Lost Abbey Veritas 002

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

GABF 2007. A pale golden-brown beer with a tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of fruit and brettanomyces. The flavor is swweet malty with notes of over ripe fruits, wood, cherries, and other berries, as well as lighter notes of brettanomyces, leading to a dry acidic and woody finish. I dig the flavor.

Bottle at Redstone Meadery. Clear orange brown coloured with a small off white head. Spicy aroma of berries, honey and fruits. Fruity and light acidic flavour of berries and spices with notes of wood. Tart finish. Very dry.

Date: 10/11/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF

muddy brown, fine tan head, big tart oak and sour cherry aroma, creamy body, tart malt flavor, dark chocolate, lots of oak, frutyness with the tartness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Draught at Lost Abbey
Burgundy colour with hints of brown. Gorgeous, gorgeous aroma - deeply vinous and complex with blackcurrant, pinot noir, oak and subtle florals. Full mouthfeel shows evidence of meady oiliness. Winelike and oaky, with woody accents, crazy rich fruitiness and a big depth of malty tang. Long, dry finish. You’ve got to be kidding me.

(Draught) Pours a cloudy dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of funky brett, barrel, raisins, and chocolate. Flavor of prunes, chocolate, caramel, brett, and oak.

On tap at the 2008 Strong Ale Festival. Poured a medium to deeper brown color -reddish tinted- with a small sized off white head. Aromas of wood, chocolate, earthy, vinous, and some dark fruitiness. Tastes of raspberries, dark fruits, raisins, plums, and lighter wood. This one was definitely on the sweet side with a very light tart finish.

On tap at the 2007 GABF: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a well-lacing light tan head. Aroma has some light caramel malty sweetness and earthy funkiness. Body starts fairly full and has a light caramel maltiness, but also has some soapiness and bitter bite along with a touch of cherries and acetone. Interesting and fairly complex, but pales in comparison to the Cable Car I tried just before.

Draught (?!!) No head over deep-red, Cola-like colour. Absolutely stunning nose of wine, cherries, grapes, fresh garden herbs. Cherries, sherry, Madeira, game sauce; vinous as no other; yet delicate and complex as none. Somehow as enhanced with Ve-Tsin. Slick, viscous, alcoholburn, and -warming. Perfect balance sweet-sour (and even salty as with the Ve-Tsin?). My new Tomme Arthur favourite. Stunning. This is, BTW, THE beer for game with cranberries. Forget about wine.