Inspired Beer for Sinners and Saints Alike
Craftbeer.com has a great article on Thanksgiving Beer Pairings from good friend and beer raconteur, “Dr.” Bill Sysak.
Among Bill’s many well-chosen pairings for every part of the meal — Our Lost Abbey Avant Garde with Turkey!
Date: December 17 December 24, 2011 – 12:00pm – 7:00pm
This will be the release date for Cuvee de Tomme 2011, our multi-award winning bourbon barrel-aged aged strong ale with sour cherries.
Release Details:
Supplies of this beer are extremely limited. Bottle sales will be brewery only and a select quantity of draft will be available in the Southern California region, however, it will not reach any of our other distribution areas (sorry).
Because we expect this beer to sell out quickly, we’ll open our doors at 11am for registration; bottle sales will begin at 12pm.
Standard disclaimer: This is a barrel-aged beer. As such release dates are subject to change based on the whims of the barrels.
Update 1: 12/14/11 – Release has been delayed by one week to December 24, 2011.
Being here in San Diego, we’re chocked full of great craft breweries. So many in fact that it’s not unusual to see and members of the local brewing community on TV and the radio.
What is unusual, however, is to be driving to work listening to the radio when suddenly the people on air are talking about you (or at least your brewery) being the best in the county — which is exactly what happened to us this morning.
The following is an on air conversation between KPRi 102.1 FM radio personalities Madison and Pamela Howe, and San Diego local beer connoisseur, Robbert Jeffords regarding San Diego Beer Week. Guess who they all agreed as the best brewery in San Diego?
Lost Abbey on KPRi Radio
This year both Toronados — San Francisco and San Diego — as well as The Lost Abbey, will all be premiering Cable Car 2011 on the same day!
Here at The Abbey we’ll be placing a select number of Cable Car 2011 bottles on sale Saturday afternoon beginning at 5pm. Details are as follows:
Update – 11/11/11
Based on the feedback we’ve been getting, we’re making a couple of arrangements so those of you who arrive specifically for the Cable Car get the best service possible.
First, We only have 60 bottles for this release, so starting around 2pm we’ll begin queuing people in the packaging warehouse on a first come, first serve basis. If you come specifically for Cable Car, please look for the signs leading you to the queue. If you don’t see them, just ask one of our staff members and they’ll direct you accordingly. (You’re welcome to enjoy beer while in the queue.)
Next, we’ll begin opening the Cable Car Kriek at 5pm. If you’re among the first 60 in the queue, one of our staffers will provide you with stemware (your $50 gets your the bottle and 2 Lost Abbey Tulip glasses), and provide you with your bottle. If you need additional tasting glasses for others in your party, please make sure to mention it.
Finally, while we’d love to provide you with empty bottles to take home, because of the problem with Internet counterfeiters (yes, people actually take the bottles, refill them with something else and sell them as the real deal), we can’t provide you with the empty bottle, the cork, hood and wire. You can keep the bottle or the hood and wire, but please don’t ask to take it all as we’ll have to tell you no (and no one likes to do that).
Gwen, our Quality Assurance Director and Ivan, the owner to San Marcos’ beloved Churchill’s Pub and Grille get together to decide on the final blend of this year’s Churchill’s Finest Hour.
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