This week we pushed 4 barrels of delicious sour beer into our grundy for the blending of Track 3 of the box set. Devon shows the process as Gwen explains it.
Carnevale Masquerade 2012
Our annual Carnevale masquerade party celebrating the release of our lent beer, Carnevale, was last weekend. Here’s a few photos of the folks who attended.
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Vodcast #3 The Lost Abbey Propaganda
In May of 2011 we installed a new keg line. We asked Rotech to send us a tech to make sure it was operating properly.
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Carnevale di Lost Abbey Masquerade Party 2012
You are cordially invited to celebrate the end of the Carnevale season with one last evening of celebration at The Lost Abbey’s famed Venetian masquerade ball on February 25, 2012 from 7pm to 11pm.
Among the 20-plus taps of fine Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey beers will be the premiere of the 2012 vintage of our GABF gold medal winning Lenten saison, Carnevale. We’ll also have fine food from Chef Jasón Dänderand and company, and live music courtesy of The Professors.
Beers are regular price, but for those properly attired for the masquerade (costume and mask), the food and entertainment are free. A $10 cash only cover charge applies to those without proper dress. 21 and over only please. Valid ID required.
NOTE: This is a very popular event, and food and space are limited, so it’s best to arrive early rather than late. Mark your calendars now!
Details:
What: 5th Annual Carnevale di Lost Abbey Masquerade
When: February 25, 7pm to 11pm
Where: The Lost Abbey, 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069
For directions to the brewery or more information, please vist our Contact Page.
Check out these photos from previous Carnevale Masquerades:
Vodcast#2 The Lost Abbey Propaganda
Tis the season, so this week we finished bottling our gold medal winning dry hopped saison ale, Carnevale.
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CREDITS
gordie gerski
nick soulias (1st speaker)
devon randall
stuart long (2nd speaker)
MADE BY
ryan tillotson
Box Set Track 2 Releases This Saturday, February 18
This Saturday, February 18, 2012 at noon we’ll be releasing the second track in our year long Box Set series.
Track 2, an ode to Led Zepplin’s epic “Stairway to Heaven”, is the first of our Rexmixed Tracks. It’s a blend of Bourbon Angel’s Share spiked with peaches, Cuvee de Tomme and Project X (our wild fermentation project). A heavenly brew indeed.
As with all the Box Set releases, this is a very limited beer, so the release process will be different than the usual. We’ve posted everything you need to know on the Box Set page here.
You’ll find full details on Track 2 (the beer blend, ABV, liner notes, album art, etc.) on the website here.
See you Saturday!
Throwback Thursdays
A new Thursday routine: Starting February 16, 2012, we’ll be THROWING some rarities BACK on tap in the Tasting Room. Each week a keg from the archives will stage its triumphant return to the taps and run for as long as it lasts.
Some of the beers you can expect to see on Throwback Thursday include: Red Poppy 2011, Saint’s Devotion, Framboise de Amorosa 2010, Ad Lib 2011, Russ, Angel’s Share, Bourbon Santa’s 2010 & 2011, La Cruda Porter, and Older Viscosity 2011, and a few others you may be interested in…
Each week’s Throwback Thursday keg will be announced Monday afternoon and the keg will be tapped promptly at 3pm on Thursday.
Details are as follows:
- What: Throwback Thursdays: We’re throwing a rarity keg back on tap.
- Where: Lost Abbey Tasting Room
- How Much: $3 per taster
- When: Thursdays
- Caveats: Extremely Limited release (read: the kegs won’t last long); only one 5 gallon keg tapped per week — absolutely no growler fills or large tasters.
The Lost Abbey Propaganda
3/12 = 15
Hop 15 returns in a big way in March, 2012
The Hop Heads have spoken!
Out of just about 500 votes, nearly 90% of you wanted Hop 15 back. What’s more, most of you aren’t going to stand for this “oh it’s out there, but you can’t get it because it’s so limited.” No, you want it back in a big way – bottles and draft from coast to coast.
So that’s what you’re going to get.
We just got word from Production Head Honcho Gwen that the brewers will be clearing the decks at the end of this month and the first part of March to brew not one, but four – count `em, 4 – big, fat batches of Hop 15. (Some of the brewers aren’t so excited about having to make 60 trips up the brew platform — 15 hopping sessions per batch — but they could probably use the exercise anyway.)
With a run that big that means there’ll be enough to fill taps and shelves in all of our distribution regions north, south east and west!
Look for the Port Brewing fleet of hop bombers to be filling the skies over your neck of the woods in mid-to-late March.
New Jersey Launch
Every year we aim to get our beer in a new state/territory, and 2012 was no different. At the beginning of January 2012 our beer arrived in New Jersey. Here is a video that documents Tomme, Matt, and Ryan’s three day trip to New Jersey to attend some events and effectively launch our beer in a new state.