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Hey folks, time once again for A Whale A Week! Last week we tested out Goose Island Madame Rose 2012 and enjoyed it quite a bit. This week we move from sour to sweet with the much sought-after Lost Abbey Angel’s Share. Lost Abbey Angel’s Share 2013 Vintage
Lost Abbey is a brewery with an interesting history. The brewery itself was started as a mostly Belgian oriented offshoot of the famous Pizza Port Brewery in California. Brewer Tomme Arthur is famous for pushing the boundaries of craft brew in our country and is usually mentioned in the same breath as Sam Calagione and Vinny Cilurzo as rockstar brewers. We still don’t get Lost Abbey beer in Minnesota, so any of them are a rarity here. One of their more famous brews is the Angel’s Share. Named for the evaporation that occurs while barrel aging spirits, the “angel’s share,” it is an early example of barrel aging in the USA. This is a strong 12.5% ABV English style barleywine (think J.W. Lees or Thomas Hardy) that is then aged for a
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Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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