour is sweet malty with a smooth spice note. Smooth flavour with a persisting spiced and caramel malty finished. Finish is warming and light spiced.

#6 Bottle [Sk8viking great American blind tasting] Average looking fine bubbled white head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Cloudy amber golden color. Aroma of fruit, mild bread, coriander, mild hoppy notes, apricot. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated sweet and bitter flavor. Lingering bitter spicy finish. 7 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 14 = 3.4

Pours a cloudy orange with a nice white head. Nose is mostly citrus and some funk. Flavor has some bread and yeast, a little bitterness and the citrus again. Finishes with some spices. Solid and an interesting beer. Some interesting funky flavor I like. Hides the 9.5% pretty well.

Courtesy dragonstout. Pours a cloudy amberish orange color with a foamy white head that is well retained. The nose shows notes of citrus fruit, coriander, some other spices, and some mild bretty funk. The flavor shows some citrus fruit paired with some bready, yeasty flavors. There is a good dose of spices and earthy hops to go with the brett to add a good amount of bitterness. Medium bodied with a creamy, carbonated mouthfeel that had a long, dry, and bitter finish. I was hoping for more sweetness, but the brett was in full effect by drawings things out and adding that usual funk. This was good, but not my favorite from them.

Poured a hazy orangish color with a pillowy whitr head. Has some spice and citrus nose.Flavor was bready with some citrus and spices.Finished off Finished off slightly bitter with a small bite to it.

750 bottle. Hazy dark tan pour with a small white head. Very effervescent. Nose of spices brett??, old socks, alcohol. Taste: alcohol is upfront, spicy, malty, chewy, warming but harsh, easy to drink but not to swallow. Sweet yet bitter. An interesting beer but I’m not sure where they were going with this one. A good drinker, unique, but not a beer you’d put on your "must search out" list.

Bottle via trade from BOLTZ7555, thanks again! Aroma has notes of citrus fruit, bubblegum, yeast, and malt caramel. Nice average sized off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Medium golden/orange hazy hue. Flavor is citrus hops, caramel malt and finishes fairly bitter. Palate is medium bodied and lively. Good clean finish. Not a bad beer but this was still young. I’d love to try this one with a couple years on it.