Lost Abbey Veritas 003

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

Sampled at the Savor DC event. Pours a translucent copper brown with a cloudy, orange head. Aroma is sweet and thick with raisins, honey and rum. Flavor has plenty of Belgian candy, yeast and raisins. Heavy carbonation in the mouth. Well blended, very complex.

(Savor, 750ml bottle) Cloudy copper body topped by small tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, Bret, wood, some cherry. Taste is moderately sweet, Bret, some cherry, wood, light pepper, faint lemon. Medium body, some acidity, light stickiness.

Exceptional from the point at which you see it in the glass, straw-colored and silky looking, with a nice lacy head on it. Aromas of dark fruit -- cherry, hazel, plum, apricot. Malts of sweet chocolate and dry coffee -- don’t ask me how, but they’re in there together. Then there is the whisky vanilla and complex aging of the beer that wafts up and takes the whole thing over. All of these things mingle on the lengthy palate. A great beer, and one I wish I had a store of in the basement to contemplate all season long.

Bottle thanks to WeeHeavySD, thanks Jon. Color is that of a tobacco sunburst Gibson Les Paul. Smells spicy and oaky, maybe some over-ripe fruit. Tastes very complex, not very sour, I would say there is more Brett than lactic or acetic character. Vanilla and cherry come through. Mouthfeel is highly carbonated, tight bubbles. Drinkability is outstanding.

750 ml bottle shared by Odeed; nose of horse blanket, caramel, dark fruitiness, and tartness; cloudy brown with a big, glass-lacing beige head; flavor of tratness, molasses, sour cherries, and caramelized brown sugar!

Hazy brown with a thin white head. Aroma is cherries, funk, yeast, light caramel. Taste is lightly funky, cherries, faint hops, and yeast. Awesome brew.

(big thanks to hophead 84 for this rare brew.)nice murky red/brown body with a small light brown head.the aroma is a perfect balance of funk,oak,brown sugar,spices,and fruits.flavor is much of the same.now to me this is the perfect balance of funk and other flavors.instead of the brett just overpowering everything.nice job lost abbey!

From bottle, thanks Chris! Looks lovely, deep reddish-brown with thick white head. Very astringent, winey, oakey. Sour but not tart. Spot-on there. Had a few days after having 002. To compare: this one is much fizzier. Also slightly fecal. Generally not as mellow or as complex as 002 while still being as exceptional and memorable.