Lost Abbey Yellow Bus

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

Pour from the Obriens rare bottle tasting. Golden yellow color in the glass. Citrus aromas. Tart and sweet sourness. Velvet smooth in your mouth. Peachy fruitiness with a medium body. Lovely tasty ale.

Pours clear yellow with a tiny ring of bubbles. A beautiful flowery bretty perfume of sweet fruit salad, banana, berries, plum sauce, and paste (strange, but in a good way). The beer is so light it doesn’t even feel like it touches your tongue. Fresh white peaches are the secret ingredient and it is impossible to miss. Some kiwi/strawberry notes with the tart brett. A near-perfect beer.

750 mL bottle. Poured a clear yellow/gold color with a small white head. The aroma was peach and citrus with a funky note. The flavor was tart with peach and a spicy finish. Medium bodied with mild carbonation. I was wild about this beer. This is by far my favorite sour, and I’m glad I got to taste this.

Sampled at the brewery for RBSG 08. Pours a clear, amber-gold with a white ring. Tart aroma, of citrus fruits and berries. Taste is sweet and sour, of lemons, with a nice cleanness. Lingering sour crispness. Wonderful sour ale.

22oz, unmarked bottle thanks to toncatcher for sharing. Most definitley my favorite Lost Abbey beer to date. Tart aromas of mango and apricot and pineapple and lots of peaches. Flavor was similar and very tart. Mostly peach, but also some Apple and cherry and everything sour. Ii love love love this beer.

From a 750mL Bottle. RBSG 2008. Mostly transparent, straw gold colored pour with a thin layer of white head. Lots of musky brett in the nose, accompanied by notes of tart peach skins and fruity pear flesh. Mildly acetic with hints of acetone. Pleasant interplay between old, funky brett and bright tartness of the peaches. Medium light bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel with a bold acidity. Mildly acetic, with an outstanding peach flesh flavor. Hints of peach juice sweetness, but also plenty of skin characters. Tart and woody, which combine with a restrained alcohol presence to create a warming peppery finish. Great beer overall, and certainly one to consider producing regularly. I wish I had a case.

From bottle at Lost Abbey before RBSG on 08/02/2008. Clear golden amber body with a small white head. Fruity sour aroma. Prominant peach flavor, light sour. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.

This presently top-50 beer is entered to celebrate my 1900th US rating. Bottled at RBSG 2008. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma is acidic with notes of malt, citrus, wood, and brettanomyces. The flavor is acidic with quite strong notes of wood and brettanomyces, with a tart finish. Very nice.