The Bar Towel

Has anyone had the chance to try any of The Lost Abbey ales at all?

http://www.lostabbey.com/

ive had 9 different port/lost abbey beers, what would you like to know?

Be careful with the Lost Abbey beers. They have been known to have carbonation issues with their bottles. I have lost count of the number of flat or almost flat bottles that I have had from them. And for the most part, I am talking about fairly expensive bottles.

If you are willing to take the risk, I highly recommend Older Viscocity, Serpent's Stout and Deliverance. I am not really in to sours, so if that's what you are looking for, I am the wrong guy to ask...

Old Viscosity is pretty good. The small bottles of expensive Lost Abbey sours and interesting stuff (Angel's Share, Cuvee de Tomme) have a long history of being totally flat. And their customer service is shit so they won't refund you or anything. I avoid their stuff, generally.

andrewrg wrote:Old Viscosity is pretty good. The small bottles of expensive Lost Abbey sours and interesting stuff (Angel's Share, Cuvee de Tomme) have a long history of being totally flat. And their customer service is shit so they won't refund you or anything. I avoid their stuff, generally.

In the past year or so their customer service has improved a lot with people being able to return their bottles and get new ones (not sure how that would work from Canada though) however I do agree that some of their stuff is definitely flat.

Some of their bottles are relatively easy to get (10 commandments, carnivale, old viscosity, santa's little helper etc) whereas the smaller 375ml bottle releases aren't always as easy to find but with some of the backlash they do sometimes sit on shelves for a while, especially if the markup is high (have seen angels share for $25 - $30 a small bottle in Boston). I've always enjoyed their stuff and I can't say enough about trying the beer on tap. Some are just good while others are divine - and the sours that they make, in my experience, are very good to great (although Duck Duck Guava was odd).

Some folks have mentioned Old/Older Viscosity. These are Port Brewing brands, not Lost Abbey. Kinda one in the same, but still.

The hoppy beers from Port might be good fresh from the brewery, but they do not travel/age well whatsoever. The Lost Abbey belgian ales are rather ho-hum, the sours are above average.

Of all the Port and Lost Abbey beers I have tried, the only one I would pay money for again is Older Viscosity.

Is there anywhere in Canada (Ontario) that carries them? Or is a direct buy from the brewery? Where can you find them?

Nowhere in Canada. Chicago gets some Port and Lost Abbey stuff, though I haven't seen Older Visc. there. Not sure what their distro is like otherwise.

seekabrew.com

There was tons of it in SK a couple years ago.

markaberrant wrote:There was tons of it in SK a couple years ago.

Yep, grabbed a bunch of it from Saskatoon when I was there a year back. I would recommend the Old and Older Viscosity.