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2012 Pre-Stone Anniversary Brunch

The tradition of pre-arrogant decadence continues!

Once again we’ll be feeding the masses before the annual sojourn up the hill to attend Stone’s Anniversary Celebration. As in years past, the Tasting Room will open at 8:30am with an incredible carb-laden spread and 42 taps of fresh Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey beers.

Pre-Stone Anniversary Brunch
Should we pick you up for brunch or just nudge you?

  • What: Pre-Stone 16th Anniversary Brunch
  • When: Saturday, August 18, 2012 – 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Where: The Lost Abbey / Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
  • How Much: No entry fee. Food is free. Standard pricing for beers.

But wait — there’s more! This year we’re taking it to even greater heights!

For the first time, we’re proud to announce our partnership with Churchill’s Pub & Grille and Executive Chef A.G. Warfield. Chef A.G. will be serving an epically and appropriately arrogant menu, perfectly prepped and paired for craft beer’s paramount party.

Carnivore, Vegetarian or Omnivore, you’re guaranteed to be impressed and well-sated by a buffet as impressive as the many beers to come throughout the day.

As always, the food is free and the tasters regular price. It’s just our — and Churchill’s — way of saying Happy Birthday to Stone and thanks to all the craft beer lovers of the world! (We’ll have more details on the beers and food next week as we get closer to the big event.)

Come early, come hungry, and be prepared for a day of stories from start to finish.

Need a reminder? Click here to add it to your calendar

Check out some photos from last years event:

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In The News for July 8 – 14, 2012

The interwebs are a-buzz with new about Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey. Here’s a wrap-up of what people were talking about the week ending July 14, 2012.

The News

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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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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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Update: What’s Special for our 6th Anniversary Party This Weekend

Epic alert: Amazing food, great music, and a tap list that’s the craft beer equivalent of The Avengers.

Click here to get your tickets to the Port / The Lost Abbey 6th Anniversary
We just got the word from the DOBO and our hospitality manager, Kevin Hopkins, on the final arrangements for our Anniversary party this weekend. Needless to say, if you’re not attending, you’re going to miss the event of the weekend. Here’s the updates:

  • Gourmet Food Truck Triumvirate:
    In past years we’ve served up barbeque and pizza courtesy of our in-house pit masters and cousins at Pizza Port. This year, however, we’re cranking it up a notch and inviting in a trio of our favorite gourmet food trucks to literally create an outdoor food court filled with three continents of incredible eats.Food Trucks Include:

    • Casanova Fish Tacos
    • Red Oven Pizza
    • Slow Cal BBQ
  • Epic Tap List:
    Not only will all 26 taps in the tasting room be flowing, but in addition to the regular line-up Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey liquid awesomeness, we’re also loading the line-up with our biggest collection of limited-edition wonders ever. Specialty Taps:

    1. The Angel’s Share – Bourbon Barrel (v. 2011) – 3 tickets/ea
    2. Anniversary Ale (v. 2012)
    3. Deliverance (v. 2012) – 3 tickets/ea
    4. Framboise de Amorosa (v. 2012) – 3 tickets/ea
    5. Hop-15 (spring 2012 release)
    6. Red Poppy (v. 2012) – 3 tickets/ea
    7. Santa’s Little Helper – Bourbon Barrel (v. 2011) – 3 tickets/ea

    And for the first time ever on tap:

    • Inferno Ale
  • Music For The Masses
    Squarefish 1:30pm - 3:00pm

    Silverline 4:30pm - 8:00pm
  • Additional Tickets Now Available
    With a little re-arranging we were able to make additional room for a few more of our friends, so we’ve made more tickets available! So if you tried to get tickets last week, but were told that we were sold out, fear not! We’ve released a new batch of tickets for both sessions. You will want to hurry, though — while we did make more tickets available, it’s not that many more, so we expect them to sell out quickly once again. (» buy tickets here.)

The Details

Location
Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey, 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069.

Date / Time(s):

Saturday May 12, 2011-Two sessions

Each guest will receive a commemorative tasting glass, 8 beer tasting tickets and food (additional taster tickets are $1 each).

Tickets

  • $20 per session
  • Each session limited to 400 people

We’ve sold out completely each year, so make sure to get your tickets early! (It’s unlikely we’ll have any at the door.) 21 and older only please. ID will be required.

Purchase Tickets: (via Brown Paper Tickets)

click here to purchase tickets

Watch the 6th Anniversary Video Promo

 

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The Lost Abbey “faut être deux” at World Beer Cup

Brewery grabs a gold for Carnevale and the bronze for Gift of the Magi in the French and Belgian ale categories

Call us “L’Abbaye Perdu” because the 2012 World Beer Cup was here in San Diego last week, and we walked away with not one, but two medals in the French and Belgian Ales categories. Carnevale took a gold in the French & Belgian Saison category (it also took a gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2009 for the same), while Gift of the Magi landed a bronze in the French & Belgian Ale category.

All in all not a bad showing for a bunch of guys (and gals) from San Diego. All we have to say to our brewers is — a votre santé!

» For a full list of World Beer Cup winners, click here.

Photo galleries from World Beer Cup

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(If you like those, you might also like the photos from our Craft Brewer’s Conference week and our CBC Dinner.)

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Box Set Track 3 Releases Saturday, March 17

Double Sour Special Hours: Red Poppy Releases Same Day

This Saturday, March 17, 2012 will mark the release of our third track in our now famed Ultimate Box Set series.

Track 3, a tribute to AC/DC’s head-banging anthem Hell’s Bells, is a pale sour and the second of our Remixed Tracks. A blend of Mellow Yellow and Phunky Duck barrels, the beer details (blend, ABV, liner notes, album art, etc.) are on the website here.

special notes: Red Poppy will also be released on March 17, so we are doing things a bit differently. PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE INFO.

  • Extended Tasting Room Hours: Because we are expecting larger than usual crowds (two releases and St Patrick's Day), we will be opening our doors from 9am to 7pm. The MIHO Gastrotruck will be onsite with breakfast specials from 8am – 11am and a special lunch MENU from 11am -7pm.
  • Beer Reservations: We know many will want both Track 3 and Red Poppy, so we will begin IDing and wristbanding people for the beers at 8am. If you arrive early (i.e., before 9am) to ensure you get bottles, please line up on the loading ramp leading into the tasting room. As with previous releases you will be able to pay in line and be issued a ticket/receipt that ensures your allotment.
  • Allotments and Restrictions:
    • Track 3 – As with all Box Set releases, the beers must be consumed on site, same day. Bottles may not be carried out. The bottles are 375ml and are $15 each.
    • Red Poppy – As with past releases, Red Poppy is also 375ml bottles; $15 each with a six bottle per patron limit.(Yes, you can take Red Poppy away with you).
  • Special Taps: Red Poppy will be on draft as 4 ounce tasters only. Tasters are $3 each.

Because this event happens to coincide with St Patrick's Day, we expect larger that usual crowds after noon. If you wish to avoid the crowds and be assured of getting bottles of Track 3 / Red Poppy, we recommend that you arrive earlier rather than later.

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Carnevale Masquerade 2012

Our lord and lady of the night along with our best mask and best costume winners

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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Box Set Track 1 Releases This Saturday

Press Play and Let's Rock

This Saturday, January 21, 2012 will mark the release of the first track in our ultimate Box Set, kicking off a year-long series of super-limited beer releases inspired by those great anthem rock tunes of our youth. (Feel free to wave your lighters in the air… for you younger kids that’s what we waved at the concert before cell phones with big screens.)

Because the Box Set beers are so limited, the release process will be different than the usual, so we’ve posted everything you need to know on the Box Set page here.

On the same page you’ll also find details on Track 1, (aka Runnin’ With the Devil), which is one of the “Fresh Tracks“. It’s aged in wine barrels and spiked with Cab Sauvignon grapes and our own Brett cultures. Definitely a devilish brew…

Side note: because of some labeling “issues” with Track 1 (we’ll let you guess what they were), this release has a special label that will appear only on this version of the brew. The Full Box Set release of Track 1 will have a different label in line with the others.