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Christmas in July Celebration 2012

Our annual beer release and party to benefit the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Foundation!

Join us for a day of Christmas time festivities, great food and beer to celebrate the release of bourbon barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper and collect toys and cash to benefit the Marine Corp’s Toys for Tots foundation.

Christmas in July – July 14, 2012 – 11am to 8pm

The Details:

  • When: Saturday, July 14, 2011; 11am to 8pm.
  • Where: The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
  • How Much: Photos with Santa, food and entertainment are all FREE when you bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $15. No toy? That’s okay. Give a $15 cash donation to Toys for Tots at the door and you’re in! (Beers are all regular price!)

Events on tap:

Beer releases:

  • 2012 Bourbon Barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper – 22oz bottles; $15 ea. / 6 bottle limit. Bottle sales begin at 12pm.

Food & Beer:

  • Food – Entrants will receive a ticket good for food at any of the four vendors in our mobile food court
  • On Tap – All of The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing’s full regular tap line-up, plus a few secret specialties (more on those as we approach the event…)

Activities:

A Visit from St. Nick
Santa Claus loves to visit us while he’s on vacation in San Diego! He’ll be dropping by the brewery from 12pm – 5pm so you can get you, your friends’ and family professionally photographed with him. Santa’s photo schedule will be 12-1, 2-3, 4-5 & 6-7

Toys for Tots toy drive and fundraiser

  • Toy Drive — Bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $15 or more to benefit Toys for Tots
  • Giving Tree – Make an additional $15 cash donation to Toys for Tots (above & beyond the unwrapped toy) and you get to select a gift from the Christmas Tree. Gifts will include rare bottles, Port Brewing & Lost Abbey gear and tickets to our legendary Barrel Night during San Diego Beer Week.
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Release the Kraken!

Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey lands a monster eight medals and Best in Show at San Diego International Beer Festival

Anybody got a Carnevale?

Anyone familiar with American craft scene knows that San Diego County is basically what Olympus was to the ancient Greeks — populated by a collection of some of the mightiest brewers and breweries on the planet. This, of course, is a double-edged sword.

Yes, the region is filled will great brews, but it’s also filled with a Pantheon of brewers, judges and professional critics who have already “been there and done that,” making them an especially difficult lot to impress. So it came as more than a little surprising this past weekend when Tomme & Co. spent the afternoon doing their best Spartan army imitation running around the awards platform at the 6th Annual San Diego International Beer Festival.

If you’re not familiar with the SD International Beer Festival, while only six years old, it’s quickly grown to be one of the largest festivals anywhere with nearly 140 breweries from 15 countries and 300-odd beers in competition — including all of San Diego’s brewing Titans and a whole bunch of young, up-and-coming heroes that the rest of the craft brewing world will no doubt soon hear of.

In all, the Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey Brew Crew landed a total of eight medals and the coveted “Best in Show” award (for Carnevale). Given the all the incredible brewers and breweries we competed with, it was a high honor indeed. A great big congratulations to our whole brew team, and all the other amazing breweries who medaled this weekend!

Here’s a list of our medals from the San Diego International Beer Festival:

Beer Medal Category
THE LOST ABBEY
Carnevale Gold & BEST IN SHOW (33) French & Belgian Style Ale
Deliverance Bronze (9) Wood & Barrel-aged Strong Beer
Serpent’s Stout Silver (41) Imperial Stout
PORT BREWING
Churchill’s Finest Hour 2012 Gold (9) Wood & Barrel-aged Strong Beer
Hot Rocks Lager Silver (4) Specialty Beer
Lost and Found Bronze (36) Belgian Style Dark Ale
Midnight Expressions Bronze (39) Specialty Stout
Shark Attack Bronze (24) Imperial Red Ale

You can download a list of all the winners here.

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Vodcast #20 The Lost Abbey Propaganda

Last Wednesday (6/13/12) our new brite tank arrived, our largest one yet.  For four days I tried to get Ken to talk to me about the tank delivery and installation; he claimed to be too busy.  Finally, I just grabbed my camera and followed him around.  The only time he was able and willing to speak to me was between jobs.

Here is a quick glimpse of the average workday for our Plant Manager, Ken Kline.

Vodcast #20 The Lost Abbey Propaganda from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.

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Mo’ Betta Bretta

 

 
A long time ago (well, 2004) in a Pizza Port not so far away (Solana Beach, CA), Tomme Arthur and New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert brewed an all Brettanomyces beer they called Mo’ Betta Bretta.

In April of this year Peter flew from Colorado and the two joined forces once again — this time at The Lost Abbey — to do a refresh of that beer.  Below is a video of what happened that day.  The beer was released at the brewery on June 9th and should be hitting shelves near you the week of the June 18th.

 

 

 

 

Mo’ Betta Bretta Brew Day

 

Mo’ Betta Trailer

Vodcast #11 The Lost Abbey Propaganda from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.

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Kelsey: Lost Abbey’s Prom Queen

Kelsey

Lead Bartender, fashionista and overall Bad A$$, Kelsey took a few minutes to answer some questions… giving us a bit more insight into what makes her tick. Enjoy!

1. Picture this: We’re building a Lost Abbey Restaurant, and letting the staff each craft and name a meal on the menu… What would be your culinary creation? 
No idea, but I would imagine pickles would be involved… and it would probably be disgusting

2. Besides knowing sign language, what other talent do you have that you hide away? Follow up question: Why do you hide that talent like Frodo hides The Ring?
I can perfectly recite every lyric as well as sing the various harmonies to each song on the Pitch Perfect Soundtrack. I could see how the average human being would possibly want to hide a skill like that from the world…but I’m not your average person-so it’s more a point if pride for me. As a matter of fact, I want to listen to that soundtrack RIGHT NOW!

3. What’s your favorite movie to fall asleep to?
Since I was a wee one, whenever I was sick, I would watch the entire Anne of Green Gables/Avonlea series. I would go in and out of sick consciousness while watching 6 hours worth of pure victorian era based entertainment. 

4. As a published “Fashionista” (http://bit.ly/16xNcGe)  – What’s your next daring fashion adventure? (And before you ask, I did have a Rupaul track playing in the background as I was writing this question… It’s also Ryan’s “Zen afternoon” song)
I went though a slight “leg warmer phase” but then Summertime decided to show up. In hindsight; I’m not sure how I even feel about that phase. But in all actuality; I don’t know if I could survive without my denim jacket. It satisfies my old desires to resemble Kelly from Saved By the Bell. 

5. Amanda Bynes? What’s up with that chick?
Oohhh Mandy, that girl-gotta love her. I think she’s a class-act-good-time, I’m not going to lie to you, I see a bright future for her and I developing a fairly serious friendship.

6. It’s a scientific fact that you can’t go 15 seconds without smiling… you’re most likely smiling as you read this question… What do you picture in your head that keeps the happy thoughts flowing?
Ugh, I was smiling when I read that…how well you know me Mr. Martinez. I smile for the same reasons anyone smiles, such as thoughts of my next adventure, pickles, Zac Galifanikis (Is that how you spell his name? Whatever, he’s dreamy), crocodiles, breakfast burritos and tallying up how many bottles of Inferno I have consumed in any given day…these are a few of my favorite things.

7. It’s also a scientific fact th you have a sharp wit… So sharp in-fact that I am afraid to come to the tasting room because you’re going to hurt me mentally… Why don’t you tweet more?Let’s get serious here, it is considerably important to me that people have an equal amount of fear of me but at the same time feel drawn to me. I pride myself on the ability to terrify or offend a dear and unsuspecting friend, but then follow it with wink and a smile. So I’m fulfilled to hear that I have caused notable emotional scarring for you.

But really, I’m too flighty to keep focused on something as complicated and demanding as “The Twitter”. I’ll work on it…but really, by tomorrow I will have forgotten about this entire conversation. 

 

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Brew Lovers Painting Class with The Lost Abbey

Join us for a Brew Lovers Painting Class
On Thursday, June 21st at 7 p.m., gather at the PaintNVineyard studio for a night of craft brews and artistic stokes. Guests will have the opportunity to paint one of Lost Abbey’s remarkable beer labels, Red Barn Ale, while enjoying the actual brew amongst friends.

The two-hour step-by-step class, guided by PaintNVineyard’s professional instructors, will leave you with your very own creation from Lost Abbey. The actual artist of Lost Abbey’s well-known labels, Sean Dominguez, will be there to inspire your inner artist and offer tips on technique.

Come sip, cheers and paint! This class has limited seats, so reserve early. Your $37 seat will get you your canvas, paint, brushes, apron and, of course, Red Barn Ale.

The Details:

» To reserve a space: click here

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Box Set Track 6 Releases This Saturday, June 16, 2012

Load the cooler and gas up the beast because we’re going on a roadtrip! This Saturday, June 16, 2012 we’re releasing Track 6 in our Ultimate Box Set series.

Track 6 is an ode to AC/DC’s 1979 musical monster, Highway to Hell. A Fresh Track as big and black as the AC/DC anthem, Track 6 is a blend of 2009 Bourbon Angel’s Share and Brandy barrel-aged Serpent’s Stout. At 14.3% ABV it’ll have all of your senses ringing like Angus Young’s guitar.

You’ll find the beer details (blend, ABV, liner notes, album art, etc.) on the website here. Details on the other Box Set beers can be found on the Box Set home page.

As with all Box Set releases, the beers must be consumed on site, same day. Unopened bottles may not be carried out. Each bottle is 375ml and is $15 each.

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Our 6th Anniversary Celebration!

Last month we celebrated our 6th birthday! We had a huge party and invited all of our friends.
Port / The Lost Abbey 6th Anniversary

We had awesome music provided by The Flounders, Squarefish, and Silverline; we had great food provided by SlowCal BBQ, Red Oven Pizza, and Casanova Fish Tacos, and of course we had incredible beer! For those who missed out try to live vicariously through this video, and for those who did attend see if you made the cut.

6th Anniversary Celebration from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.