Lost Abbey Veritas 004

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Sour Ale
San Marcos, California USA

[Bottle, another rarity shared by ygtbsm94, thanks!] Pours hazy gold with a small white head that leaves good lacing. The aroma is really quite nice, with a lot of funkiness and some fruitiness as well. The taste is quite tart with a lot of funkiness, and a few notes of the fruitiness from the nose. Enjoyable, but really not much else there. Average mouthfeel with a long finish. This was a very good beer, but it was really lost in the shuffle of the other outstanding beers sampled on this night. I would like to try it again in a non-tasting setting, but I have to say that I was just a little let down.

[Bottle] shared by Tyler. Pours a hazy gold with an effervescent whitish head. Aroma is initially slightly sulfurous, really funky barnyard kind of aromas, but I thought it was a little rugged and could use a touch more age. Flavor was quite peachy from the Yellow Bus, slightly funky, some grassy and hay notes, and a really nice even sourness.

(bottle shared by tytoanderso, thanks Tyler!) Pours a hazy light yellow with a white head. The aroma has a lot of manure, must, wet hay, oak, and some tart peach skin as well. The taste seems to be more gueuze-like, with lemon peel, mineral water, peach skin, damp wood, and ample funk. The finish lingers with an unexpected subtle sweetness that wins out over the acidic and oak flavors, and I believe it is peach. This is a well done sour.

Pours a pure gold. Banana, must and funk, white pit fruits, and a healthy degree of dirtiness/farm/excrement in the aroma. A bit of hard water and minerals. Surprisingly, the bright sweetness and the tanginess of the stone fruit is right out in front to me. A mite of vanilla as an afterthought.

Bursting brightly with sharp fruit acids and sauvignon blanc gravelly funk. It’s a simple picture of gueuze-like qualities. Not much for dark malts or cherries or anything cuvee-like; even the color doesn’t show much darkness. It’s really sprightly and joyful in its sourness, like it’s celebrating spring with wildflowers, citrus fruits and natural earthy textures in fresh air. Blue cheese. Sunniness.

A lively palate, fresh and hearty. Surprisingly clean, for the most part. Finish doesn’t linger on funk to much but more on fruit and acidity. Not outstandingly memorable, but certainly fantastic. Thanks Tyler!

750ml bottle poured into the requisite Lost Abbey snifter (thanks Will)! Tart, minerally, gravelly aroma. Wet dog. Some sulfur. Musty fruit skin (peaches I’m guessing)? Definitely musty and funky... but slightly lacking in the aroma department. Pours a bright, hazed gold. Thick like sunshine and wet dandelion with a bright white head. Flavor is absolutely amazing... Wonderfully tart and acidic. Plenty of rotting peach funk. There can’t be much of any CdT in here. Cheesy funk. Some wet dog. Gravels, minerals and sulfur. Lemon zest. Wet earth. Totally full bodied for the style. Spritzy and alive carbonation. Full mouthfeel. Wonderfully long, crisp, zesty and acidic finish.

A truly wonderful blend of beers. Although the aroma is lacking, the flavor more than makes up for it. World class and truly deserving of it’s top 50 status. Rusty... I can’t thank you enough for this rare treat and only home that my box can compete with your insane generosity!

Nose is a tad sour, reminds me of the yellow bus with a tad bit more sour to it. The flavour is quite fantastic. Really fantastic. Sour, peach, subtle flavours. This is quite complex. Cherry sweetness, some sour, good carbonation. Quite tasty.

First sampled fresh at the barrel tasting night and bottle release at Lost Abbey. Later shared from the bottle with friends at bockyhorsey’s. Second time around, far better from the bottle than fresh. Pours a very nice golden pils color. Aroma is of a very clean and beautiful sour, as well as some minor alcohol. Taste is way better than fresh. Quite carbonated with a nice complex sour palate. Very cleansing, doesn’t dry out your mouth. Actually quite a full mouthfeel for a sour. Reminds me of a not-so-hardcore Isabelle Proximus. Very nice.

750, corked and baled. Thanks, BVC! Wicked label, makes you feel like you’re drinking something important. Pours a murky but fairly bright caramelly yellow. Very little film or lace, but what’s there sticks around. Big lemon nose, along with some poop, and bits of sour fruit happening there. Creamy medium body with some tart soft fizz. Tangy peaches and lemons on the mid-palate, along with a hint of mineral dry. Not a lot of funk showing. Mild sour fruity finish.