Lost Abbey Lost and Found

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

1400th rating. Pours a fiery red-brown with some odd looking purple hues. Fizzy tan head the mostly dissipates. There is a big fruity nose with some raisin, fig and currant. There is a bit of alcohol and some yeasty spice as well. There are some big fruity fig and berry flavors and a lingering twang. It lingers quite a bit actually. Medium body with pleasing carbonation. I suppose this is a fine beer, but I am not feeling it as much as I had hoped.

Bottle from Dirty_Martini. Murky, brown body with a medium sized, off-white head. The aroma is dark fruit, berry, caramel and banana. The flavor is lightly sweet, ripe bananas, plums and candi sugar. Medium body is very soft, moderate carbonation, drying finish. Nice.

Bottle brought back from California by McBeer and shared during Dark Lord Day 2007. Subtle aroma. Dark reddish amber with a nice tan head. Barrel aged character. Has a backbone. Pretty good. Not outstanding but has enough oomph to keep it interesting.

Bottle: Mild brown pour with a large beige head. Dark fruits and dusty malt are presented first, followed by Belgian spiciness. The flavor is a rather well blended combo of dark fruit, raison/figs, malts, Belgian spices, and a light amount of yeast. Very smooth and easy drinking. Thanks Jordan for bringing this back; another treat from LA.

Bottle traded by Sean in person at the knoxville tasting, thanks BB. After drinking angels share and being disappointed, I figured I might as well try this one too, to see if it was good. I drank the Avant Garde or whatever a few months back, and remembered it being very good, so whatever, off goes the cork. Pours out a dark brown color with a thick head that tapers out around the glass into just a little ring. Heavy carbonation. Smells fruity, full of raisins, malts, some figs, really good smell. Smells like a bottle of beer straight from Belgium. Taste is sweet and thick, pretty high in carbonation, typical mouthfeel for a belgian style beer. You can really taste the sweet fruits and biscuit malt in this one. Yeasty and very smooth. Certainly a good experience, way better than the angels share. Thanks for this one Sean, now work on getting me the red barn ale!

Dark mahagony brown with nice tan head. Aroma is spicey with fig, raisins and candied sugar. COmplex mouthfeel and flavour, lots of dark fruit, plum and raisins with underlying sugary and yeasty malts. Nice smooth beer.

Pours a deep ruby color with a tan head. Aroma is malty sweet, with lots of sweet dark fruits, raisins, figs, plums. Flavor is sweet malts, with lots of sweet dark fruits, and a light bitter finish.

750 ml. bottle from Zinister, shared at the 12/7 tasting at Indra’s. Pour is caramel brown with a tan head that fades immediately. Aroma of dried fruit (primarily raisins) and Belgian yeastiness. Taste is a nice solid maltiness with raisins throughout. As it warms, the Belgian yeast flavor takes center stage. Nice full body, and extremely well balanced.