Lost Abbey Serpents Stout

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

Bottled. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, both sweet and roasted, and bread, as well as a slight hint of something burnt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, roasted bread, and coffee as well as light notes of chocolate, leading to a dry roasted finish. It also has a light acidity from the roasted malt.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of goryskewych. Pours completely opaque black with a light brown head. Intensely sweet aroma of hard roasted malt. Quite full-bodied, sweetish hard roasted malt and coffee with notes of chocolate also. Discreetly mat bitter finish. Yummy. 010509

Bottled, thanks Crosling! Very black, majestic brownish head. Lots of chocolate, some coffee and tar. Sweet and concentrated. A bit of yeasty spritzyness gives it more life and a bit of Belgian air. The malt structure is soft and mild completely edgeless, which separates it from the bulk of Imperial stouts. Finishes with cocoa powder bitterness.

75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small chocolate tan head. Roasted malt, coffee and mild chocolate acidic and dry aroma. Dry and hard roasted malt flavoured with an extreme bitter chocolate note leading to a hard roasted malt acidic note as the dominant impression. Yet smooth and dense chocolate and malt flavoured finish. Powerful and simplistic, I lack some depth here - but flawless.8-4-8-4-15=3.9

From bottle, Papsoes blindtasting #20. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Dense malt, roasted and chocolate aroma. Sweet and light dextrose like flavoured. Nice viscous mouthfeel. Roasted and breadish with a distinct deep/dark chocolate note. Mild acidic and vague chalky note into a dry and chocolate flavoured finish.8-5-8-4-15

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #20. ]
Clear dark black brown color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090501]

Bottled. Very dark brown colour, close to black, with mediumsized beige head. Some lace. Aroma is mildly roasted malts along with some caramelly and vanillash notes as well. Mild wooden and coffeeish notes. Flavour is rather syrupy sweet along with some roasted malts, burnt wood, alcohol and some hints of chocolate. Quite alcoholic burning finish along with burnt wood and caramel.

Bottle at home. Pitch black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma dominated by dark chocolate with notes of hops, frsh grinded coffee, pine needles and vanilla. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate, fresh grinded coffee and hops with vinous notes and notes of pine needles. Dry roasted and hoppy finish. Well balanced.

Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: black, wispy tan head, drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate aroma with a touch of roasted,
Body: highly carbonated body,
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, lots of dark chocolate character, touch of caramel sweetness, roasted along with earthy hops adds balance, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4