Lost Abbey Isabelle Proximus

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

To celebrate my rating number 11,200 I enter this much sought after top-50 beer. A hazy light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of wood, brettanomyces, lemon, and a light acidity. The flavor is sweet and acidic with strong notes of citrus and brettanomyces, and medium notes of wood and grapefruit, leading to a dry tart finish.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy pale golden with a white head. Fat Brett aroma with notes of sweaty horse blanket. Medium body with lots of Brett, citrus and vinegar accents. Dry and tart finish. Quite refreshing. 100908

Bottled, thanks mreusch! Cloudy orange, brief head. Sweaty citric brett aroma. Tart and citric despite underlying malt sweetness. Juicy and quite full bodied. Concentrated citric horsenlanket flavour, like lambic beefed up and condensed. Has an amazing flavour, but lacks the complexity of the real lambics completely. A beer with a huge initial WOW-factor, but upon a closer inspection the surface starts cracking up.

75 cL bottle, trade with WeeHeavySD - thanks Jon. Pours hazy yellow with a lacing white head. Dense citric and barnyard aroma. Acidic and yet smooth. Milky and acidic with a smooth orange fruity base flavour. Dry and acidic, smooth and woody. Tart finish with a lovely dry wooden note. Elegant and smooth yet bone dry.8-3-9-3-18=4.1

From bottle, blind #11, courtesy of thewolf. Pours clear and golden yellow with a fully gone head. Dry barnyard aroma. Acidic, sour and mild fruity flavoured. Acidic and dry finish. Smooth and brett with a lot of sourness, distinct smooth like a 3 Font. and complex sour like a Cantillon - but also distinct US-sour.8-4-8-4-17=4.1

<b>Bottle 75cl.</b>
Hazy medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate sour, acidic, grape, citrus, horse, wood notes - lovely ;0) Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy acidic with a long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very very nice .. ;0)) (100908)

Bottle, 7.0%. Very nice sour aroma. Fruity sourness, fat fruits, perhaps peach. Cloudy orange colour. Good citric flavour, some orange, good rough sourness. Lemon aftertaste. Very nice.

Bottle at Falling Rock, Denver. Hazy amber coloured with a small white head. Fruity aorma of wood and vanilla with acidic notes.. Fruity flavour of wood, vanilla and white wine with acidic notes. Tart and woody finish.

Date: 09/13/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: opaque pale yellow, fine white head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet musty aroma, tart lemon, musty dankness,
Body: creamy body,
Overall: huge tartness, puckering lemon, touch of earthyness, light spicyness, cobwebs,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4