Box Set Track #9 - Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - The Lost Abbey

starrdogg

District of Columbia

4/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served alongside Cuvee de Tomme.

Pours a hazy reddish-brown with a thin white head - looks pretty much identical to CdT but with a little more carbonation. Smell is red wine, oak and lactic sour. Flavor is very vinous/tannic with some sour notes and oak. Unfortunately it's a bit one-dimensional and isn't as complex as I had hoped it would be. The flavors also aren't as bright as I'd hoped. Mouthfeel is medium-full bodied with nice carbonation. This one is a good beer, but isn't as great as I hoped it would be as a lover of CdT.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2012 01:33:30 | More by starrdogg

MasterSki

Illinois

4.04/5  rDev -4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Thanks Todd!

A - A finger of tan foam settles to a thin cap and thicker collar, leaving behind minimal lace. Lightly hazed ruby body. One of the more carbonated Tracks for sure.

S - Aroma is evocative of Cuvee de Tomme, but with more sweetness and tropical funk to it. Some dusty medicinal brett and more dark fruits than I'm accustomed to from that beer. Seems very much like a CdT barrel that went off in a different direction.

T - Taste is quite similar, with a hefty dose of sugar cookie and dark fruit malt sweetness, ripe currants, sour cherries, and perhaps a faint hint of tobacco and chocolate. Alcohol is well-hidden here, and the funky brett is dialed down a notch.

M - Dry, medium-full body, with pleasant carbonation, and nary a trace of the listed 9.7%.

D - A dark wild ale with only a touch of sourness to it. Brett is more complementary here than some of the earlier Tracks. Sweetness that I found a tad heavy-handed 7 months ago at FoBAB has dissipated a bit, with a better balance of funk, sourness, fruit, and malt. Interesting and complex, but I kind of prefer regular Cuvee de Tomme.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 15:15:12 | More by MasterSki

deniserat

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-20-2013 22:40:31 | More by deniserat

Zbeetleman

California

4/5  rDev -5%

05-15-2013 02:52:17 | More by Zbeetleman

jbuddle

New York

4/5  rDev -5%

04-25-2013 13:34:04 | More by jbuddle

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev -5%

04-09-2013 23:57:55 | More by t0rin0

CheapBeerBuzz

California

4.25/5  rDev +1%

04-08-2013 15:54:08 | More by CheapBeerBuzz

largadeer

California

4/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Clear ruddy brown with no head. Nose is vinous with big currant notes and funky barnyard brett. Palate is better than expected, heavy on earthy tart currants with red wine, tobacco and drying oak. Full bodied, mildly tart. More brett funk than actual sourness. Quite good.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2013 04:50:35 | More by largadeer

westcoastbeerlvr

California

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

04-08-2013 04:33:24 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

jeonseh

Indiana

4.1/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Shared by nasty31 at NWI drinking night

A - Dark brown with a small mocha head

S - Lactic avid, white vinegar, currants, light cherries. Good fruity yet sour noses

T - Currants and raisins up front to give it a fruity sweetness. Light sour lemon and lactic acid in the middle. Tart cherry near the finish with light oak near the front. Light booziness and slight funk / blue cheese near the end. Good complexity and balance between tart, funk and sweetness

M - Lightly carbonated overall with a slight creaminess. Leaves a tingle on the tongue and a dry finish

O - Solid sour brown ale with an aded layer of complexity with the raisin sweetness to it. There was light funk to it as well from the Brett

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 13:16:36 | More by jeonseh

heavenlyStash

California

4.75/5  rDev +12.8%

04-03-2013 18:38:08 | More by heavenlyStash

straightlambic

California

4.25/5  rDev +1%

03-29-2013 02:52:03 | More by straightlambic

Sparky44

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5%

03-23-2013 23:24:12 | More by Sparky44

GRG1313

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

03-11-2013 16:28:20 | More by GRG1313

acurtis

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

02-23-2013 02:55:52 | More by acurtis

djrn2

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +1%

02-23-2013 01:04:58 | More by djrn2

HopsintheSack

California

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

02-22-2013 19:56:58 | More by HopsintheSack

jvillefan

California

4.75/5  rDev +12.8%

02-10-2013 17:52:53 | More by jvillefan

Dreadnaught33

District of Columbia

3.33/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Bottle shared thanks to starrdogg from an awesome trader in CA! Tried in order with all tracks in the series. Not a huge fan of this, Cuvee de tomee is much better.

Dark brown to crimson body with no lacing or head, pretty standard for the style. The smell is dark fruit-cherry, slight funk, some oak and decent malt bill. The taste follows about halfway the notes in the aroma but then has what I can only describe as a vodka like alcohol flavor in it that I've never tasted in a beer before. Some metallic cherry too. Not a huge fan, but it's not terrible.

The feel is nothing to write home about, sort of thin. This beer is just OK.

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2013 14:56:52 | More by Dreadnaught33

DotBier

California

4/5  rDev -5%

01-21-2013 01:29:28 | More by DotBier

Gobzilla

California

4.46/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

A: poured dark brown in color with dark reddish highlights and a little head that left some wisps of lacing sticking to the glass.

S: definitely some cherries upfront in the aroma with some type of vinous notes I'm assuming are from the currants with a bit of acidic tart qualities, good earthy woody presence and sweet bourbon notes.

T: plenty of fruitiness consisting of what the description mentions such as currants and cherries but with nice warm bourbon barrel character alongside wood oakiness, a touch of vanilla and acidic sour notes.

M: the brew was medium in body with a fair amount of carbonation which had a semi sweet, fruity, woody bourbony, acidic and sour finish.

O: interesting variation of the cuvee de tomme with good fruit flavor and complexity.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 07:34:58 | More by Gobzilla

spycow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +1%

01-12-2013 00:59:58 | More by spycow

Eriktheipaman

Virginia

4/5  rDev -5%

01-09-2013 16:48:18 | More by Eriktheipaman

DarthKostrizer

California

4/5  rDev -5%

01-09-2013 05:25:25 | More by DarthKostrizer

Sean9689

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +1%

01-08-2013 14:37:28 | More by Sean9689