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Veritas 009
The Lost Abbey
- From:
- The Lost Abbey
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 24.67%
- Reviews:
- 91
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 16, 2017
- Added:
- May 28, 2011
- Wants:
- 159
- Gots:
- 82
No description / notes.
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Ratings by SpeedwayJim:
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
1.45/5 rDev -61.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
1.45/5 rDev -61.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
From the Light Whale BIF. Poured from a 750ml corked and caged bottle into a Cantillon tulip. Shared with schen9303.
Cork ejects with a slight pop but this one pours still. No mistake about it. Pitch black and opaque too. With semi-decent legs but no lace. A good looking beer this isn't. Legs save it from being a complete fail.
Nose is ash, sour soy sauce, spoiled plum, overripe plum, mellow booze, and rancid wood. Moderately aromatic but with a stench like this, I'd rather it be barely detectable. Not good.
Opens chocolate and sour prunes. Plum character and sour say sauce towards the middle with rancid chocolate and tart, rotting wood. End is puckering and muddled soy sauce. Finishes tart prunes and plum with a lingering, sour rot aftertaste. Really odd in a terrible way. Flavors are muddled, fruit character tastes spoiled, and there's a complete lack of any carbonation.
Medium bodied with no carbonation. Oily and filmy in the mouth and oily and warm going down. Finish is messy and slick with a long, lingering aftertaste. This beer is devoid of any life. Too thick, too heavy which is key for this style.
This beer is a complete fail and I'm curious as to what world of beer does this get a passing grade? The appearance is terrible, aroma is equally bad, the flavors are muddled, and its complete devoid of any carbonation. Veritas 008 was a bit of a failed experiment but its complete gold compared to this monstrosity. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. A complete drainpour as I could only choke down about 3 ounces of this one for the review.
Dec 27, 2011Cork ejects with a slight pop but this one pours still. No mistake about it. Pitch black and opaque too. With semi-decent legs but no lace. A good looking beer this isn't. Legs save it from being a complete fail.
Nose is ash, sour soy sauce, spoiled plum, overripe plum, mellow booze, and rancid wood. Moderately aromatic but with a stench like this, I'd rather it be barely detectable. Not good.
Opens chocolate and sour prunes. Plum character and sour say sauce towards the middle with rancid chocolate and tart, rotting wood. End is puckering and muddled soy sauce. Finishes tart prunes and plum with a lingering, sour rot aftertaste. Really odd in a terrible way. Flavors are muddled, fruit character tastes spoiled, and there's a complete lack of any carbonation.
Medium bodied with no carbonation. Oily and filmy in the mouth and oily and warm going down. Finish is messy and slick with a long, lingering aftertaste. This beer is devoid of any life. Too thick, too heavy which is key for this style.
This beer is a complete fail and I'm curious as to what world of beer does this get a passing grade? The appearance is terrible, aroma is equally bad, the flavors are muddled, and its complete devoid of any carbonation. Veritas 008 was a bit of a failed experiment but its complete gold compared to this monstrosity. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. A complete drainpour as I could only choke down about 3 ounces of this one for the review.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
4.08/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
4.08/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
750 mL bottle. Pours black with no head. Smells like chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and cherries. A little acidity. Tastes of chocolate. Vanilla. Sour cherries. Heavy oak. Dark cherry sourness. Bourbon in the finish. Medium body. Low carbonation. I did not expect to like this. I’m glad I chased it. It’s different and nontraditional, but really tasty.
Dec 06, 2016Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.41/5 rDev -36.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.41/5 rDev -36.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Purple colored beer, no head, carbonation noticeable. Ugh. Dark fruit fig and prune aroma, with old wood notes. The emperor has no clothes.
Taste was flat, lacked sour notes, barely tasted tart, wasn't really a beer it seemed, seemed more akin to a blend of wine and liquors. Not impressed.
Jan 03, 2016Taste was flat, lacked sour notes, barely tasted tart, wasn't really a beer it seemed, seemed more akin to a blend of wine and liquors. Not impressed.
Reviewed by MilwaukeeBeerMaker from Wisconsin
4.55/5 rDev +20.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +20.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The carbonation was little to none but I was pre-warned about that so not unexpected. The taste was a wonderful mix of cherries, chocolate and bourbon. A little carbonation would have made this almost perfect. All the haters of this beer are wrong; a fantastic beer IMO.
Jul 20, 2015Rated by Uconnelmo from Connecticut
4.5/5 rDev +19.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +19.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This was an extremely interesting beer with bourbon barrel aged stout and sour character, it was incredible.
Jul 04, 2015Rated by HuskyinPDX from Washington
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
Bottle opened on 6.15.14
Acidic, dark fruit, cherry.
Aug 15, 2014Acidic, dark fruit, cherry.
Veritas 009 from The Lost Abbey
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
243 ratings
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