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Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale 3.7 443

Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4433.71/5.03.7/5.06.7%92.7Tulip
Commercial Description:
This Farmhouse Ale traces its roots to the small rustic breweries of Southern Belgium. The word Saison comes to us from the French language and it means Season. Lightly spiced with Organic Ginger, Orange Peels, Black Pepper and Grains of Paradise, this brew promises to quench your thirst on the hottest Southern California days or wherever your travels may take you. Available in 750 ml bottles and on draft at select inspired locations.

Editor's note. This is a new incarnation of SPF 45, previously brewed at Pizza Port Solana Beach
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 LilBeerDoctor (1525), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Bottle Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma strongly of orange juice and other spices (corriander, clove), very sweet. Flavor of light funk, sour fruits, spritzy spices, orange peel, cinnamon, sweetness. Good, but a little sweet. My first Lost Abbey, but it didn’t blow me away (I couldn’t get over that super sweet OJ!!). Ok saison; I’ve had better.


 TEJA (290), Stockholm, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/511/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Pours with a high foam that lasts. Aroma of spices, solvents and also some cider. Big body with a bit of sweetness. Small bitterness and also small acidity.


 mcbackus (753), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
bottle:pours a very clear bright gold coulur witha large white head that is pithy. aroma i sspicey with a good sweet floralness, honey, orangish lemon citrus aroma, slight crystalized ginger, very nice. flavour is very dry with a good warming about it, spices seem to come to the front followed by a quick flora precences, then a gite of yeast and more spice. finishes dry


 pforei (338), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Thanks to Hellbilly for the bottle. Cloudy golden honey color with decent head. Yeast, orange lemon honey, pepper and spice in aroma and tatste. Some peeper/spcie left on tongue in aftertaste. Soft mouthfeel.


enginaaron (73), San Diego, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/59/20
Jul 5, 2008  
Fresh but very mild aroma. Not terribly noticable. Just the style, I assume. Sweetness that develops into a strong black pepper taste. Very complex towards the end and mysterious. Not terribly easy to differentiate between flavors. Mild carbonation with very small bubbles. Taste on very tip of tongue. Don’t like the pepper taste at all. Don’t like this beer.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 3, 2008  
C&C 750. Hazy orange/gold with an off white head. Yeasty, dusty nose, spicy cardamom-like scents. Spicy flavors, ginger, yeast and dust - VERY drinkable. Dry, bitter white pepper twist in the finish. Yum!


 Goodgrief (1161), Middletown, Delaware, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Dirty blond color with nice head and lacing. Aroma of spice and fruit. Flavor was sweet with fruit, honey and some spice (maybe the Grains of Paradise or the Ginger) that I just didn’t like with the fruity flavor at all. Feel free to stone me if you will, but I don’t like it, really.


 twitcher (293), framingham, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/102/514/20
Jun 25, 2008  
bottle. Clear bright yellow straw color. VERY impressive head- big but not a foam over, and tons of staying power and lace. Aromas of some dull barnyard funk and chunky grainy sweetness. Flavors of mellow spice and fruit. The ginger and grains of paradise come through without dominating the brew. Tart lemon orange flavor without the hop bite. Minimal bitterness. Some yeasty sharpness. Palate is a bit of a battle between crisp dryness and some oily sticky notes. Overall a very enjoyable brew.



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