Inferno Ale | The Lost Abbey
Brewed by:
The Lost Abbey
California, United States | website
Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Corruption, Greed and Lust, they’re all represented on he books today. Tomorrow they’ll be stringing Gluttony, Desire and Sloth. Go ahead, tell yourself you’re better than all of them. But you can’t. Hell can be funny like that. Down here it’s all just sin. Everyone here is screwed just like you. They don’t care who you sliced, diced or cheated. No one is escaping this heinous place.
Your roommate is an axe murderer. Eerily, he’s not threatening. How can he be? The Fallen Angel owns your body, mind and soul. As such, no one can take your life. It’s already been taken. Or was it given? Neither matters. Did you seriously think you were living a virtuous life? At least Satan serves beer in Hell. He brews it himself right there in that flame stoked cauldron. Rumor has it the beer is straw yellow, bone dry and simply labeled Inferno.
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Reviews: 349 | Ratings: 780
4.05/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A slightly muted amber color with an extremely carbonated fluffy white head. Smells of green apples, yeast, and champagne. Taste follows and lingers with the slightest funk and alcohol presence and warmth, then finishes very dry. Cheers!
★ 240 characters
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A slightly muted amber color with an extremely carbonated fluffy white head. Smells of green apples, yeast, and champagne. Taste follows and lingers with the slightest funk and alcohol presence and warmth, then finishes very dry. Cheers!
★ 240 characters
3.98/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Yeasty apples.....This is the first Ale I have purchased from Lost Abbey and I found it incredibly delicious. And really smooth for how strong it was. I mainly enjoy IPAs and this particular ale was like drinking a apple hopped mild IPA. It's alcohol content was barley noticeable behind all the apple and carbonated yeasty flavors. I will be buying this beer again, and quite possibly consider aging one for a while. But then again I have Terrible Taste ;p
★ 458 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Yeasty apples.....This is the first Ale I have purchased from Lost Abbey and I found it incredibly delicious. And really smooth for how strong it was. I mainly enjoy IPAs and this particular ale was like drinking a apple hopped mild IPA. It's alcohol content was barley noticeable behind all the apple and carbonated yeasty flavors. I will be buying this beer again, and quite possibly consider aging one for a while. But then again I have Terrible Taste ;p
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4.01/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A 12.7 fl oz corked and caged bottle with no visible best before date and poured into a Duvel tulip glass.
Appearance: It poured a cloudy straw yellow colour. Despite pouring extremely carefully, there’s was a crazy huge five finger fluffy white head that has super retention but eventually leaves lots sticky clingy lacing on the glass.
Aroma: Pear, apple with some lemon and a hint of banana and clove.
Taste: Much like the aromas, there is pear, apple, white wine grape and lemon to start which then settles to some banana and clove. Finish had some light boozy alcohol feel to it.
Mouthfeel: Dry, medium bodied with huge carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable solid Belgian Strong Pale Ale.
★ 697 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A 12.7 fl oz corked and caged bottle with no visible best before date and poured into a Duvel tulip glass.
Appearance: It poured a cloudy straw yellow colour. Despite pouring extremely carefully, there’s was a crazy huge five finger fluffy white head that has super retention but eventually leaves lots sticky clingy lacing on the glass.
Aroma: Pear, apple with some lemon and a hint of banana and clove.
Taste: Much like the aromas, there is pear, apple, white wine grape and lemon to start which then settles to some banana and clove. Finish had some light boozy alcohol feel to it.
Mouthfeel: Dry, medium bodied with huge carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable solid Belgian Strong Pale Ale.
★ 697 characters
3.88/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Straw gold with a giant head that lasted for the whole beer. Globs of lacing everywhere. Smells like yeast, bananas, and bubblegum. The taste is yeast, banana, clove and bubblegum with a bitter finish and a warming alcohol feel. Nice body. Nice tasty beer.
★ 256 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Straw gold with a giant head that lasted for the whole beer. Globs of lacing everywhere. Smells like yeast, bananas, and bubblegum. The taste is yeast, banana, clove and bubblegum with a bitter finish and a warming alcohol feel. Nice body. Nice tasty beer.
★ 256 characters
4.38/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Reminded me a lot of a dry Champagne. I have never had a beer like that and, surprisingly, I liked it. Honestly just wish I had more than the one because it put me in the mood for more of them.
★ 193 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Reminded me a lot of a dry Champagne. I have never had a beer like that and, surprisingly, I liked it. Honestly just wish I had more than the one because it put me in the mood for more of them.
★ 193 characters
4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer is beyond carbonated, the cork shot off as it was sitting on the table uncaged! As the label says, it pours a straw yellow with a gigantic undying white head, thick amounts of lace coat the glass on the way down. Citrus and other fruits lead the nose, as well as clove and a bit of the Belgian funk. The taste leads with semi-sweet malt on the nose, that fades into a banana and yeast, finishes with a pinch of alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, but it feels filling due to the carbonation. Honestly, I will try other Lost Abbey beers, this one just seemed rather plain jane.
★ 587 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer is beyond carbonated, the cork shot off as it was sitting on the table uncaged! As the label says, it pours a straw yellow with a gigantic undying white head, thick amounts of lace coat the glass on the way down. Citrus and other fruits lead the nose, as well as clove and a bit of the Belgian funk. The taste leads with semi-sweet malt on the nose, that fades into a banana and yeast, finishes with a pinch of alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, but it feels filling due to the carbonation. Honestly, I will try other Lost Abbey beers, this one just seemed rather plain jane.
★ 587 characters
4.49/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours with a HUGE HEAD. I cannot overstate this point, this head is massive and just does not die. The beer itself is a pale golden hay color with VERY apparent carbonation. The bottle that I had is quite carbonated. It is slightly opaque. The nose is slightly sweet smelling, definitely yeast esters (think rip stone fruit, pears, peaches, etc) and has no discernible hop odor. The taste is slightly chalky, lots of yeast, some booze. Upfront the flavor is mostly malty sweet and then fades to a yeasty, bready, slightly boozy note.
Overall very nice, not quite my stile (a little boozy) but is a beer I would definitely try again.
★ 640 characters
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours with a HUGE HEAD. I cannot overstate this point, this head is massive and just does not die. The beer itself is a pale golden hay color with VERY apparent carbonation. The bottle that I had is quite carbonated. It is slightly opaque. The nose is slightly sweet smelling, definitely yeast esters (think rip stone fruit, pears, peaches, etc) and has no discernible hop odor. The taste is slightly chalky, lots of yeast, some booze. Upfront the flavor is mostly malty sweet and then fades to a yeasty, bready, slightly boozy note.
Overall very nice, not quite my stile (a little boozy) but is a beer I would definitely try again.
★ 640 characters
3.87/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
First off this is a carbonation bomb. With a light pour I get more head then beer. Three inches of egg shell white head stands like a rock. The nose is soft with tones of citrus zest and coriander. The flavors are carried by a nice carbonation level. Some sweet cherry tones team with a hint of vanilla all backed with some zesty rind notes. Somewhere between a Belgian saison and a strong ale for me.
★ 408 characters
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
First off this is a carbonation bomb. With a light pour I get more head then beer. Three inches of egg shell white head stands like a rock. The nose is soft with tones of citrus zest and coriander. The flavors are carried by a nice carbonation level. Some sweet cherry tones team with a hint of vanilla all backed with some zesty rind notes. Somewhere between a Belgian saison and a strong ale for me.
★ 408 characters
4.26/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Cork shot off hard into my hand upon uncaging. Took a while to fully pour. Pours hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 3 finger dense and rocky off white head with insane retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy/peppery yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, pear, apple, grape, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Belgian strong pale ale style. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
★ 1,675 characters
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Cork shot off hard into my hand upon uncaging. Took a while to fully pour. Pours hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 3 finger dense and rocky off white head with insane retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy/peppery yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, pear, apple, grape, pepper, clove, wheat, honey, biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Belgian strong pale ale style. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
★ 1,675 characters
3.47/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from corked bottle. Straw yellow color, just as the labeling suggests. The head on this beer is as big as it gets.
Not much to the smell, and a very dry taste, but it works.
It's a solid beer. Nothing special.
★ 219 characters
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from corked bottle. Straw yellow color, just as the labeling suggests. The head on this beer is as big as it gets.
Not much to the smell, and a very dry taste, but it works.
It's a solid beer. Nothing special.
★ 219 characters
4.22/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/4.25/4.25/4.5/4.25 for what I think the actual beer is, but I don't think this is actually Inferno.
So I'm a little confused here. I just cracked one of these open, and uh... I wonder if it's actually a different beer? Right off the bat, the label even lists it as being straw yellow and dry blah blah blah. This came straight out of the bottle a deep chestnut brown. Minimal head.
Nose is dark fruits and inviting sour notes. I'm not even that into sours, but this just begs to be imbibed. Smoothe.
Flavour continues in this vein; some plums and a touch of raisin and fig and a decent dose of sour dark cherries. Maybe even some tobacco buried somewhere in the guts and a bit of wood. Definitely sour. Very enjoyable, though. And that's coming from someone who's accepting of sours from time to time, but is by no means a fiend or even a big fan. Sour cherries and plums definitely run the show.
Finish is tart and smoothe. For something that is decidedly quite quite sour this is very drinkable. I'm conflicted on listing this review. I'm about 99% sure that this is not what it says on the bottle, but whatever it is is quite enjoyable, and more enjoyable than what I expected the labeled beer to be!!
EDIT: After reading through descriptions/reviews of their other beers, I suspect that this might be Red Poppy. I will follow up with a bottle of RP to compare, and move this over to RP if it seems like that's what it actually was.
FOLLOW UP: Don't think it's Red Poppy. Amazing Grace is my next guess or maybe Cuvee de Tomme.
★ 1,537 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/4.25/4.25/4.5/4.25 for what I think the actual beer is, but I don't think this is actually Inferno.
So I'm a little confused here. I just cracked one of these open, and uh... I wonder if it's actually a different beer? Right off the bat, the label even lists it as being straw yellow and dry blah blah blah. This came straight out of the bottle a deep chestnut brown. Minimal head.
Nose is dark fruits and inviting sour notes. I'm not even that into sours, but this just begs to be imbibed. Smoothe.
Flavour continues in this vein; some plums and a touch of raisin and fig and a decent dose of sour dark cherries. Maybe even some tobacco buried somewhere in the guts and a bit of wood. Definitely sour. Very enjoyable, though. And that's coming from someone who's accepting of sours from time to time, but is by no means a fiend or even a big fan. Sour cherries and plums definitely run the show.
Finish is tart and smoothe. For something that is decidedly quite quite sour this is very drinkable. I'm conflicted on listing this review. I'm about 99% sure that this is not what it says on the bottle, but whatever it is is quite enjoyable, and more enjoyable than what I expected the labeled beer to be!!
EDIT: After reading through descriptions/reviews of their other beers, I suspect that this might be Red Poppy. I will follow up with a bottle of RP to compare, and move this over to RP if it seems like that's what it actually was.
FOLLOW UP: Don't think it's Red Poppy. Amazing Grace is my next guess or maybe Cuvee de Tomme.
★ 1,537 characters
3.53/5 rDev -12%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
It doesn't matter if you have hands as soft as clouds, as disciplined as a Kensho master, and as quiet as a moth fart. When you pour this beer, you WILL get a five-finger head that lasts longer than Oprah's ego trips.
As for the taste, it's all right. This is probably what a witbier tastes like if someone cuts it with Everclear. It's very strong and boozy, but still highlights the coriander and banana you would expect.
★ 423 characters
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
It doesn't matter if you have hands as soft as clouds, as disciplined as a Kensho master, and as quiet as a moth fart. When you pour this beer, you WILL get a five-finger head that lasts longer than Oprah's ego trips.
As for the taste, it's all right. This is probably what a witbier tastes like if someone cuts it with Everclear. It's very strong and boozy, but still highlights the coriander and banana you would expect.
★ 423 characters
4.17/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a Leute Bokbier glass (had 'em a couple months, needed to try them out).
A very hazy, bright yellow pour, with a big, foamy head. Very appealing. Smells peppery, yeasty, bready, some clove, a touch of banana. Taste is yeasty, a little funky, slightly sweet, with some malt and a little clove. Nice. Slight hop bitterness on the back end. Good body and feel. Dry. Nicely carbonated.
I love a good BSPA, and this certainly is one. Nothing unique or different about it, just really well made and very enjoyable. Would buy again.
★ 556 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a Leute Bokbier glass (had 'em a couple months, needed to try them out).
A very hazy, bright yellow pour, with a big, foamy head. Very appealing. Smells peppery, yeasty, bready, some clove, a touch of banana. Taste is yeasty, a little funky, slightly sweet, with some malt and a little clove. Nice. Slight hop bitterness on the back end. Good body and feel. Dry. Nicely carbonated.
I love a good BSPA, and this certainly is one. Nothing unique or different about it, just really well made and very enjoyable. Would buy again.
★ 556 characters
4.1/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Huge white head, very rocky and slow settling. Yellow/golden body that's rather cloudy.
Largely malt aroma with a bready quality but the esters and phenols show in time with a soft spiciness, bits of fruit and a soft alcohol.
Hmmmm, complex of course. How many sips to get it all in? Certainly dries out quite a bit and lingers too. Sweet up front with fruit then the spices follow and grow to be a little heavy handed as the alcohol shows with some warmth and flavor. I'm finding some interesting hop taste in the middle. They seem grass and herbal. Malt flavors mingle between all the other flavors and offer some nice stabilizing influences.
Wow the drying is ...well...right there and noticeable. It holds a little hop flavor in time too. It's taking time to work through all that is going on, but he sum of the parts is coming together to be pleasing to my sense.
I like the corked 12.7oz bottle.
★ 916 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Huge white head, very rocky and slow settling. Yellow/golden body that's rather cloudy.
Largely malt aroma with a bready quality but the esters and phenols show in time with a soft spiciness, bits of fruit and a soft alcohol.
Hmmmm, complex of course. How many sips to get it all in? Certainly dries out quite a bit and lingers too. Sweet up front with fruit then the spices follow and grow to be a little heavy handed as the alcohol shows with some warmth and flavor. I'm finding some interesting hop taste in the middle. They seem grass and herbal. Malt flavors mingle between all the other flavors and offer some nice stabilizing influences.
Wow the drying is ...well...right there and noticeable. It holds a little hop flavor in time too. It's taking time to work through all that is going on, but he sum of the parts is coming together to be pleasing to my sense.
I like the corked 12.7oz bottle.
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4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle poured into a Teku glass
A: First off, looks like carbonated orange juice with a big fluffy white head, lots of lacing, big bubbles on the top sticking to glass's side, looks very juicy.
A: Belgian yeast, spice, bread, no alcohol on the nose, nothing big.
T: Belgian yeast characteristics up front, spice, bananas, pears, there is a slight tartness to the beer, getting lots of heat from the alcohol, very good.
M: Dry, fluffy mouthfeel.
O: I've had this with some age on it and now fresh, it has more bright flavors fresh and more alcohol, going to let another age and see if the beer balances out with the alcohol.
★ 636 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
375 ml bottle poured into a Teku glass
A: First off, looks like carbonated orange juice with a big fluffy white head, lots of lacing, big bubbles on the top sticking to glass's side, looks very juicy.
A: Belgian yeast, spice, bread, no alcohol on the nose, nothing big.
T: Belgian yeast characteristics up front, spice, bananas, pears, there is a slight tartness to the beer, getting lots of heat from the alcohol, very good.
M: Dry, fluffy mouthfeel.
O: I've had this with some age on it and now fresh, it has more bright flavors fresh and more alcohol, going to let another age and see if the beer balances out with the alcohol.
★ 636 characters
4.2/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From the corked, caged 750 ml bottle. No date on the bottle. Sampled in March 12, 2015. I picked it up about 2 months ago.
The color of the pour is a murky looking, bottle-conditioned straw yellow with a huge, puffy white head.
The aroma is full of Belgian characteristics including candied sugar. toasted bread, yeast, light spice, and a definite berry-like fruitiness in the background.
The body is medium.
The taste has a dry bite to it along with the toasted and juicy fruit characters already mentioned.
★ 515 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From the corked, caged 750 ml bottle. No date on the bottle. Sampled in March 12, 2015. I picked it up about 2 months ago.
The color of the pour is a murky looking, bottle-conditioned straw yellow with a huge, puffy white head.
The aroma is full of Belgian characteristics including candied sugar. toasted bread, yeast, light spice, and a definite berry-like fruitiness in the background.
The body is medium.
The taste has a dry bite to it along with the toasted and juicy fruit characters already mentioned.
★ 515 characters
4.39/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Consume 3/10/15 bottled on 8/14 750ml
Beautiful golden appearance, great 2.5inch cloudy head, breaks down nicely after a few minutes.
Smell is a lil minimal, my sinus' are a lil stuffy, do pick up some wild yeast, maybe green apple.
Really nice taste, It reminds me more of a Belg tripel style, pear flavor in front,some banana in finish.
Really good mouthfeel, very carbonated but it wirks great with this beer.
Im glad I revisited this beer, havent had in a couple years, really great all around but only 7.99 @ Bevmo I had to grab with a fresh Carnevale last month.
★ 571 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Consume 3/10/15 bottled on 8/14 750ml
Beautiful golden appearance, great 2.5inch cloudy head, breaks down nicely after a few minutes.
Smell is a lil minimal, my sinus' are a lil stuffy, do pick up some wild yeast, maybe green apple.
Really nice taste, It reminds me more of a Belg tripel style, pear flavor in front,some banana in finish.
Really good mouthfeel, very carbonated but it wirks great with this beer.
Im glad I revisited this beer, havent had in a couple years, really great all around but only 7.99 @ Bevmo I had to grab with a fresh Carnevale last month.
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4.37/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Hazy yellow with a nice two-three finger fluffy white head that lasts quite some time.
Big spicy yeast in the smell, honey, sweet yellow apple, fresh hop, herbs, orange. Quite intense tho, with some acidity and alcohol floating up from the glass.
Crunchy fruit up front, with nice apple and pear, bringing in a bit of tartness. Some bitter orange peel, a bit of apricot sweetness too, laced with honey. Yeasts are really busy, but not doughy, bringing lots of white pepper, coriander seed, clove, crunchy herbs, faint lemongrass. Hops wrap it up, a bit grassy, floral, hinting some grapefruit too, with a really nice and surprisingly dry finish.
Aftertaste has spicy yeasts, a bit of sweetness, a bit of apple peel and bitter hops. Medium body and prickly carbonation, enriched by the overall spicy feel. Alcohol hidden impeccably.
A really great Belgian-styled beer from Lost Abbey, a drier, hoppier alternative to the original ones, without ignoring the rich yeasts.
★ 968 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Hazy yellow with a nice two-three finger fluffy white head that lasts quite some time.
Big spicy yeast in the smell, honey, sweet yellow apple, fresh hop, herbs, orange. Quite intense tho, with some acidity and alcohol floating up from the glass.
Crunchy fruit up front, with nice apple and pear, bringing in a bit of tartness. Some bitter orange peel, a bit of apricot sweetness too, laced with honey. Yeasts are really busy, but not doughy, bringing lots of white pepper, coriander seed, clove, crunchy herbs, faint lemongrass. Hops wrap it up, a bit grassy, floral, hinting some grapefruit too, with a really nice and surprisingly dry finish.
Aftertaste has spicy yeasts, a bit of sweetness, a bit of apple peel and bitter hops. Medium body and prickly carbonation, enriched by the overall spicy feel. Alcohol hidden impeccably.
A really great Belgian-styled beer from Lost Abbey, a drier, hoppier alternative to the original ones, without ignoring the rich yeasts.
★ 968 characters
3.77/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750 ML bottle poured into a snifter.
Look: Pours a cloudy lemon yellow color with a thick long lasting head that finally gives way to lacing.
Smell: Grainy, yeast, spiciness, very slight frutiness
Taste: grainy, lightly malty, subdued hops, some bitterness in the aftertaste. Very pleasent.
Feel: light bodied and refreshing. A hint of alcohol and slight carbonation sting
Overall, I liked this beer. Not in your face, just pleasent and refreshing.
★ 458 characters
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750 ML bottle poured into a snifter.
Look: Pours a cloudy lemon yellow color with a thick long lasting head that finally gives way to lacing.
Smell: Grainy, yeast, spiciness, very slight frutiness
Taste: grainy, lightly malty, subdued hops, some bitterness in the aftertaste. Very pleasent.
Feel: light bodied and refreshing. A hint of alcohol and slight carbonation sting
Overall, I liked this beer. Not in your face, just pleasent and refreshing.
★ 458 characters
3.3/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Undated bottle at 50 degrees into snifter
Aroma initially sour, quickly ends then nothing
Head enormous (> 9 cm, careful pour), off white, frothy, slooowly diminishing to irregular frothy layer
Lacing poor – rare island of medium bubbles
Body light gold, clear
Flavor begins yeasty then not much; no hops, no malt, no alcohol, no diacetyl, no flavor at all!
Palate light, dry, lively carbonation
Appearance 4.25, Aroma 3, Flavor 3, Palate 4.25, Overall 3.5
Best thing about this ale – it’s not offensive
Worst thing about this ale – over carbonated
★ 557 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Undated bottle at 50 degrees into snifter
Aroma initially sour, quickly ends then nothing
Head enormous (> 9 cm, careful pour), off white, frothy, slooowly diminishing to irregular frothy layer
Lacing poor – rare island of medium bubbles
Body light gold, clear
Flavor begins yeasty then not much; no hops, no malt, no alcohol, no diacetyl, no flavor at all!
Palate light, dry, lively carbonation
Appearance 4.25, Aroma 3, Flavor 3, Palate 4.25, Overall 3.5
Best thing about this ale – it’s not offensive
Worst thing about this ale – over carbonated
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4.75/5 rDev +18.5%
Wasn't sure what to expect from this beer... poured very light, almost looked like a wit-beer... but the taste was great... paired with spiced chorizo sausage and cheese and spicy Gouda cheese and was great, brought out the flavor in this beer, perfect pairing...
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Wasn't sure what to expect from this beer... poured very light, almost looked like a wit-beer... but the taste was great... paired with spiced chorizo sausage and cheese and spicy Gouda cheese and was great, brought out the flavor in this beer, perfect pairing...
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4.43/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a Duvel tulip. Bottleneck's Bottled On Date is smeared but I can make out the "13" at the end.
A- From a gentle pour comes a massive three inches of off-white head that retains well before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a large center bump of surface foam. Semi-resilient lacing leaves a broken ring behind. Once the sediment is introduced, it creates a murky, wispy cloud inside the body.
S- Effervescent Belgian yeast reminds me of a saison since there's a touch of soily funk.
T- Clean flavor of Belgian yeast brings notes of apple, pear and some banana. The alcohol is incredibly well-hidden. Almost has a white wine dryness to it.
M- Crisp and bright with medium-high carbonation and a light body.
O- Definitely one of my new top 5 BSPAs. Has all the components that I look for in the style: Champagne-like carbonation, is dry yet still somewhat sweet and has a yeast presence that's almost perfectly balanced toward the malt flavor.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a Duvel tulip. Bottleneck's Bottled On Date is smeared but I can make out the "13" at the end.
A- From a gentle pour comes a massive three inches of off-white head that retains well before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a large center bump of surface foam. Semi-resilient lacing leaves a broken ring behind. Once the sediment is introduced, it creates a murky, wispy cloud inside the body.
S- Effervescent Belgian yeast reminds me of a saison since there's a touch of soily funk.
T- Clean flavor of Belgian yeast brings notes of apple, pear and some banana. The alcohol is incredibly well-hidden. Almost has a white wine dryness to it.
M- Crisp and bright with medium-high carbonation and a light body.
O- Definitely one of my new top 5 BSPAs. Has all the components that I look for in the style: Champagne-like carbonation, is dry yet still somewhat sweet and has a yeast presence that's almost perfectly balanced toward the malt flavor.
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4.65/5 rDev +16%
Biscuit laced with funk and light fruit dominate the nose.
The beer pours hazy gold with a giant rocky off-white foam cap.
Ripe fruit first strikes the palate with a hint of sweetness, funk, some orange, a hint of bubble gum, and spice as the beer grows dry to finish slightly tart with a spicy bitter emphasis. The bitterness is a crisp quinine like bitterness rather than a heavier resiny or grapefruit rind bitterness.
The body is very creamy with a fine soft effervescence.
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Biscuit laced with funk and light fruit dominate the nose.
The beer pours hazy gold with a giant rocky off-white foam cap.
Ripe fruit first strikes the palate with a hint of sweetness, funk, some orange, a hint of bubble gum, and spice as the beer grows dry to finish slightly tart with a spicy bitter emphasis. The bitterness is a crisp quinine like bitterness rather than a heavier resiny or grapefruit rind bitterness.
The body is very creamy with a fine soft effervescence.
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3.91/5 rDev -2.5%
25.4 oz Bomber.Finally I get to review a Lost abbey product I have heard so much about.Inferno ale at 9.0 surely gets the job done but the taste is not quite there.A little Hoppy with a touch of grapefruit and a lot of carbonation.You can feel the alcohol burn when you drink it.Maybe better suited as a winter beer.Watch out for the heartburn.Ok beer but at 10.99 a bottle you want more than ok.Probably would not get this beer again.Not even Black Sabbath could make this and excellent beer.Motley out
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25.4 oz Bomber.Finally I get to review a Lost abbey product I have heard so much about.Inferno ale at 9.0 surely gets the job done but the taste is not quite there.A little Hoppy with a touch of grapefruit and a lot of carbonation.You can feel the alcohol burn when you drink it.Maybe better suited as a winter beer.Watch out for the heartburn.Ok beer but at 10.99 a bottle you want more than ok.Probably would not get this beer again.Not even Black Sabbath could make this and excellent beer.Motley out
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Inferno Ale from The Lost Abbey
4.01
out of 5
based on 780 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Active bottle foams upon popping of the cork. Yeast and citrus fruit dominate the aroma. Pours with high bubbly, foamy head, cloudy pale golden body. Taste is mostly grapefruit and citrus, list and bubbly mouthfeel, effervescent , some yeast on the finish.
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