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Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale

Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale

Rated 3.931 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Port Brewing / Lost Abbey

San Marcos, CA, United States

Style:  Flanders Red

5.5% Alcohol by Volume

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Perhaps no country embraces the use of fruit in beers more so than Belgium. Numerous traditional as well as regional specialty ales are infused with every sort of fruit imaginable. In this way, the flavor of the fruit becomes especially prominent. Red Poppy Ale is a veritable celebration of Sour Cherries in an explosion of aromas and tastes. Brewed from a brown ale base and aged in our oak barrels for over 6 months, this beer is not for the faint of heart. The Golden Poppy is the state flower of California and the Red Poppy is found in Flanders Fields where our inspiration for this beer comes from.

ID: 29536 Last updated 1 week ago Added to database 17 years ago

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Overall Rank310
Overall Percentile99.7
Style Rank9 of 309
Style Percentile97.1
Lowest Score3.6
Highest Score4.5
Average Score4.106
Weighted Score3.931
Standard Deviation0.257

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  • ROBERTJM 1089 reviews
    rated 3.6 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    (Trade with Rallison) 2009 Vintage 375ml. Been saving this one for a while now. When popping the cork seemed to be flat as a pancake. Little foam poured in the glass with fine bubbles coating the side of the glass. Pronounced sour aroma. Dusky brown color. Flavor is very mellow. Actually a LOT more mellow than I expected it would be. Let it warm up a bit to get more flavor, but drink it slightly chilled.

  • SLEDUTAH 11638 reviews
    rated 3.6 3 weeks ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Bottle shared by footbalm at the SLC holiday tasting
    Appearance: Dark brown with a nice sized off-white head and some lacing
    Aroma: Tart fruits and cherries
    Taste: Tart cherries with a slightly bitter finish
    Very nice.

  • IBREW2OR3 11571 reviews
    rated 4.0 3 weeks ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Pours murky brown with little white floaties and lasting tan head. Big aroma of tart balsamic vinegar mixed with tart cherry fruitiness and a background of oak. Near the end of a big draw I get a dose of green apples. The taste begins with a mild pulse of sweetness quickly followed by balsamic vinegar tartness. Midway the cherry fruitiness and tartness enters along with a couple planks of oak. The oakiness grows some into the finish create a pleasing confluence of flavor notes. I also notice the balsamic vinegar tartness is pretty much there in the flavor from the start to the finish and into the after taste.

  • CULTHERO 8320 reviews
    rated 4.1 3 weeks ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    37,5cl bottle shared by Arve_Christian - thanks a lot! Pours hazy brownish with an off-white head. Fruity and slightly funky aroma with lots of cherries, hints of balsamic vinegar and citrus. Sour, acidic, fruity and simply delicious! Lovely stuff!

  • BEAV 1788 reviews
    rated 4.3 9 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    12.7 oz bottle, about 4 years old. Pours dark ruby amber with a fizzy light tan head that retains well and leaves some lacing.

    The aroma is sweet cherries with some vinegary tartness and some woodiness.

    The flavor is sweet and very tart sour cherry with some acidic wood notes in the background. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with low carbonation that is a little prickly.

    Overall, a very nice sour.

  • KINGER 2328 reviews
    rated 4.1 13 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    True to style Flanders Red. Great looking pour with a fizzy head. Nice aroma of mild tart cherries and sour malts. Damn drinkable, I would love a refrigerator full of this for the summer months due to it's drinkability and refreshing, quenching effect. Mild brown base with a well added sour cherry and wild yeast dimension.

  • CYBERCAT 13657 reviews
    rated 4.3 13 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Pours a hazy, nearly opaque chocolate brown with a VERY thick tan head. The sample I got fizzed like crazy, so beware when you first pour it! Aroma is strongly oaky with malty and fruity hints and more than a bit of sweetness. Flavor has a strong oaky alcohol bite and some fruity and malty cherry tones - definitely a hint of cherry in there. Texture is fierce, attacking the tongue like a pit bull - this beer is not for the faint of heart or taste buds. This beer is intended to be sipped slowly and savored, like brandy.

  • ANTE 2674 reviews
    rated 4.3 14 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    Pours out in a deep reddish amber colour with a small tan-coloured head. Rich and refreshing of both immature cherries and black cherries with strong notes of wood and brett. Medium-bodied with acidic and dryish notes of wood, sour cherries, immature raspberries, brett and cranberries. Long tart and acidic finish of sour cherries and wood. Explosive flavours in here!

  • SLOWRUNNER77 5682 reviews
    rated 4.3 14 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    had for the first time paired with Russian River Temptation...two WAAAAY different funky sours. this one is a somewhat traditional flemish sour, but the star here is the subtle cherry and oak lending an extra layer of complexity to what would have been a good-but-not-great beer. i liked it more and more as it went, but it falls just short of greatness. RR Supplication & Consecration are still the kings of the sour. It was better than Temptation, though, and that's a good beer. I have one more bottle from the sinners club...after that, it might be it, as it's too steep in price to revisit without quite blowing your socks off.

  • HANNAH 1021 reviews
    rated 3.9 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Pours a murky reddish-brown with small, fading head. Sour cherry notes dominate the aroma. The flavor is complex with earthy malt character playing against a fantastic, fruity sourness. Clean finish. Medium bodid, viscous, and smooth overall. A deliious sample.

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