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Christmas in July Celebration & Fundraiser 2011

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

Update (July 13, 2011): See below for updated schedule of events.

Christmas in July celebration & fundraiser for Toys for Tots
Christmas in July at The Lost Abbey!

Join us for a day of Christmastime festivities, great food, beer and music to celebrate the release of bourbon barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper and to collect toys and cash to benefit the Marine Corp’s Toys for Tots foundation. Last year we raised over $10,000 in toys and cash donations — this year we’re trying to beat that!

Events on tap:

Beer releases:

2011 Bourbon Barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper – 22oz bottles; Release day only: $12 ea . Regularly: $15 ea. ; 4 bottle limit. (Yes, this beer will reach our distribution network in limited quantities.)

Food & Beer:

Food – We’re doing a real Christmas meal! We’ll be serving fresh smoked turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, yams, fresh-baked rolls and dessert

On Tap – All of The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing’s regular 21 tap line-up, plus a few secret specialties (more on those as we approach the event…)

Activities:

A Visit from St. Nick

Santa - yes this guy, The REAL Santa, will be on-hand for photos

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 in the Barrel Room.

Live Webcast
We’ll be doing a live web broadcast — this time from a platform high above the tasting room floor where our intrepid Anchor, Andy Killion, will cover the festivities. If you’re not able to attend, you’ll be able to watch the broadcast from your computer, tablet or smartphone via our brewcam page here*.
* Download the Ustream Smartphone app for Android and iPhone here.

Live Music
Two bands! The Firkins and The Professors

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.

The Details:

  • When: Saturday, July 16, 2011; 12pm to 7pm.
  • Where: The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
  • How Much: Photos with Santa, music, food and entertainment are all FREE when you bring a 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!)

Schedule of Events:
To ensure that we’re not mobbed all at once and that everyone has a chance to get their photos with Santa, enjoy the food, music and get a ticket for the Giving Tree, we’re breaking the day into two equal sessions with exactly the same stuff in both sessions. The schedule is as follows:

Session 1
(12:00pm – 3:30pm)

  • 12:00 – Doors open; Block 1 of Giving Tree Tickets available. (2 ticket max per person)
  • 12:30 – Santa Arrives for photos
  • 1:00 – Live Music: The Firkins; Food is served!
  • 2:00 – Live Music: The Professors
  • 3:00 – Giving Tree Drawing #1
  • 3:30 – Session 1 ends
Session 2
(3:30pm – 7:00pm)

  • 4:00 – Session 2 starts; Block 2 of Giving Tree Tickets available. (2 ticket max per person)
  • 4:00 – Live Music: The Firkins; Food is served!
  • 5:00 – Live Music: The Professors
  • 5:30 – Santa Departs
  • 6:00 – Giving Tree Drawing #2
  • 7:00 – Session 2 ends

You can also download a printable schedule here: Christmas in July 2011 Schedule (PDF)

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July 4th Weekend Hours

We know a lot of folks are coming down to San Diego for the upcoming Independence Day weekend (and who wouldn’t? Have you seen our weather forecast?), so we just wanted to give you a quick update on extended our tasting room hours for the holiday weekend.
4th of July Weekend Hours at Lost Abbey
Independence Day Weekend Hours:

  • Friday (July 1): 3pm – 9pm
  • Saturday (July 2): 12pm – 7pm
  • Sunday (July 3): 12pm – 6pm
  • Monday (July 4): 12pm – 4pm

We’ll have both the front and back tasting room bars open and the bottle shelves will be fully stocked. Ten Commandments is also back in bottles this week. If you’d like to see what’s on tap for your tasting & growler filling pleasure, as well as what’s available in bottles, make sure to check our what’s on tap page (updated every Friday at 2pm).

Oh, and if you’re looking for an easy way to travel between the beach and brewery, check out the Sprinter train. It runs every 30 minutes and costs just a couple of bucks. It’s a great way to avoid traffic and the crowds! More info on how to get to us via the train (as well as your car) is in our Visit Us section here.

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Hoppy Father’s Day: Dad Keeps the Glass


Join us in celebrating our dads by bringing yours to the Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey tasting room and buying him a pint. When you do, your Dad keeps the pint glass! You can even buy him two pints and get him a matched set! All dads are welcome. See you (and your Dad) in the Tasting Room!

Details:

  • What: Hoppy Father’s Day – You buy Dad a pint and Dad Keeps the pint glass (Port Brewing Logo pint glass)
  • When: Father’s Day (Sunday, June 19, 2011) – 12pm to 6pm
  • Where: Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey tasting room
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The La Cruda Porter Recipe

In the world of craft beer there’s a very close relationship between homebrewers and professionals. Most of the guys (and girls) in the business started brewing small batches of beer in their garage, and many continue to homebrew even after they’ve turned pro or retired from professional brewing altogether. As a result, brewers — paid or not — share a special affinity for the craft of beermaking that the rest of us as consumers and aficionados may not fully understand.

Today the National Homebrewers Conference opens here in San Diego and thousands of homebrewers from all over North America have descended on the county to meet, talk, trade tips and see for themselves why San Diego is the current craft beer capitol of the world (hint: a lot of it has to do with homebrewers). In honor of the conference and the homebrewers that make it what it is, our brewmaster/DOBO/COO Tomme Arthur chose to brew a beer with special significance just for conference attendees — La Cruda Porter.

La Cruda Porter

La Cruda, or Makanudo Porter as it was known back in 1996, was one of the first beers Tomme ever brewed as a professional. At the time Tomme was assistant to Troy Hojel, head brewer at Cervezerias La Cruda (roughly: “the hangover brewery”), a new brewpub in downtown San Diego. La Cruda’s brewhouse wasn’t quite up and running early enough, so Troy and Tomme approached another brewer, Skip Virgilio, the former brewer at Pacific Beach Brew House, about brewing a beer at Skip’s new brewery, AleSmith. Skip consented and the three proceeded to brew a robust porter recipe by Troy that they named Makanudo Porter (yes, Makanudo with a “k”).

It was the worst selling beer in La Cruda’s brief 12 month lifespan, but it also won a gold medal at the 1996 Great American Beer Festival — only the third medal to be won by a San Diego beer† in the GABF’s 13 year history. (Oh, how times have changed…) Troy left professional brewing after La Cruda as did Skip a few years later. Tomme, of course, landed at Pizza Port Solana Beach to begin that brewpub family’s dynasty (one that continues today), and in 2006 spun off to found Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey and do it all over again.

In honor of the relationship between homebrewers and professionals, Tomme, once the homebrewer but now the professional, invited Troy and Skip, both former professionals and now homebrewers, to The Lost Abbey to brew “La Cruda” Porter for the first time in 15 years. Each NHC attendee will receive a bottle.

This Friday we’ll be posting a video of the story behind La Cruda Porter and the people who made it. In the meantime, if you’re a homebrewer and you’d like to give the beer a whirl, you will find the recipe scaled down to five gallons below. And if you’re not a homebrewer, you can still try the beer just by dropping by our tasting room where it’s on draft and available in 22 ounce bottles (there’s only just 70 cases though, so if you want some in bottles, shop early).

La Cruda Porter Recipe

Gold Medal, GABF, Robust Porter 1996

Recipe by: Troy Hojel (with Tomme Arthur & Skip Virgilio)
(Printer friendly version)

Ingredients for 5 gallons

Grain/Extract/Sugar

(Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.)

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
81.6 10.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
4.1 0.50 lbs. Crystal 75L Great Britain 1.034 75
8.2 1.00 lbs. Crystal 150L Great Britain 1.033 150
5.1 0.63 lbs. Chocolate Malt Great Britain 1.034 400
1.0 0.13 lbs. Roasted Barley America 1.028 450

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
0.71 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.40 15.5 90 min.
0.81 oz. Mt. Hood Pellet 4.40 10.4 30 min.
1.34 oz. Tettnanger Pellet 4.50 1.0 1 min.

Yeast

White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Ale

Mash Schedule

(All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.)

Mash Type: Single Step

Grain Lbs: 12.25
Water Qts: 16.00 – Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 4.00 – Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.31 – Before Additional Infusions

 

Saccharification Rest Temp: 152 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp: 165 Time: 10
Sparge Temp: 170 Time: 0

Total Mash Volume Gal: 4.98 – Dough-In Infusion Only

Beer Specs

Batch Size (Gal): 5.00
Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.25
Anticipated OG: 1.065
Plato: 15.95
Anticipated SRM: 35.7
Anticipated IBU: 26.9
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

La Cruda Porter Recipe (printer friendly)

† Here’s some “6 degrees of Tomme Arthur” for you: The first medal won by a San Diego beer was in 1994 — A bronze for a barley wine called Old Boneyards brewed at Pizza Port. Vince Marsaglia was one of the brewers. The same year A Pacific Beach Brew House won a gold for Belgian Strong Ale brewed by none other than Skip Virgilio.

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Special Hours for National Homebrewers Conference

Nat'l Homebrewer's Conference - San Diego 2011

The AHA National Homebrewers Conference arrives in San Diego next week, so we’re extending our tasting room hours and rolling out the red carpet for all our fellow brewers coming to town!

Extended Hours

Mon – Thurs (June 13 – 16) – 12pm to 6pm
Fri (June 17) – 12pm to 9pm
Sat (June 18) – 12pm to 7pm
Sun (June 19) – 12pm to 6pm

Group Information

If you’re planning on dropping by the brewery during NHC week and you’ve got a group of 6 or more, please give Terri our Tasting Room Manager a heads-up via email or phone call. Email: terri@lostabbey.com, Tel: (760) 920-6121. (We’re not a huge operation, so if she knows you’re coming she can make the proper scheduling arrangements and ensure you’re well taken care of during your pilgrimage to the Abbey.)

La Cruda (Back in Mak) Porter On Tap / Video Premiere

In addition to the extended Tasting Room hours, we’ll also be tapping kegs of La Cruda (aka “Back in Mak” when it’s on draft) Porter, a special reunion beer brewed especially for NHC attendees.

Friday night will also include the premiere of a video short on the story behind this beer and it’s brew again for the first time in 15 years.

Father’s Day Special – Buy Dad a Pint, He Keeps the Pint Glass

Sunday, June 19 isn’t just the last day of NHC week, it’s also Father’s Day! And because we can’t think of a better way to celebrate fatherhood than with a beer, if you come into the tasting room Sunday and buy dad a pint, dad gets to keep the Port Brewing Logo pint glass as a bonus. A great way to finish a great week even if you aren’t a homebrewer, wouldn’t you agree?

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Memorial Day Weekend Updates

Memorial Day Weekend

With a little under 24 hours before the Moment of Truth, we though it’d be a good time to update everyone on all the other changes going into place for the summer starting today (May 27, 2011). Here you go:

Extended Summer Hours

Starting Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day weekend, we’re extending our tasting room hours so that more people have a chance to drop by. Our extended weekend hours for summer are as follows:

  • Friday: 3pm to 9pm
  • Saturday: 12pm to 7pm
  • Sunday: 12pm to 6pm

The tasting room will still be closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and open from 1pm to 5pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays for bottle sales & growler fills only. (Don’t complain. The brewhouse crew needs the room so they can make all that liquid magic we love so much.)

Open Memorial Day

In addition to the longer hours starting this weekend, the Tasting Room will also be open on Memorial Day — Monday, May 30 — from 12pm to 4pm so you can roll in for a few tasters and pick up some bottles and/or a growler fill for your holiday barbeque.

Oh — and speaking of Memorial Day weekend, we’d be remiss not to mention that this Sunday, May 29th, is Terri the tasting room manager’s birthday. Make sure to tell her happy birthday if you stop by!

Barrel Room tasting bar now open

If you haven’t dropped by in the past couple of weeks then you probably don’t know that we recently opened a new tasting bar in our Barrel Room. Tucked in among the barrels awaiting the Angel’s to give their blessing, there’s 20 taps (just like the main bar) loaded with Port Brewing & Lost Abbey goodness. If the main bar looks a little crowded or you’d just like to enjoy a taster or two in a really cool atmosphere, make sure to check it out!

Special Beers on Tap

Back in Mak Porter — This weekend we’ll also have a couple of special beers on tap perfect to kick off summer. The first is “Back in Mak”, a robust porter that you may already know as Makanudo or La Cruda Porter. It’s a beer that dates back to Tomme’s first gig as a professional brewer way back in 1996 (and the first beer for which he earned a GABF gold medal). Tomme, his old boss Troy Hojel and Skip Virgilio (a founder of Alesmith) all met to brew the beer together for the first time in 15 years. Most of the beer is being bottled as La Cruda Porter, which will go to attendees of the NHC next month (read: no distribution). But we’ve got a few kegs we decided to put on tap as “Back in Mak” so you’ll have a chance to taste it even if you’re not attending the conference.

Dawn Patrol — Dawn Patrol Dark is an English Mild Ale that we actually brew as the base beer for Red Poppy. We don’t distribute this beer, but it’s a wonderful, low ABV beer perfect for an afternoon session, so we decided to put on one of the remaining kegs (the rest has already gone into the barrels), giving you an opportunity to taste Red Poppy before it’s, well, Red Poppy. (Red Poppy is also on tap, so try them side-by-side and check out how the beer is transformed in the barrels.)

If you’re into the barrel-aged specialty stuff, we’ll also have Brandy Angel’s Share, Older Viscosity, Ad Lib and Red Poppy on tap for as long as it lasts!

BYO Growlers

Unfortunately, we had a mix up with the glass company and we are completely out of growlers until June 6th. If you’re looking for a growler fill, please make sure to bring your own growler. (And remember we can only fill growlers labeled Lost Abbey or Port Brewing. We’re not allowed to fill any other brewery’s growler by law, so double-check your bottle and make sure it has our name on it before coming in.)

Veritas 009 Release

Finally, this weekend is the release of our much-anticipated Veritas 009. There is only 100 cases total of this and we’re limiting it to 4 bottles per person. We will be opening at 10am for Veritas bottle sales (the full tasting room will still open at noon) and we expect this one to sell out in a couple of hours, so if you’d like to pick up bottles, we recommend that you arrive sooner rather than later. All the details on Veritas 009 can be found here: Veritas 009 Release Announcement.

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Lost Abbey to Release Veritas 009

The Lost Abbey’s latest barrel-aged rarity more than three years in the making

Veritas 009 - May 28, 2011

The Lost Abbey will release the next in its coveted Veritas small-batch barrel-aged beers on Saturday, May 28, 2011. The most complex and time-consuming beer released by the brewery to date, Veritas 009 took more than three years and periods in bourbon and wine barrels to create. With only 100 cases available, Veritas 009 will not reach general distribution and will be available for purchase directly from the brewery only. The 750ml cork-stoppered bottles will be $35 each and strictly limited to four bottles per person.

Veritas 009 is a substantial departure from earlier members of The Lost Abbey’s small batch experimental program, which were generally sour beers aged in French oak barrels for 12 to 15 months. Begun in late 2007 as dark base beer, it was sent to freshly emptied bourbon barrels from Kentucky’s Heaven Hill Distilleries. The beer aged for 15 months before it was moved into French oak barrels previously used for wine (primarily Syrah). Sour cherries were added and the beer was left to rest for another year and three months. Finally, in mid-2010, it was pulled from the barrels, blended, bottled and sent off to condition for an additional 11 months.

“It’s one of the most complex beers we’ve ever created,” Arthur said. “Veritas 009 has strong notes of cherry, red wine, cedar and dark cocoa accentuated by a pervasive acidity that makes for an incredibly deep finish. It’s an amazing beer and easily one of the most cellarable produced at The Lost Abbey. I have no doubt that it will drawn fans from both the craft beer and wine worlds.”

Interestingly, Veritas 009 came close to never being made available to the public. Begun as a private project of Arthur’s, the existence of the beer and the details behind it were kept secret until last year. Even after news of the beer leaked to the public Arthur declined to discuss it beyond acknowledging that he did indeed have a barrel-aging project referred to only as “KT”, a reference to the secretive order of the Knights Templar. It wasn’t until a sampling session that Arthur decided to move the beer into Lost Abbey’s public small batch program and release it as Veritas 009.

“There is so little and it took so long to perfect we actually considered issuing it as a private release, or not at all,” Arthur said. “But after sampling last week, we decided that it was just too good to keep hidden and the public should have access to it.”

A total of 117 cases (12 bottles each) of Veritas 009 were produced. 100 cases will be made available to the public on release day. More details are available below.

Veritas 009 Release Details

  • When: Saturday, May 28, 2011. 10am – 6pm
  • Where: Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey – 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069 (click for directions)
  • Total release: 100 cases (1200 bottles)
  • Format: 750ml cork stoppered bottles
  • Price: $35 per bottle
  • Limits: Four (4) bottles per person maximum
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Judgment Day Celebration

It’s the End of the World as we know it.

Or maybe it isn’t. Based on your personal beliefs, May 21, 2011 could be a) your ticket to heaven, b) the beginning of the end, or c) just the third Saturday in May.

Judgment Day is Upon Us
Judgment Day is Upon Us

Regardless of what happens, however, we’re hard-pressed to come up with a better way to enjoy the day than with our gold medal winning Judgment Day Belgian quad-style ale.

So all day May 21 we’ll be celebrating Judgment Day with tasting room specials, drawings and events. Here’s just a few of the things on tap for the End of Days:

  • Judgment Day Specials: Pints – $4, Growler Fills – $12, Bottles (375ml and 75ml) – 20% off
  • Prize Drawings: We’ll be holding drawings throughout the day for The Lost Abbey clothing, headwear and our cool new Lost Abbey flags
  • Costume competition: Come dressed ready for the Apocalypse (horseman, avenging angel, demon, sinner, saint — it’s up to you) and be eligible to win stuff suitable for sinners and saints alike!
  • Judgment Day Art: We’ll have the original Four Horsemen painting that is our Judgment Day label on display. Come check it out in all it’s doomsday glory.

The fun starts at 12pm and carries on until 6pm (by then we’ll probably know if the world is coming to an end or not). Admission is free and open to both Sinners and Saints alike. See you there!

 

Songs playing at the brewery during the event:

Highway to Hell – ACDC

Still Alive – Portal

I Just Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew

Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

Mad World – Tears for Fears

Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry

Judgment Day – Van Halen

Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind

The Final Countdown – Europe

Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer

We Will Become Silhouettes – Postal Service

Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees

It’s the End of the World as We Know It – REM

The Call of the Ktulu – Metallica

The Four Horsemen – Metallica

Apocalypse Please – Muse

Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears

Four Winds – Bright Eyes

Fire and Rain – James Taylor

When the World Ends – Dave Matthews Band

Should I Stay of Should I Go – The Clash

God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult

End of the Road – Boyz II Men

Time is Running Out – Muse

I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany

Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You – Michael Bolton

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam

Dead – They Might be Giants

Last Dance – Donna Summer

Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole

The Winning Side – Oingo Boingo

Robots – Flight of the Conchords

I Don’t Want to Wait – Paula Cole

Nowhere to Run – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Thoughts of Dying Atheist – Muse

O Death – O Brother Where Art Thou

Let the River Run – Carly Simon

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day

Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync

Dancing in Heaven – Robert Plant

I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie

Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

Till the World Ends – Brittany Spears

Ride of the Valkyries – Wagner

Where Do Bad Folks Go – Nirvana

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Carole King

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Anniversary Schedule of Events

Attending our Sold Out 5th Anniversary Celebration? Not attending but interested in lurking outside and seeing what’s going on? Well, we’ve ordered up some great weather (partly sunny, mid-60’s) and put together an amazing list of everything in store for the day:

All Day Events

official hashtag

#port5th

(tweet it!)

Live Webcast
We’ll be broadcasting live all day! Andy Killion (aka @Metromixsd !) will be covering the entire event live with interviews, chats and fun. If you’re attending, you’re invited to step into the broadcast booth and say hello to everyone. If you’re watching from your computer, tablet or phone, you’re invited to chat with Andy and his guests via our Ustream broadcast channel!

Live broadcast begins at 11am PDT.

Click here to download the phone app and watch the broadcast.

Barrel House Tours
Explore the mysteries of the Lost Abbey barrel archives with Barrel Master & Lead Brewer, Ryan Fields. Ryan will be leading two tours per session. Each tour takes approximately 30 minutes and is limited to 35 people. (Register early to ensure your slot. This fills up quickly!)

Session One Tours: 12pm | 2pm – Session Two Tours: 5pm | 7pm

You must sign up to go on the tour! Registration will be at the entrance to the barrel house.

Live Music
This year we’re pleased to host not one, but two live bands in the brewhouse for your listening pleasure. Session One will be host to the vintage-tinged garage, folk, rock and roll sounds of Kiera and the Lesbians. Session Two will be our favorite lounge lizards, The Professors, and their special brand of surf-styled rock and roll. Music starts at noon.

Food, food, food
Chefs Jason Danderand and Steve Owen will be steaming, smoking, BBQing and frying their way through a whole raft of San Diego-style street foods. Street food not your thing? The magic pizza trailer will also be on hand to cooking up pies fresh and hot! Water and soft drinks will also available courtesy of Dr Pepper.

Food and drinks will be in the outdoor pavilion next to the barrel house.

What’s On Tap

What’s a brewery birthday party without plenty of beer? The brewers have dug deep into the archives to fully stock both bars (the main bar as well as our new barrel room bar) with a huge array of Port Brewing & Lost Abbey beers. All of the following will be on tap at the main bar as well as in the barrel room:

The regulars (1 taster ticket)

    Port Brewing 

  • Anniversary – Hoppy, Strong Pale Ale
  • Hot Rocks – Stein Lager
  • Mongo – Double IPA
  • Old Viscosity – Dark Strong Ale
  • Panzer Pils – Imperial Pilsner
  • Santa’s Little Helper – Imperial Stout
  • Shark Attack – Double Red Ale
  • Wipeout – West Coast IPA
    The Lost Abbey 

  • Avant Garde – Biere de Garde
  • Devotion – Belgian Blond
  • Judgment Day – Belgian Quad with Raisins
  • Red Barn – Saison
  • Saison Blanc – Light Saison with Green Raisins & Pepper
  • Serpent’s Stout – Belgian Sweet Stout
  • Ten Commandments – Belgian Strong Ale

The Specialties (3 taster tickets)

  • Ad Lib (2011) – Special Limited Release Blend made with Rye Barrel Serpent’s Stout, Bourbon Midnight Expression and Bourbon Judgment Day. Only 50 five gallon kegs of this are going into distribution, so this may be your one and only chance to try a legendary Lost Abbey one-off blends!
  • Angel’s Share – Brandy Barrel (2011) – Barleywine aged in Brandy Barrels
  • Framboise de Amorosa (2011) – Raspberry Sour Aged in Wine Barrels
  • Red Poppy (2011) – Flanders-style Red with Sour Cherries aged in Wine Barrels
  • Older Viscosity (2011) – Dark Strong Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels

…Expect other “secret” specialties throughout the day as well! (Watch for the DOBO lurking about.)

Remember, eight taster tickets come with your admission, but additional tickets will also be available for $1 each.

Whew…

See you there! (And if not, we’ll see you on the web.)