Framboise De Amorosa - The Lost Abbey

Todd

Massachusetts

3.35/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

12.7oz bottle w/ cork and cage. Nearly ripped the flesh from my hand while trying to pop the cork.

Look: Rich, dark, ruby red w/ a creamy off-white lacing.

Smell: Oak, raspberry cordial, minty, medicinal.

Taste: Fizzy, bite-y, puckering, citric, astringent, tart raspberries, oak, vinous, vinegar, green apple, unripened plums, hay, bone dry.

Pretty damn acidic. Burns. Uncomfortable on the throat. That said this is one hell of a raspberry sour that's packed with flavor. I just wish it was more tamed, with some malt sweetness to even things out.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2011 22:55:59 | More by Todd

sgoro

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-20-2013 02:30:41 | More by sgoro

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev -6.5%

05-19-2013 01:25:30 | More by Photekut

roblund

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-18-2013 23:03:34 | More by roblund

afrokaze

California

4/5  rDev -6.5%

05-18-2013 22:15:10 | More by afrokaze

kscaldef

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-17-2013 23:33:28 | More by kscaldef

gueuzegossage

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-16-2013 23:48:16 | More by gueuzegossage

moonknight31

California

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

05-16-2013 16:56:15 | More by moonknight31

thegerm87

Connecticut

4/5  rDev -6.5%

05-15-2013 16:44:00 | More by thegerm87

Zbeetleman

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-15-2013 02:49:15 | More by Zbeetleman

arash1000

California

4.75/5  rDev +11%

05-14-2013 17:55:29 | More by arash1000

baybassboy

California

3.75/5  rDev -12.4%

05-14-2013 04:55:53 | More by baybassboy

mhaugo

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-13-2013 05:06:54 | More by mhaugo

kmoen

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-11-2013 06:53:15 | More by kmoen

Falcon91Wolvrn03

California

3.56/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Appearance – The cork really popped on this one. Pours a dirty raspberry color with a thick frothy dirty white head and huge lacing. Lots of sediment.

Smell – Sour raspberries, red wine, oak, and a hint of raspberry sweetness.

Taste – Sour raspberries dominate the taste. I didn’t notice the sweetness that I detected from the nose. Very dry.

Mouthfeel – Tart, nicely carbonated, with a lingering sour aftertaste.

Drinkability – I think it is a bit too tart to be super drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 05:38:28 | More by Falcon91Wolvrn03

BAsbill

California

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

05-10-2013 04:53:44 | More by BAsbill

DarthKostrizer

California

4.75/5  rDev +11%

05-10-2013 00:53:03 | More by DarthKostrizer

barrelofbastard

California

3.75/5  rDev -12.4%

05-10-2013 00:12:36 | More by barrelofbastard

emaciated

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-09-2013 03:31:34 | More by emaciated

mggkohl

California

4.75/5  rDev +11%

05-08-2013 21:07:23 | More by mggkohl

brotherloco

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

05-03-2013 21:15:50 | More by brotherloco

emilylee

California

4/5  rDev -6.5%

05-01-2013 16:26:58 | More by emilylee

mactrail

California

3.58/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Local Habit in San Diego. The color is dark brownish and murky in the glass-- "swamp water," as DefenCorps calls it, which is right on. A splash of a head and quite a tingly mouthfeel, both from the carbonation and what I suspect is taste buds dying. More of a vinegar smell with a touch of fruitiness.

Tart rather than sweet to start, but hugely berry flavored. Some bitterness for the finish. A slight sweetness creeps in along with the vinegar edge. It does taste just like raspberries, which the brewer says were added again during the year-long wine barrel aging. This is actually quite sippable, though unmistakably a serious sour.

Serving type: on-tap

04-29-2013 05:55:24 | More by mactrail

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

4.29/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

375ml corked and caged bottle poured into wine glass 27/4/13, 2012 vintage, cheers Rutager for sending the bottle

A murky brownish amber with enough clarity to see a few streams of bubbles but I know there's plenty as its hard not to get half a glass of foam even on a gentle pour. massive light brown head with a hint of pink has great retention and completely cakes my glass in lace, still a think film at the bottom of the glass and lace right to the bottom, looks perfect

S I get more cherry then the raspberry the used making it, perhaps a little strawberry in there too, quite funky with lots of oak and cheese and vinous notes, pretty sexy nose

T tart, sweet and sour at the same time but less of the funky notes and the fruits mellowed, still great but missing just a little something the nose had going for it

M a little pucker and a little grit left behind, almost foamy from the bubbles but creamy after a second in your mouth with a sour oak finish

O pretty solid sour that looks perfect, smells great and solid everywhere else. My only complaint is that my glass was empty before I really figured it out

I can see why Lost Abbey has the reputation for brewing great sours and I can't wait to try some more

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 22:48:24 | More by wordemupg

atoulouk

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

04-22-2013 15:01:16 | More by atoulouk