Lost Abbey Veritas 004

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

Thank you Mike for this exceptional treat. Pours a brilliant light orange-gold with a thin, fine white head. This is a very pretty beer, with fine strands of bubbles rising up throughout the glass. Huge, bright, vibrant aroma full of berry fruit--strawberries--and stonefruit--apricots and peaches--on the top layer. A wonderful intertwining of fermentation notes swirls underneath with fresh, lively brett characteristics. More layers continue to emerge including some barrel oxidation, very light maltiness, and very soft hops spice. There are more bright fruits in the flavor--all of the above--with incredible tartness, mouth-watering acidity, and soft wood influence. Extraordinarily complex, distinctive, and balanced. Simply incredible. The pure, crisp, tart body is conveyed with perfect balance on the palate. It is multi-dimensional, vibrant, and both light and assertive. This beer has made me consider switching my "favorite style" to sour ale. I really hope that I get to try it again someday.

Bottle... GSRARO Throwdown... This beer rocks!... Murky, light yellow ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Good retention. The nose is a fantastic journey into everything sour, funky and fruity – cherries, tons of acidity, horse blanket, lemon and pale grains. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. So fruity and citric; so acetic; so acidic; so tart; so dry; so very nice. Eye squintingly sour, drying finish. Big-time thanks to giarcsr for shipping this bottle all the way to Florida from Carlsbad, CA (a wonderful town, btw)!

Great blend that has no hint of being created from three distinct recipes. Easy drinking with a gueuze like bite and Peach, Lemon, and Citrus flavor. Up there with Batch 1 Cable Car and Isabelle as the best yet from Lost Abbey.

Cloudy gold pour Aroma is sour and funky as hell. Peach, lemon, oak, vinegar, lemons and earthy notes. Flavor is sour and fruity. Stone fruits, citrus, wood, vinegar. Mouthfeel is amazing. Super beer.

Extra special thanks to Hopscotch for providing this at Gene Simmon’s Throwdown. Pours a cloudy golden color. Nose is fruity, sour, funky, grainy and everything else. Flavor is also fruity and sour, and very dry on the mouth. This is an exceptional brew.

One of my new favorites. Had it at Lost Abbey Barrel Night and am looking forward to trying it in the bottles I was lucky enough to pick up! Knowing what goes into this beer allows the taster to really dissect it. I can taste the peaches and fruits of the Yellow Bus, the pungent tartness of the DDG, and a multitude of other flavors that are strong but compliment each other very, very well. The head was light on my tasters, but I imagine the bottle conditioned version will have a bit more of a head. The color was gold and slightly orange in the poorly lit barrel room...The aroma and taste was loud with pineapple, peach; slightly sour with a surprisingly medium/full mouthful. Incredibly good, and dangerously drinkable! My favorite of the night, and of LA to-date.

On tap at Lost Abbey Barrel tasting. I have a new favorite Lost Abbey beer. Veritas 004 is awesome. Light yellow color. Great aroma of peaches, brett. Light sourness. Super easy to drink.

A major thanks goes out to hopscotch for sharing. Wow! This one is fantastic from start to finish. The pour yields a hazy, yellowish-golden color with a foamy, off-white head. Spotty lacing marks the glass well. A beautiful bouquet of funky fruit notes explode from the glass. Apricot is first to hit, followed closely behind by tart grapefruit and juicy tangerine. A dusty, funky yeast profile adds ample dryness, while lactic acidity and soft, saturated oak are there to bring focus and tie everything together. Flavors live up to the hype that the nose creates and then some. Sour grapefruit and tangy, dried apricot work wonderfully together. Oak asserts itself a bit more, imparting both barnyard funk and uncanny smoothness simultaneously. The yeast profile is dry and dusty, rivaling that of some of the more impressive Belgian lambics. Substantial yet delicate on the tongue, with acute carbonation and a puckering but balanced finish, even the mouthfeel is top notch. This one reminds me alot of Russian River Deviation, falling just short of its mastery. Everything about this beer is world class.