Lost Abbey Sinners 08

Formerly brewed at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale
San Marcos, California USA

375mL bottle courtesy of zathrus13. Pours a dark, murky mahogany with a small off-white head that recedes to a collar with good lacing. The aroma is full of sour fruits with a generous helping of wood in the background. The taste isn’t as sour as the aroma would lead me to believe. There is an initial tart kick but it gives way to a sweet candied sugar malt base. There is also some dark chocolate as well as hints of vinegar that lingers through the finish. The mouthfeel has a very dry-wine feel to it with a slight tartness and good carbonation. This is an extremely complex brew from lost Abbey. It’s probably not my favorite from them, but I’m glad I got to try it.

Bottle at my October Houston tasting, courtesy of bleeng. Thanks!

Rating #1,974. My birth year rating! Yeehaw!

Pours a deep amber with a raisin lemon mist with oak bits aroma. Flavor is shoe polish cherry. Nice mouthfeel; flavors are spread thoroughly. Sollid brew.

Dark pour, pretty small head. Aroma is nice...fruity, oak and tart. Flavor follows suit with tart fruit and oak. Pretty complex and enjoyable. Full palate and smooth.

Bottle generously shared by sloth. Pour was dark full burgundy brown, pretty clear body, thin swirly head on top, some lacing on the way down. The aroma was chocolate, light coffee, and sour fruits. The flavor was sour cherries first (thought I had ruined my glass from the previous beatification in it, pour rinse, but alas, no way, far too prevelant to be cross contamination of beers), but the cherries played around nicely with the cocoa (not so much chocolate) powder elements and oak. Also present was a gentle very light but pleasant sweet candy-fruits under it all in the aftertaste with a touch of a non-descript spice. Body is average for a sour style, light for a Belgian Strong, but the carbonation level is high for a sour, moderate to light for a Belgian Strong. Not sure what style this belongs in, but it’s pretty nice.

8-28-08 bottle
Dark maroon brown with a good ivory head. Smell is nice and balanced. Sour sweetness in nose and in flavor. Flavor is subtle and balanced and simple - but exactly what I wanted. Strange little heath bar aftertaste. Overall, it is creamy and rich and just great.

bottle shared by bleeng at October Houston Tasting. Pours a dark brown with an off-white head. Nose was tart cherries and some vanilla. Taste was the same as the aroma. Mouthfeel was medium with tart bite, but not overly sour, which is how I like them. Very good brew.

Bottle. Poured a deep murky brown color with garnet red highlights and a thin off-white head that faded to a layer and left some nice, webby lacing. Aroma of tart cherries, oak, vanilla, and some funky brett yeast. Tart, funky entry with undertones of brett leading into a sour cherry hit and some soft caramel maltiness and a nice vanilla hit. Finishes with some tart fruit (berry), oak, and a moderate yeastiness. Low carbonation. Smooth on the palate with a moderate dry bite. Overall, good, but not much different from Cuvee de Tomme. I wish the caramel would have been a bit more assertive and evened the flavor out some (although that would likely remove it from the sour category), but as is, it is very similar to CdT.

Tasting at mcbackus 10/19. I liked this, even though I am not a sourhead. I didnt love it, but compared to most it was one of the best sours I have had.Wood, funk, vanilla, caramel, chocolate notes lead to a beer that has some great tartness. Very good.