Most of our Rare Beer Club members will instantly recognize the names "Port Brewing" and "The Lost Abbey" and "Tomme Arthur"-the gifted brewer associated with both. All three have come to mean excellence in brewing and envelope-pushing, boundary-testing beers. We've had the good fortune of working with Tomme previously on several Rare Beer Club exclusives, and we're excited to bring yet another one to our members this month. The world's greatest beer writer, and Rare Beer Club founder, the late Michael Jackson, was a big fan of Tomme's beers, and we know he would have loved this month's Rare Beer Club exclusive: Righteous Son.

Lost Abbey's Righteous Son pours a deep, dark caramel-brown color, and offers prominent aromatics of dried dark fruits and dark caramel, alongside some ripe red fruits and berry character. The aroma never overwhelms, bringing plush amounts of fruit and heat and restrained caramel throughout. Hints of plum and wine grape emerge as this warms. On the palate, there's a nicely enlivening presence of fine-bubbled carbonation to this old ale, giving more vibrancy and presence overall. Generous degrees of dried red and dark fruits are a key pillar, providing a luxurious, fruit-leather-like undertone that brings together notes of caramel, licorice, sherry, nuttiness, toast, and the subtly sweet vanilla and almond of the barrels. As lux as a Belgian quad or abt, there's just a ton of layers to dig into with this beer, but it remains super drinkable and deliberate in its expression overall.