Lost Abbey Sinners Ale 2009
2009 Sinners is a combination of Ten Commandments aged in Bourbon Barrels, Gift of the Magi in French Oak Barrels and Serpent’s Stout aged in Port Barrels.
3.8
188 reviews
San Marcos, United States
Community reviews
On tap at City Beer. Pours reddish brown with an attractive tan head and a sour fruit aroma. There is as hearty sour malt flavor with notes of grape and a dry oaky finish. Complex and tasty.
Tried to remember what this blend was while drinking and we were just a bit off. Seeing the 3 beers makes sense now. The nose is dark & roasty/stout-like with a mild sour note-just enough to let you know there are some bugs in there. This beer might be hit or miss for most. No/little funk to speak of. A nice blend of dark fruit, sweet, and roasty.
On tap at City Beer Store. Pours a dark brown with a small light tan head that settles to a ring and leaves a decent amount of lacing on the glass. The aroma is sweet brown sugar, caramel, light lactic, light funkiness, and some bourbon and vanilla. The taste is really sweet with caramel and brown sugar . There is a light tartness as well as some vanilla and bourbon, and a bit of funkiness. The finish is sweet with caramel. Full bodied with medium carbonation. I did not enjoy this beer very much. The huge amount of sugar with a slight amount of tartness did not work very well together.
Old Review from back in 2010 - Sinners Blend 09 pours a very dark brown. When held up to the light red highlights show. I mentioned that this beer was flat. No head is poured. A few bubbles appear but quickly go bye bye. No carbonation or lacing. Smell is tart up front. In the background sits roasted malt, chocolate, and cherries. I saw a review that called it chocolate covered cherries. I agree on this one.
The taste is a mixture between a sour and a stout. When the beer hits the palette it’s sour and tart up front. Not huge but it’s definitely noticeable. In the middle comes the cherries, some raisins, and oak. Then the beer hits the end. In the end comes the chocolate. It hits the palette and lingers. Overall a decent taste but with the kind of blend this is I thought I might get a bigger taste. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth, and slightly dry.
375ml bottle pours a water, opaque black with one ring of white head. Nose of roasted malt, vanilla, coconut, smells like an imperial stout. Flavor is very tart, cherry juice, limes, a little toasted malt, vinegar. Medium bodied, acidic finish. Smells like an imperial stout, tastes like a sour.
Thanks captaincougar. Hazy brown pour with an off white ring for a head. Tons of woody vanilla, lactic sourness, molasses sweetness, and caramel. Acetic hints as well. Not well balanced and a bit too much barrel.
Bottle shared by CaptainCougar. Pours clear dark brown with a small, fizzy tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is dates, heavy caramel, light oxidation, oak, port, cherries and plums. Flavor is lactic dark fruits (cherry/plum), caramel, faint chocolate notes, dates, lightly bitter and a dry finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.
Thanks to CaptainCougar for this gem! Cloudy brown pour. Nose holds balsamic vinegar, prune, chocolate, and dark funk. The flavor brings more bourbon and vanilla to mix with the dark fruit and lactic sour tones. Good, but not great.
Sweet vinegary beer with lots of dark fruit. Sweet and sour taste with aggressive acetic acid and loads of prune juice.
Bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar, thank you sir! Dark marky brown, light brown head, scant lacing. Aroma of port wine, plums and vinegar. Taste is sour plums and vinegar. Decent but profoundly sour.
Looks like a glass of flat coca-cola. Oaky aroma with some grape and wine notes. Sour oxidized flavor with a bitter finish. Notes of cherry. Slightly smoky. Just kinda meh.
Bottle looks really good. Beer in the glass deep black, small head. Sourish-strong aroma. Starts strong, intense sourish and fruity like berries. More and more malty, woody-earthy, more balanced than the beginning. Warming finish. Very interesting beer!
Bottle at home - shared with Mette. Black - offwhite head. Nice sour nose. Burned. Balsamic. Vinegar. Rubber. Sweet ’n’ Sour. Port. Bourbon. Wooden. Fruity. Red berries. Sweet berries. Licorice. High sourness. High malty. Light spicy notes. Light dryness. Lovely. Light body.
In short: A vinous dark ale full of barrels and tannins. Very good
How: Bottle 375ml. First time very fresh (too fresh), this rating for a bottle consumed when almost exactly one year of age (around the time of the Sinners 10 release)
The look: Dark burgundy body topped by a tiny beige ring of foam
In long: Bottle does not open with a fun “pop”, it was more like a disappointing “pfff”. Nose has a bit of an Old Bruin going, some balsamic vinegar, plenty of wine barrels. Taste is full of fresh dark fruits, raisins, a lot of tannins, overall spicy sensation, lots of dry oak, woody red wine, dark cherries, some lactic acid, some dark chocolate. Very mouth puckering. The port barrels come out very strong right now and almost dominate the beer. When I had it very fresh one year ago, it was a blend that tasted like a blend, a few unrelated beers thrown together, and it just tasted strange. Now one year later this is a real that doesn’t taste like a mix of stuff. Actually at this point I can’t recognize any of the base beers. This beer is definitely better now and a lot more cohesive than the messy blend it was when I had it fresh.
A message from God: All you Sinners must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, disregard this notice.
Bottle shared by a good friend. Dark color with very minimal head. Super funky aroma and flavor. Oaky with hints of sour fruit. A little sweet and malty on the back end. Another great sour.
Bottle. [thanks after4ever]
Pours deep brown, bordering on black with a small, creamy, beige film head with good duration. Aroma is powerful, light vinious, plums, oak, vanilla, roasted malts, mild cherries, definite port notes. Low carbonation, great oily and light dry mouthfeel. Flavour is elegantly tart, good chocolate and roasted malts as base, lots of plums, raisins, figs. Oaky dryness abound. Sweet vanilla notes mix with complex port notes. The tartness starts heavy and light lactic and citric but ends mellow and oaky in the end. Great!
bottle I think from secret santa poured a brown in color with no pop on the cork and no head on the pour. aroma however is much better somewhat a collision of a rich malted barrel aged beer and a sour. mouth feel is coating for a sour but it pleaded for just a few bubbles. flavor has some bourbon barrel, dark fruit, dark malt, medium acidity, some tart cherry, and a dry lingering finish. grows in acidity and tartness as the beer went on and has interesting pokes of flavor from the stout and port.
Huge thanks to Exiled for sharing this bottle. Review No. 2000 here on Beer Advocate.
The beer pours a brownish (but almost pink) color with an off-white head.
The aroma is awesome. I get a lot of bourbon as well as some roasted malt, dark fruit and a light amount of smoke.
The flavor is bourbon, tart dark fruit, coffee, roasted malt and tart cherries. I have no idea what beers make up this blend, but the flavor is incredibly complex and tastes like a barrel-aged, slightly tart Lost Abbey Judgment Day.
Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Outstanding.
Bottle. Quiet pop. Almost no head on dark beer. Big aroma that covers the room; thick sweet alcohol and molasses with notes of licorice. The three aged base beers colide on the taste buds. Sour salty cherry black licorice! WAKE UP TONGUE!! Smooth quiet velvet tasty. Not an everyday beer.
dark brown body, no carbonation at all on the pour, as it settles the smallest of rings forms... fantastic nose, very vinous, red wine with a hint of lactic acid added, oak, prunes, grapes, great.... taste not as complex but has quite a puckering affect which I like, oak, red wine, molasses, infection sourness though, fruity grapes, pretty nice
12.7 oz bottle on Jan 31, 2011, thanks to sebletitje!
Very dark brown color, no head. Acidic to very sour scent, some hints of vanilla oak in the back. Acidic, sour, tart taste. Warming alcohol. Medium mouthfeel, very low bitternes.
I appreciate the tasting Sev, but damn these sours keep convincing me it’s really not my style. And to those that might think "then don’t rate it" I’ll just answer "why not, it’s still a rating and an experience, right?"
Thanks bvc! Whisper of a pop. Wet dog and lacto. Dirty. Think slick dark brown, very still. I count 2 bubbles. And they?re small. Barnyard funk and bourbon, dry on the tongue. Fruity raspberry character follows. Texture approaches gritty. The sum is much more than all of the parts. I dig this beer, it had ground to gain after the questionable aroma and it knocked it out. 230612 Strong barrel nose, earthy funk, loud pop to the bottle. Very tasty with dark fruits, balsamic, and wood. However, seems to have less cohabitation than before.
375 ml bottle shared by STLWill- thanks again, Will! Pours a deep, dark brown, mostly opaque but with some bright tints on the edges, and just some slight bubbles for head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, sour grapes, port, oak and woody funk, berry fruits, raisins, and roasted malts. The sour flavors hit first in the form of tart grape and berry notes, followed by chocolate, vanilla, roasted malts, root beer, oak, and a little lemon juice at the end. Medium-full bodied, with minimal carbonation and a mouthfeel that is rich, sour, fruity, and woody at the same time. It’s definitely muddled but it’s also so interesting and a lot of fun to drink, despite seeming kind of flat. Crazy beer.
Pours a stagnant dark brown, with a small grouping of bubbles, but no head. Smells of cherry, oak, vanilla, chocolate, grape, bourbon and vinegar. Tastes moderately sweet with a slightly medicinal taste. A gorgeous blend of chocolate sweetness and sour.
Got this in an awesome secret bunny make-up package!
A- Body is a translucent dark brown foggy hue. Pours with a thin collar which fades rather quickly and no lacing is left behind in the glass.
S- Astringent alcohol is prominent upfront. Behind this is sour ripe dark fruit (plum, raisin), cocoa, vinegar, and a hint of tart sourness.
T- Some tart acidic sourness upfront, sour dark fruit, a hint of dusty oak. The blend is much more complex with a lot going on the the background-but its somewhat chaotic and hard to decipher individual flavors (and yes chaos can be good but this is a borderline mess) The finish is quite dry and a slight acidic sourness lingers.
M- Carbonation is flat. Brew is full bodied with medium weight and somewhat dusty-relatively smooth overall.
D- This is a decent sour brew overall. The blend is somewhat hard to decipher-and the brew is flat and boozy. Perhaps this needs more time?
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 07-06-2010 01:26:21
Bottle from Eric, thanks man. Opens with a tiny dull pop. Hazy reddish brown with no head. Aroma of tart cherries, oak, chocolate and some spices. The flavor is fairly sour, acidic and tart with some light cherry and chocolate sweetness. Medium body with no carbonation and an oil, flat mouth feel. Not very impressed with this one, the lack of carbonation detract from the beer and the sourness is very acidic.
I am not here to debate about whether the newest Lost Abbey beer to cross my lips was under-carbonated or not. I am here to taste, ponder, and ruminate with pen in hand the positives or negatives of her being.
The Lost Abbey Sinners 09 poured with a murky purpose of browns and blacks. No head, no lace, and no puffs even after a generous session of swirling. On the other hand, her nose hits me with a sour tart twang and lingers long with the bitter tannins of red and black grape skins. There are all kinds of sour and tart and moving her nose along is a steady flow of sour lactose with black cherries and chocolate nuggets happily bobbing about. Intriguing, my first sip leaves me speechless except for the very profound exclamation of ‘dang, that’s awesomely good’. Let me digress. Tartness pervades in layer upon layer of grape skins while her river of lactobacillus carries melted milk chocolates and plump black cherries across eager tastebuds. With each sip, I chew through tart grapes, meaty prunes, and finish with a chocolate coated smack of the lips. Don’t confuse her richness of flavor with complexity because her palate is straightforward and to the point. It works though because of her rich flavors which I am more than happy to indulge in. A whisper of licorice root mingles with her meaty prunes, and each generous quaff afterwards is a tasty remix of the above.
Lost Abbey is pretty far up there on my list of breweries I would love to see in Florida. In the meantime, I will simply make do with whatever Lost Abbey beers are lucky enough to pass my way.
Bottle thanks to Sebastian and shared with others. Poured near black with a nice ruby hue and barely any head that dissipated nearly immediately. Aroma was full of sour grapes with backing dark grains (slight roast) and some underlying red wine and oak as well. Flavor was similar with sour red grapes throughout with hints of dark chocolate and oak. The finish was nice and dry with a wine note.
Had at lost abbey. Pour is a thick black with no head. Aroma is sour cherry and blackberry. Flavor is amazing sour funks and malts. Amazing experience.
Bottle. 12.7 oz. Split with and courtesy of James. Pours a deep, dark brown with a thin, slightly lacy, off-white head. Wispy lace settles calmly around the edges of the glass. Aroma of cherry, figs, Brett, and hints of chocolate and rust from the Serpents Stout. Medium bodied, on the thinner side, with a loose, slightly metallic palate. Sour almost all the way through, but with a bit of roast and copper in the finish, again nodding at the Serpent. Overall a very interesting, tasty brew.