Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale

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

Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of wood, brettanomyces, alcohol, cherries, and other berries.The flavor is sweet and very spicy combined with an acidity and notes of caramel, wood, barnyard, vanilla, almonds, cherries, and other berries. The finish is tart.

(Bottle 37,5 cl) Courtesy of toncatcher. Hazy amber golden with a small off-white head. Sourish and Brettish nose. Medium body with plenty of fruit, a weak cherry touch and plenty of wood. Tart and lightly salty with a slightly astringent finish. Very interesting. 190608

Bottled at PBF. Cloudy reddish brown, almost no head. Highly acidic lambic-like barnyardy nose. Sourish with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Lovely and upfront flavour of oak and acidic barnyard. Perhaps not with the same levels of complexity as the best lambics, but still a mindblowingly fantastic sour ale.

Bottle. Papsoes MadsBerg homecoming blindtasting, bottle #9. Pours murky orange and with a lacing off-white head. Solid dry citric aroma. Flavour is solid citric and dry brettish. Holds a mild berry fruity flavour and a solid citric bitterness following. Ends dry and citric and with more berry notes and with light wooden flavour.

Bottle 375ml. @ Amerikaner blindsmagning @ Papsoe, Bottle #09.]
Unclear hazy medium orange amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, grapefriut, moderate to heavy yeasty, barnyard acidic, wood, berry - cherry notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long to average duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;o)) (190608)

Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is sour wood, alcohol, sugar and some dark dry fruity notes. Mild tart cherries as well. Flavour is sour wood, with sweetness. Kind of Cantillon sourness mixed with sweet fruity notes. Very balanced and nice sour ale!

Botte #9 at Papsoes blindtasting. Cloudy orange red coloured with a medium sized off white head. Light acidic aroma of wood, vanilla and brett. Light acidic flavour of wood, vanilla and brett with notes of berries and hops. Tart finish of wood.

Date: 12/01/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Tasting, Strong Ale Fest

Appearance: hazy dark red, wispy beige head,
Aroma: sweet malt aroma balanced by wood with a cherry pit tartness,
Flavor: sweet and tart cherry flavor, lots of woody character,
-------- /> Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting

Aroma: sweetness in the aroma is being taken over by the big cherry and oak character,
Flavor: cherry flavor is stronger than ever with both the sweet and tart staying in balance,
-------- /> Date: 04/26/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: brewery

Aroma: huge cherry aroma with a balance of both the sweet and sour cherries, oak is still present but well behind the cherry, yeast adds a bit of nice funk that blends well with the cherry,
Flavor: cherry flavor is a bit subdued allowing the malt character more room but still well in balance, the yeast adds a wonderful silky smoothness and brings out the cherry as well as balancing oak,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4