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Veritas 008
The Lost Abbey
- From:
- The Lost Abbey
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 16.8%
- Reviews:
- 46
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 20, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 31, 2010
- Wants:
- 66
- Gots:
- 17
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Gobzilla:
Reviewed by Gobzilla from California
4.12/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: poured a cloudy golden yellow with pale yellow highlights and had a thin bubbly head leaving a little lacing sticking to the glass.
S: I was able to sniff out some oaky bretty funky character but had a little tea, citrus, mango, and tangerine notes.
T: the taste had more of the citrus flavors with mango tangerine accents but had lots of bretty funky oaky character and a touch of tea in the backend.
M: the brew was light to medium in body with a moderate amount of carbonation which had a citrusy, oaky, funky, fruity, and tart finish.
D: it was drinking pretty damn good and was pretty tasty. Hopefully it develops more sour character with time.
Jan 23, 2011S: I was able to sniff out some oaky bretty funky character but had a little tea, citrus, mango, and tangerine notes.
T: the taste had more of the citrus flavors with mango tangerine accents but had lots of bretty funky oaky character and a touch of tea in the backend.
M: the brew was light to medium in body with a moderate amount of carbonation which had a citrusy, oaky, funky, fruity, and tart finish.
D: it was drinking pretty damn good and was pretty tasty. Hopefully it develops more sour character with time.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
Poured into a tulip. Had an incredibly trying time pulling the damn cork out.
2.00 A: Hazy yellow brown color. Lots of carbonation which makes several fingers of white backwater foam. It falls quickly and leaves just a few wisps of lacing.
4.00 S: Big herbalness and meadow funk. Chamomile, mint, peaches, lemon. Acetic sourness. Hay, wildflowers, and dry woodiness to round things out. Smells pretty good actually.
3.50 T: The taste isn't bad, but it's not as good as the nose. It's surprisingly tannic and astringent which somewhat masks what would be a huge herbalness. Again chamomile, mint with white tea and maybe some jasmine. Hay, wildflowers, funky woodiness. Lactic and acetic are about equivalent. Much better than I was expecting
3.50 M: Lighter medium body. Surprisingly moderate carbonation. Astringent aftertaste, but not too distracting.
3.50 D: I was expecting this to be ass, but I suppose time has done this well. Seems like LA should have stuck this in the basement and made it Veritas 14 when the time came.
Aug 18, 20142.00 A: Hazy yellow brown color. Lots of carbonation which makes several fingers of white backwater foam. It falls quickly and leaves just a few wisps of lacing.
4.00 S: Big herbalness and meadow funk. Chamomile, mint, peaches, lemon. Acetic sourness. Hay, wildflowers, and dry woodiness to round things out. Smells pretty good actually.
3.50 T: The taste isn't bad, but it's not as good as the nose. It's surprisingly tannic and astringent which somewhat masks what would be a huge herbalness. Again chamomile, mint with white tea and maybe some jasmine. Hay, wildflowers, funky woodiness. Lactic and acetic are about equivalent. Much better than I was expecting
3.50 M: Lighter medium body. Surprisingly moderate carbonation. Astringent aftertaste, but not too distracting.
3.50 D: I was expecting this to be ass, but I suppose time has done this well. Seems like LA should have stuck this in the basement and made it Veritas 14 when the time came.
Reviewed by WillCarrera from Ohio
4.3/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle, generously shared by ahalloin, thanks dude!
A- Pours a hazy golden color, produces a thin white head that recedes to a wisp.
S- Smells absolutely delicious. The aroma is dominated by a really complex, interesting herbal aroma, with tea and spice, a pretty prominent lactic acidity, barnyard sourness, stone fruit and oak. Awesome.
T- The taste is considerably toned down compared to the aroma, which is too bad, but it's still pretty good. Loads of lactic tartness out of the gate, some stone fruit and slightly sweet grain, finishes with a some bitter herbal and subtle tea flavors.
M- Medium-bodied, very dry with lots of carbonation.
O- A very nice beer, deserves high marks for the aroma alone, which I could happily smell all day. The vitamin/medicine/off aromas and flavors that others have complained of were completely absent here, perhaps some bottle variation or age issues are causing some of the huge scoring variations on this one. I probably wouldn't give up the ammo needed to land this, but I thought this was very tasty and enjoyable nonetheless.
Apr 14, 2013A- Pours a hazy golden color, produces a thin white head that recedes to a wisp.
S- Smells absolutely delicious. The aroma is dominated by a really complex, interesting herbal aroma, with tea and spice, a pretty prominent lactic acidity, barnyard sourness, stone fruit and oak. Awesome.
T- The taste is considerably toned down compared to the aroma, which is too bad, but it's still pretty good. Loads of lactic tartness out of the gate, some stone fruit and slightly sweet grain, finishes with a some bitter herbal and subtle tea flavors.
M- Medium-bodied, very dry with lots of carbonation.
O- A very nice beer, deserves high marks for the aroma alone, which I could happily smell all day. The vitamin/medicine/off aromas and flavors that others have complained of were completely absent here, perhaps some bottle variation or age issues are causing some of the huge scoring variations on this one. I probably wouldn't give up the ammo needed to land this, but I thought this was very tasty and enjoyable nonetheless.
Reviewed by ahalloin from Virginia
4.34/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Cork popped enthusiastically. Pours a straw yellow with big white head. Slightly cloudy. Tight head and lacing make for a nice looking beer.
The smell is fairly complex with dominant lactic sourness, barnyard funk and damp hay. Slight tea seems more subdued than previous reviews.
The taste is dominated by a strong satisfying tartness. Strong herbal bitterness on the back end. Lots of acidity but balanced very well.
Very high carbonation contributes to great effervescence.
Overall I'd venture to say this is highly underrated. Strong tartness and dryness make it very drinkable.
Apr 13, 2013The smell is fairly complex with dominant lactic sourness, barnyard funk and damp hay. Slight tea seems more subdued than previous reviews.
The taste is dominated by a strong satisfying tartness. Strong herbal bitterness on the back end. Lots of acidity but balanced very well.
Very high carbonation contributes to great effervescence.
Overall I'd venture to say this is highly underrated. Strong tartness and dryness make it very drinkable.
Veritas 008 from The Lost Abbey
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
95 ratings
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