Lost Abbey Inferno Ale

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

Pours a clear gold with a generous well sustained white head. Smells of caramel, light citrus, cumin, some clove, perfume, wildflowers, spicy hints. Tastes dry and moderately bitter with a nice citrussy element that gives way to some underlying nuttiness as the beer warms. Nice peppery splashes dot this beer balancing it out nicely. A slam dunk!

This beer, is Lost Abbey’s "Belgian Immitaor" version of Duvel. The pour is nice, not as foamy as a Duvel, but the smells are the same, kind of a spicy pilsner scent. The look is a medium yellow with a nice white head on it. Tastes - Like a Duvel. Which to put it mildly is delicious. Some nice flavor and some nice mouthfeel,. For the price, stick with Duvel, for the cool ass bottle, go Lost Abbey.

(750ml corked and caged bottle) Pours an opaque orange-yellow color, with a nice pillowy white head that stays a while. Lacing is superb. This is how a beer should look. The nose is of honey, caramel malt, light hops, and spices. The taste is also quite sweet, a malt head’s dream. Since I am a malt head this beer is awesome. The hops do linger on the palette but it’s quite welcome here. Honey is in the taste alongside them and some light white pepper and spicy yeast notes. Bread is also present. I can’t say enough good things about this beer. It’s the beer that started it all for me. I drank many good beers for many years, but I didn’t start appreciating what beer can REALLY be until this was recommended to me by Shawn at the Pizza Port Bottleshop in Carlsbad. A phenomenal American-made Belgian style beer that I recommend everyone to try. As it warms I get more notes of bitter orange oils. This is a very complex beer.

Bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar. After uncorking the bottle I could already begin to smell wild and heavily spiced yeast greet my nasal passage ways. The beer sat densely in my glass as a dirty and hazed with sediment blonde topped by a fluffy pillow of foam. Upon taking the first sip I was immediately gratified with a bold spicy yeast decked with unknown seasoning, ginger and pepper. Aftertaste leaves behind a minor reminder of soapy water and a bit of a lingering metallic taste.

Pours a cloudy golden orange with a big frothy white head with fantastic fine lacing. Mellowing aroma of candi malt, orange peel, juicy pineapple hops, and some coriander. Flavor is dry and yeasty, light orange peal bitter and accented by juicy peachy/pineapple hops. Sweet candi malt that finishes dry. SImple yet sophisticated and interesting. I’m very found of this beer. Medium bodied, so fluffy in the mouth with assertive crisp carbonation, soooo juicy. Just a complete brew... synergy... sum being greater than its parts. yup

750 ml bottle from a trade with Sammy. pours hazy golden with a everlasting white head. aroma of belgian yeast, pale malts and hops. the flavour is soft, subtle and refined. it takes a while to peel back all the layers. there is a nice light fruitiness that the nose doesnt show and this brew progresses fabulously. the finish is very dry and although there is adequate hopping in both the nose and flavour there is no bitterness in the finish. a big belgian blonde fermented out dry. thanks for the bottle Sammy!

Amazing banana/clove yeast funk in both aroma and taste, though kept in check and mild. Golden and crisp, perfect carbonation. Not the most complex Belgian Strong ale, but perfectly made and very enjoyable. Simple yet excellent.

The pour is a tangerine shade, with significant foam head. Aroma is minimal, but nothing unpleasant. Appearance is tantalizing, especially if you’re coming inside from a hot, summer day. The flavor is zesty and lemony, almost like a hef, but without the bitter after. This ale wraps itself around your tongue and any other parts of your mouth that it gets to stay in contact with, and does a bubbly dance all over them for about 10 - 15 seconds. It’s not complex, the flavor stays consistent from start to finish, but it is elegant simplicity. Excellent summertime ale, though dangerous if underestimated at 8.5 ABV.