Lost Abbey Lost and Found

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

Bottle; Poured a nice reddish brown; Small off white/tan head. Aroma was good; with hints of dark fruit, brown sugar, bubblegum, yeast. Flavor had very strong chocolate component; also hints of caramel, dark fruits, and candy sugar. I enjoyed this, and it got better throughout the tasting.

Bottle. Dark amber pour with a medium tan head. Aroma of raisins, yeast and plum. Taste of bread, yeast caramel and spices with a great finish.

750ml. Pours dark ruby with a tiny but well sustained white head. Aroma is very sweet, syrupy, dark fruits, but in a good way. Raisins. Smells like a lighter version of a Bernardus 12 or a Rochefort 10. Or maybe that’s just the raisins. Tastes the same as the aroma. Yeah, this is pretty good.

750 bottle corked and caged opened with a light pop. color is a muddy brown with a thin fizzy tan head. aroma has yeast, raisin, fig, plumb, light anise, and spices. mouth feel has fizzy carbonation but is on the thin side. flavors of must, dark over ripe fruit, spice, and brown sugar sweetness. raisin adds both to the flavor and sweetness and is complemented by the yeast spice. finishes with dark fruit and some alcohol presence.

Bottle shared by theisti at Indra’s tasting on 12/7/07. Pours a dark caramel brown with a thin skin of beige bubbles. The aroma is sweet and malty with big notes of brown sugar and raisins. Medium-bodied with soft, tongue-tickling carbonation, the palate concludes in a lingering malty finish. The flavor on this one follows the nose with a round, sweet-malt body supported by dark fruit (raisin). Quite nice. Thanks for sharing this one with us, Tim!

[Bottle, thanks badgerben] Poured brown with a small light tan head. Aroma was sweet and yeasty with raisins coming through. Taste was also sweet, with brown sugar and raisins being most noticeable.

750 mL bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar. Not much of a pop when I pulled the cork. Pours a lovely maroon-brown. The off-white head fizzes quickly and then disappears into absolute nothingness. Aroma is sweet with brown sugar, maraschino cherries, gooey semi-dried dates in a Middle Eastern market (sorry--was recently in Israel and Jordan), caramel, and light yeast. A great nose on this dubbel. Flavor has plums and cherries lightly covered with chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, and just a hint of booze. The main problem here is that it’s flat and that takes away from the potential richness of the flavors. I don’t know if this is part of the carbonation problems that Lost Abbey has supposedly been having, but it’s unfortunate. It’s still a very good dubbel, but could be better if they fix the carbonation. I may have to try this on tap next time I find it and re-rate.

7/21/06 On tap@O’Brien’s: The color of prune juice with a purple tinge and just a wisp of foam that fades to a halo. Aroma is red wine and a wiff of banana. Flavor has a light sweet start with some spice and yeast, some port a hint of bubble gum and banana with a tangy dry finish. Light to medium bodied and smooth with lively carbonation. 11/24/07 Growler from the brewery: Prune juice color with just a wisp of foam. Aroma is rich dark fruit. Flavor follows aroma with raisin and prune some light spice with a tangy semi-dry finish. Medium body is smooth with lively carbonation.