Lost Abbey Sinners 08

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

Bottle courtesy of Retorp. Pours a muddy dark brown with thin off-white head. Aroma is tart with overripe fruit, hints of vinegar, spice, honey, funk, some hints of dark fruit, honey. Flavor is tart with notes of overripe fruit, vinegar, some hints of wood and ripe apples. Generally medium body with a dry, tart finish.

rating #150 - Bottle courtesy of retorp. Pours a hazy brown. Sour vinegar, unripe fruit, musky basement nose. Flavor is vinous, lactic tart, sour sour sour, very earthy, some dark fruit and apple notes. Finishes dry. Incredible.

Thanks retorp for the share. Pours murky red-brown with a small off-white head. Nose is vinegar, spice, malt, tart dark fruit, some chardonnay, and french oak with a mild sweetness. Flavor is immediate vinegar, malt, sour cherry, and wood. Light to medium bodied and a pretty good sour.

Very pungent and funky. Enjoyably dry and with a lot of complexity. Pretty good. Thanks to SuzyGreenberg for this bottle.

Big thanks to JB175 for this bottle. Pours dark, muddy brown - almost black without light shining through it - with a dense, creamy head that fades to a light foam. Sure smells like a dream - very similar to the LA Brouwer’s Blend. Tart cherries, grapefruit, lots of funk (I share Tomme’s passion for brett), some sweet, roasty malts for complexity and yes - some balsamic vinegar. Not quite as powerful as the Brouwer’s blend was, but this is still delicious - funky and wonderfully tart, with just enough sweetness to keep it from going over the edge. This is definitely a darker sour - typical of the blends that come from LA - and it has a great depth and complexity that you don’t often find, even in good sours. Oak barrels, for sure, some darker fruit... yum!

Bottle from the newly fulfilled former Sinner Shyam. My great thanks, as I never thought I would see this one. The black and red label is appropriate, as this is a near-black liquid with flecks of red. Nice hellish conceit. Nose is dark, sharp and truly cheesy. Only light wood in aroma. Flavor also thick, dark: berry, mold, tart quadrupel fruit, that Trappist flavor, sharp grapefruit. The best Lost Abbey sour I have experienced.

Much thanks to bleeng for this beer. Ressish black pour with a light tan head. Nose of cola, cherries, wild yeast and chocolate. Flavor is ruby red grapefuit with great tartness. Palate is full and rich....very, very nice. Great beer. Thanks Rick.

Bottle in a train going to Berlin - shared with Mette. Clear dark brown - brown head. Berries, roasted, wood, oak, light acid, tobacco, balsamic, vinegar, brown sugar, dark malts, rubber, chocolate, glue, tart, sourness, peppery, wine-cask, spicy, high complexity. High dryness. This is fantastic.......Again: #28 - Amerikaner Blind-Smagning 12-Jun-2009 hos Papsoe. Bottle. (7/4/7/3/17).