Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus

Formerly brewed at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Huge thanks to FlacoAlto for GIVING this one to me!!! Nice citrusy nose-orange and lemon. Flavor has nice a nice dusty, dirty, earthy maltiness. Dries up w/ a distinctly brett character. Phenominal finish-very sour. Mouthfeel-4.5

750 ml bottle, I drank the whole thing myself, poor me. The big #1000. Dark cloudy yellow, small creamy white head. "Beer is good food" .... well the aroma of this beer is good food by itself and then some. The nose is HUGE. Sour apple, cherries, leather, funky barnyard, oak, and dusty malt. Very dry sour and tart, mostly wood, earthy notes, apple, barnyard funk, must, lemon, pepper, and some cherries. Very complex brew, I am very glad to try this. I had a Racer 5 prior and a speedway on tap after, so it was a good night. Very tasty.

Enormous thanks to ketchepillar for sharing this one, extended thanks to FalcoAlto for sending it to Iowa! Pours a sunny hazy yellow with a small head and a little lace. Aroma is different and awesome, there is a nice barnyard funkiness right up front followed by plenty of fruitiness and over time the character had a nice musty dirty cellar-ish aroma that is rarely found outside the world of Geueze. The flavor is puckeringly sour but not without plenty of complexity, some wonderful strawberries and sour cherries, with some lemon rind. The beer is intensely dry and all around one of the best damn things I’ve ever tasted.

Bottle at Nørrebro Bryghus. This is marvellous!! Hazy yellow body with a off white head. A lovely dry sourness hit the nose with notes of grape and lemon, wood and dust. The flavour is acidic citrus at first, followed by a dry, dusty and bitter grape. makes me think of an great lambic. Its incredibly well balanced, with a smooth sour and long lasting aftertaste.

Bottle sampled at DLD ’09. I didn’t realize at the time just how rare and highly regarded this is. Cloudy orange pour with a thin white head. Tangy orange aroma with some vinegary funk. Tart and acidic vinegar flavor up front with some refreshing citrus on the back end.

Bottled sample via and shared with oakbluff. Gold in colour with a touch of haze and fairly strong carbonation. Great funk upfront, along with notes of earth, lemon, wood, and vinegar. Vibrant acidity in the mouth, with loads more earthy, farmyard, and citrus notes. Well worth the hype. I pitched the dregs into a batch of sour homebrew, and I’ll be lucky if it’s half as good as this gem. Well worth the hype!

Poured a golden yellow with orange highlights. Virtually no head at all. Nose is tart apples and pepper. As it warms up the scents get yeastier and fruitier. Taste is tart, a little funky, not too sour. Lemon, green apple, and lots of herbal and peppery notes as it warms.

Draft at Downtown Johnny Browns. Pours a golden orange with no head. Nose is sour lemon and Brett. Flavors follow. Taste a lot like a lemon sweet tart. Mouth is carbonated and flavors make you salivate. Really good, not sure if it lived up to what I was expecting, still I cannot complain!