We don’t have many employees here at Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey, though it is growing. Here is a brief look into all of the “behind the scenes” people that make this brewery what is it.
Meat Everyone – Vodcast #43 from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.
Port Brewing Announces “Board Meeting”
Imperial brown ale brewed with coffee and cocoa is brewery’s first addition to its year-round line-up in two years
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Award-winning craft brewery Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey today announced a new addition to its portfolio produced under the company’s Port Brewing label. Board Meeting Brown Ale, an imperial brown ale brewed with coffee and cocoa nibs, will join Port favorites Wipeout IPA, Shark Attack Imperial Red, Old Viscosity and Mongo Double IPA, as a year-round offering from the brewery in February 2013. It is the first new beer to be added to the Port Brewing regular line-up since Mongo’s release in early 2010.
“Between our Lost Abbey and Port Brewing labels we produce a really broad variety of beers; over three dozen in all,” said Port Brewing director of brewery operations, Tomme Arthur. “Interestingly, we’ve never produced a brown ale, so Board Meeting seemed a natural fit in our portfolio.”
Port Brewing beers are typically boldly-flavored American and hop-forward West Coast style ales or lagers, and Board Meeting Brown Ale is no exception. An amplified brown ale, the beer is brewed with liberal additions of coffee from local San Diego roasters, Ryan Brothers, and cocoa nibs sourced from famed San Francisco chocolate maker TCHO. Alcohol by volume is 8.5%.
“Board Meeting offers the malty richness and assertive hop presence that you expect in an American brown ale, but enhanced with pronounced roasted coffee and bitter chocolate aromas and flavors,” Arthur said. “I think people will enjoy this beer by itself and at the table paired with meat dishes like pork, roasts and barbeque. I imagine it’d be pretty good washing down a sausage omelet at breakfast too.”
As with the other members of the Port Brewing year-round portfolio, Board Meeting brown ale will be available in 22 ounce bottles and on draft throughout the brewery’s distribution network. Consumers should expect to see it on tap in draft houses and on retailer’s shelves by mid February 2013.
About Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey
Founded in 2006, Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey produces an extensive line-up of continental and American-inspired ales and lagers. Under the direction of legendary brewmaster and co-founder Tomme Arthur, the brewery has garnered dozens of awards in its six year history including the 2007 Great American Beer Festival Small Brewery of the Year, and 2008 World Beer Cup Champion Small Brewery. The company’s beers, many of which are aged in oak barrels for 12 months or longer, are universally recognized for their complexity, unique flavors, and bold, boundary-pushing styles. For more information, contact Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey at 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069, telephone (800) 918-6816, and on the web at www.lostabbey.com.
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Tasting Room Holiday Hours
- Wed 12/19: 12pm-9pm*
- Thur 12/20: 12pm-7pm
- Fri 12/21: 12pm-9pm
- Sat 12/22: 11:30am-8pm
- Sun 12/23: 12pm-7pm
- Mon 12/24: 12pm-5pm
- Tues 12/25: CLOSED
- Wed 12/26: 1pm-9pm*
- Thur 12/27: 1pm-7pm
- Fri 12/28: 1pm-9pm
- Sat 12/29: 11:30pm-8pm
- Sun 12/30: 12pm-7pm
- Mon 12/31: 11am-5pm
- Tues 1/1: CLOSED
*Join us on Wednesdays for Hungry Hump Day Happy Hour
Cuvee de Tomme – Vodcast #42
Greg tells us a few facts about Cuvee de Tomme while he is stacking the empty barrels used for this year’s blend.
Vodcast #41 The Build & Release Of The Ultimate Boxset
On Wednesday November 22nd we at the Lost Abbey constructed ALL of The Ultimate Boxsets; meaning we added two sets of foam inserts, all 12 Track beers, the sealed vinyl w/ artwork & liner notes, and the hand written serial number. Each Boxset was sealed, palletized, and wrapped up for the big release on Saturday the 24th.
Vodcast #41 Boxset Release from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.
The Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set Makes an Encore
Award-wining craft brewery to issue a special 13th Track; make select number of Collector’s Sets available to the general public on December 1, 2012.
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Don’t turn up the house lights yet because The Lost Abbey is returning to the stage with a grand finale to its multi-award-winning Ultimate Box Set. This Saturday, December 1, 2012, The Lost Abbey will release a previously unannounced 13th beer, aptly inspired by the 1979 hit “Message in a Bottle” by the Police. On the same day, the brewery will also make available a select number of Ultimate Box Set Collector’s Editions for purchase by the public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“When we began the Box Set releases last January our plan was to release a bonus track and make a number of complete sets available to the general public at the end of the year,” said director of brewery operations Tomme Arthur. “But as the months progressed we began to worry that the demand was beyond our production levels and we weren’t going to be able to deliver complete sets to both those who reserved them during the year and have some left for the public in December. As a result we opted to make the sets available only to those who reserved them.”
To reserve a complete box set, patrons had to purchase one of the 350 bottles in each monthly Track release. The purchaser’s names were placed in a lottery, 45 were drawn and received the option to purchase a complete box sets at the end of the year.
The complete box sets were released to the winners this past weekend at a special party that let the winners go “backstage” at the brewery to meet Arthur and the other members of The Lost Abbey team.
“As luck would have it, between higher than anticipated yields on each Track, and some of the lottery winners opting to take less than their full entitlement, we can release a limited number of the complete Box Sets the general public,” Arthur said.
The Collector’s Edition Box Sets include all 13 beers released throughout the year, a hand-built and individually numbered Lost Abbey road case, and an album-style book created by Grammy® Award-winning designer Matt Taylor of Varnish Studio. The book includes detailed descriptions of each Track, album cover art for each beer’s label, “liner notes” from Arthur, and a faux The Lost Abbey vinyl record.
Individual bottles of Track 13 and the complete Box Set Collector’s editions will go on sale in The Lost Abbey tasting room at 10am PST December 1, 2012. A total of 350 bottles of Track 13 will be available for purchase and must be consumed in the tasting room. At the time of this release, the total number of complete Box Sets available for public purchase this weekend is still being determined. However, the final amount will extremely limited and available strictly on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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- Track 13 Details can be found here
- Collector’s Edition Ultimate Box Set pricing
- Directions to the tasting room
For general release-day information, please call (925)-Boxset1 (269-7381) or email: LABoxSet@Gmail.com. For media inquries, photo requests, etc., please click here.
Track 12 of The Ultimate Box Set Releases Saturday, November 24
This Saturday, November 24, 2012 we’re releasing the twelfth beer in our Ultimate Box Set series. Track 12 is a Fresh Track; a non-fruited sour that’s a blend of three beers aged in oak barrels and inspired by Black Sabbath’s epic 1980 hit Heaven and Hell.
The epic culmination of our Ultimate Box Set; Track 12 is an inspired new sour designed for Sinners and Saints Alike
For Track 12 we created a new beer – a non-fruited sour made from a blend of Avant Garde, a previously unreleased sour brown ale, and a splash of Gift of the Magi. Aged in oak barrels the beer offers a musty nose followed by a compelling mélange of sweet and sour flavors.
Among all the Tracks we have released this year (many of which are now medal winners), the DOBO feels that Track 12 is the one that offers the most intriguing possibilities for the long run. We think all you Sinners and you Saints are really going to enjoy this one.
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 tasting room doors will open at 10:00 am for this special event. As with all Box Set releases, the beers must be consumed on site the same day. Unopened bottles may not be carried out. Each bottle is 375ml and is $15 each.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Track 12 release day coincides with the release of the complete Ultimate Box Set Collections for those who won opportunities in the lotteries. As with past lotteries, we will draw 45 names from those who purchase a bottle of Track 12 during the release. Unlike past lotteries, however, the Track 12 lottery winners will be “instant winners” – i.e., they will be able to purchase and take home an Ultimate Box Set Collection the same day.
If you’re a Track 12 lottery winner and want to purchase the complete collection please be prepared to take your collection home the same day.
For collection pricing, contents and other details, please click here.
Vodcast #40 Mayan Judgment Day
Last Friday the power went out. Many of us believe it is a sign. Maybe we shouldn’t be making a beer in honor of the end of the world.
Vodcast #40 Mayan Judgment Day from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.
Festival Of Barrel Aged Beers Leaves Tracks of Gold and Bronze
Three Ultimate Box Set Beers take home medals
The Illinois Craft Brewer’s Guild held their annual barrel-aged confab known as “FoBAB” or the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer took place last weekend in Chicago. The Lost Abbey ventured to the Midwest (though it’s really the Near East if you look at a map) to bring our friends in the Land of Lincoln a taste of how we do it here in San Diego.
In all, we entered four Tracks–numbers 8 – 11–from our Ultimate Box Set and walked away with three medals–two golds and a bronze–as well as Runner Up for Best in Show. Not a bad day in our book.
Here’s a list of the FoBAB Medals we received:
- Bronze – Track #10 – Bat out of Hell (Experimental Beer)
- Gold – Track #8 – Number of the Beast (Experimental Beer & Runner Up Best in Show)
- Gold – Track #9 – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Wild Beer)
Track #11 (Devil Went Down to Georgia) missed out on a medal in the Fruit Beer category, but we still like it all the same.
A great big thanks to all the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild folks and the fans who turned out for FoBAB. We’re looking forward to seeing them all again when we head back to Chicago!
If you’d like to see a full list of FoBAB winners, you’ll find it on the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild website here.
SDBW Vodcast #39
We just finished up San Diego Beer Week. Below is a video of one night from the entire week full of events.
Vodcast #39 SDBW from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.