Citrus Sin
The Lost Abbey

 

Crystal clear pale straw with tight 2 finger head that lingers with nice lacing. Nose is full of lemon zest, hint of bretty wet hay. Taste follow the nose initially with a tart lemon zest, that folds into a thinner blood orange, and ends with a lingering bight bretty hay bitterness. Mouthfeel is light to medium with high carbonation. Finish is super dry. Overall a nice beer, drinks like a 7% in terms of complexity. Not sure how old this beer is, 2018 maybe?

Pours a slightly hazy golden orange with a white head that dissipates immediately. It smells like very sour oranges with slight hints of a wild finish. The taste has a slightly malty start followed by a nice sour orange citrus flavor with a slightly bitter finish. It goes down very smoothly and overall is a very nice wild ale. It sounds like an odd combination but this one goes very well with a chocolate dessert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very tart but tastes like it states. Citrus blood orange with a extraordinary large head. A bit dry but if you're looking for a different ale from one of our fine breweries here in San Diego County, I would recommend this. Only 5.8 ABV and the tartness is a bit of a con for myself, personally.

 

 

 

 

Pours a translucent gold, thick foamy head that settles into a thin lacing. Aroma of blood orange, oak and Brett. Palate is bright & playful - not exceptionally layered but well-balanced. Blood orange is bouncy and refreshing, oak adds some earthiness and the Brett adds the tart farmhouse flavors, though it leaves you wanting a bit more. Overall very good.

 

 

 

$ 14.58 (Including shipping)/750 mL bottle ($ 0.574) from Tavour, Seattle, WA. Reviewed 2/2/19.
Undated bottle. Stored at 42 degrees and served at 54 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 4.
Body – Light yellow, very slight haze.
Head – Large (Maximum 6 cm, controlled center pour), white, low density, good retention, slooowly diminishing to a ragged five to fifteen mm ring and a complete layer.
Lacing – Excellent. Wide band of tiny to small bubbles with a few fat stalactites.
First pour – Nearly colorless with a yellow tint, clear.
Aroma – 4.25 – A little citrus, well-balanced with Brettanomyces funk.
Flavor – 4.5 - Begins about as dry as a trocken Riesling. The citrus freshness balances the heavier oakiness. No malt, no alcohol (5.8% ABV), no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 4.25 – A very tasty wild ale, well-balanced with citrus flavor and sweetness and oak tannin flavor and bitterness.

 

Breathe in the dank, bretty funk friends, very pleasant, especially with the streak of citrus dancing amongst it. Taste is more mineral and earth, with some hay to go with the funky citrus. Finishes surprisingly wet in the feel after starting drier and chewy. Layer of mushroom, lemon, vanilla, something sweet I can't put my finger on, buck wheat and clementine skin. Very pleasant ale, great for early fall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this was sort of the surprise of the night on thanksgiving, although i dont know why it should be surprising that these guys nailed a fruited wood aged wild beer, its no surprise at all, they always do these well, but the bottle price was so fair, and we had so many hyped up beers in the lineup, that i think this one just sort of flew under the radar a bit, but it was one of the favorites around the table. a bright and heady effervescing pale beer with a tall layer of airy bubbles on top, just a little haze, and prickling carbonation when i bend down to smell it deeply. its done with blood oranges, which i have sort of lost my taste for in beer with the amount of forced fruity ipa types to employ them, but in this delicate wild ale context i find a new appreciation for them, both sweet and tangy, rally quite an intense orange profile, but smartly used here and reserved enough to let the yeast still lead the way. its bretty and tart to me, more wild than sour though, still with saison elements, some white winey esters, and a really compatible earthy farmy aspect that i think the blood orange needs to stay grounded. its super complex for being as delicate as it is, really funky with the right amount of oak character, but such a cool wild profile, unique too, an agreeable mix of fermenting agents at work. it sings on the palate, just fruity enough, and is really drinkable. i forget where i bought this, but i remember the price being really fair, and now i am keen for another one, this was really impressive from top to bottom. the label art is absolutely gorgeous too. A+ level beer here!

 

 

2018-11-04
750ml corked/caged bottle served in a big snifter. I don't see a date. I don't remember where I got it.

Pours mostly clear (until I get to the bottom of the bottle), moderate head, lots of carbonation. Smell is 90% brett funk, 10% citrus.

Taste is right along the same lines -- citrus comes out a bit more. Slightest hint of tartness, funk is not so dense.

Mouthfeel is light, airy. Overall, I like this beer. My wife does not. This is more on the funky side of the spectrum than the sour side.

Pours vibrant orange with a bit of lacing.

Orange, grapefruit, bread, malt, strawberry..

Orange, passion fruit, vanilla, sugar. The orange isn't acidic, it's more delicate.

Light to medium bodied while remaining non-watery. Sourness is light to medium.

A nice refreshing sour.