We went back to the City Beer Store a few days later for the Lost Abbey/Port Brewing event. All the beers on tap were special for the event, and a lot of them were interrelated or mixed together which seemed pretty creative to me (although I guess that's not terribly uncommon).First up I had Lost Abbey Double Cherry Red Poppy (Sour Ale, 5.5% ABV). It's a Flanders Style Sour Ale, and I thought it was totally delicious. It was super sour when I first sipped it, but then I waited a second, and swallowed again and it was warmer and more sweet. I like beers that have a slightly different aftertaste - I think some would call that "complex"? It was foggy and dark red, and looked kind of like pomegranate juice. It doesn't look very carbonated, but felt a little bubbly. All in all, this was a really good sour beer.
I decided to stay in the sour realm and try Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme (Belgian Strong Ale, 11.5% ABV) next. While the Lumberjack thought this was delicious - he said it was like the Double Cherry Red Poppy Emeril BAM style - and it rates a 100 on ratebeer, I have to say...not impressed. There was no aroma and it tasted kind of bland, which was especially disappointing after enjoying the Double Cherry so much. I gave the Lumberjack the rest of mine.
I tried a few other beers that I'm too lazy to type up, and then decided to taste Lagunitas Brown Shugga (Barleywine, 9.8% ABV), since the Lumberjack has been telling me for months that I'm going to love it. And...as usual, he was right. It had pretty lacing on the glass and tasted beautiful. It had a light wheat flavor that I enjoyed - it's another beer that will be great on a hot sunny day. Very sweet. Good call, LJ.
Once we were done with the beer, we ate BBQ on Folsom. Yeah, it was good. Clearly my note-taking started suffering at this point.
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