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SD Beer Week

Sweet naked baby DOBO!

We’re knee deep in the San Diego Beer Week hot tub, ready to drop the towel and take a seat right in front of the bubbly jets. If you’re look for somewhere to park your backside for the beer week extravaganza, look no further than right next to us — we’ve got an event and great beer pouring everyday.

Tuesday November 6th

  • Lost Abbey Beer Dinner @ Churchills Pub & Grille 7pm sold out
  • Lost Abbey Flight Night @ Sol Markets  – 4pm-9pm
    • Visit David Johnson, our Director of Distribution, and sip on some special Lost Abbey delights. (if you don’t know David, you should. If you’ve ever had our beer anywhere but in the tasting room, he’s the dude that made it happen. You owe him, big time.)

Wednesday November 7th

  • Bivalves & Belgians, Lost Abbey Style, at the Linkery  – 5pm-11pm
    • $4 pours of Deliverance, Cuvee de Tomme, Devotion, Red Barn & Avant Garde paired with your favorite mollusks.
  • Lost Abbey @ Counterpoint, Celebrating The Core  – 5pm–11:30pm
    • No, don’t worry, this has nothing to do with ab crunches (not that it would hurt you). This is a great beer & food pairing line-up for people who love the Craft. More details here.
  • Lost Abbey @ Clem’s Taphouse  — 6:30pm
    • We’ll be pouring some of our legendary sours beer while our Brand Manager (and recent father of twins), Matt Wells, stands by to answer your questions

Thursday, November 8th

  • Cable Car 2012 Premiere @ The Toronado — 4pm-7pm
    • Oh yeah, it’s the release of the 2012 vintage of our legendary Cable Car (a beer we brew only for the Toronado)! Yes, you can count on The DOBO being there… along with a few bottles of every previous vintage
  • Lost Abbey vs. Ommegang: Battle of Belgians @ Sublime Alehouse  — 4pm – 11pm
    • Oh yeah… gird up for an epic East Coast / West Coast battle as we duke it out for the title of Best Belgian-Inspired brewery in America. Help Ryan and Devon defeat the Evil Ommegang and crown The Lost Abbey champion. (Okay, not really. We like their beer. A lot.)
  • West Coast Challenge @ Jsix Lounge  — 6pm – 9pm
    • Hopheads unite! It’s an IPA competition from 6 San Diego breweries. Vote Port Brewing!
  • Beer Dinner @ Ritual Tavern — 6:30pm
    • Join Gwen Conley, Sensory Goddess (and Director of Production), as she takes you through an intimate beer pairing at the amazing Ritual Tavern.

Friday November 9th

  • Suds County USA Screening @ The Lost Abbey 7pm

Saturday November 10th

  • Port Brewing & The Lost Abbey Cocktails @ Craft & Commerce 10am
    • Join Head Brewer, Mike “Monkey” Rodriguez at Craft & Commerce for an evening enjoying 7 Port & Lost Abbey beers as Mike made them, and then as a cocktail (smoking jacket recommended, but not required)

Sunday November 11th

  • The Beer Garden @ The Lodge at Torrey Pines — 12pm-3pm
    • An amazing afternoon of beer and food pairing from San Diego’s finest Breweries and Chefs. Click for more details.
  • Beer and Food Tasting with Tomme Arthur @ OBrein’s  — 6:30pm sold out
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Hump Day Happy Hour Meals-on-Wheels

North County Progressive Food Truck Event

This coming Wednesday (3/21/12) we will hosting a very special edition of our regular Hungry Hump Day Happy Hour.  Instead of the average five trucks, we are anticipating anywhere from 12-20 food trucks gathered outside the brewery to support Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc, and their ongoing program to provide meals to area seniors.  Along with a plethora of trucks there will be live entertainment, a charity raffle, and the trucks will be competing for your vote to be selected best of the best.  A fun time, great food, and fabulous beer is guaranteed! 

Details are as follows:

  • What: A VERY special edition of our regular, every Wednesday, truck gathering.
  • Where: The Lost Abbey Parking Lot & Tasting Room
  • How Much: Free Entry 
  • When: 5pm – 8pm on Wednesday, March 21 2012 . 
  • Who: Click HERE for a list of participating food trucks.
  • Caveats: (read: Feel free to bring the food inside, but no alcohol is allowed outside.)  20% of funds raised by the food trucks and The Lost Abbey will go directly to  — Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Deigo, Inc. 
  • Twitter hashtag: #HHDHH

» Check out @lostabbeykevin on TV to help promote the event here: http://www.sandiego6.com/news/sd6-in-the-morning/Mayors-for-Meals-143103216.html

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Beer & Food: Camping with Tomme & Cooks Confab

Camp out, enjoy nature and great food & beer pairings at the Camp Confab at Suzie’s Farm in Imperial Beach. The local farm-to-table chefs of Cooks Confab have put together a fun little overnighter where you’ll get to pitch your tent, do a little camping and enjoy food fresh from the farm cooked by some of San Diego’s best chefs. Tomme will be there with some Lost Abbey brews to talk craft beer and help host the Harvest Dinner Celebration that night.

For more information on all the activities and tickets to Camp Confab, click here.

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Beer Dinner: Trattoria Acqua

Join Lost Abbey (and some other great San Diego craft breweries) for San Diego’s Best Craft Beer Dinner, an evening of fine food and beer pairings hosted by Trattoria Acqua in La Jolla.

The Evening’s Menu:
Amuse

Fennel Pollen-dusted Scallop
Zucchini & Yellow Squash Capellini, Garlic Shingles, Saison Sauce Grenoble paired with Ballast Point Brother Levonian Saison and The Lost Abbey Brother Levonian Saison

Soup & Salad

Curried Scotch Egg Salad & Mirliton Soup
Microgreens, Rauchbier Vinaigrette, Dijon-Wee Heavy Reduction, Smoked Sea Salt paired with Ballast Point Barrel-Aged Piper Down Scottish Ale and Ballast Point Abandon Ship Smoked Lager

First

Creole Barbecue Shrimp
Lardon, Petite Rosemary-IPA Biscuit, Pilsner-braised Chard, Brown Ale Gravy paired with AleSmith Anvil ESB

Second

Cinnamon-dusted Pork Tenderloin
Jalapeño-Sweet Potato Hash, Cilantro Pesto, Chocolate Stout Pepita Mole paired with The Lost Abbey Lost & Found Ale

Dessert

Chocolate Porter Cheesecake
Espresso Cookie Crust, Imperial Stout Ganache, Vanilla Vodka Chantilly paired with AleSmith Speedway Stout

Endnote

Chestnut Beignet
Bourbon Maple Glaze, Autumnal Spiced Sugar paired with The Lost Abbey Bourbon Barrel-aged The Angel’s Share

The dinner is $45 per person. Reservations can be made by calling Trattoria Acqua at (858) 454-0709.

Event Location:
Trattoria Acqua
1298 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037-3632
(858) 454-0709
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Beer Dinner: The Grill at Torrey Pines

Join the folks of Lost Abbey at a special beer & food pairing at the Grill at Torrey Pines located in the world famous Lodge at Torrey Pines. The specially four course menu will feature a selection of Lost Abbey beers, including Framboise di Amorosa.

The dinner is $65 per person and includes food & beer pairings and valet parking. Reservations are required.

Brochure: Lost Abbey at The Grill at Torrey Pines

For reservations call: (858) 777-6645

Maps & more information:
The Grill at Torrey Pines
11480 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
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Beer Review: Serious Eats – California IPA

Serious Eats’ Maggie Hoffman is dedicating the next few weeks to writing about West Coast IPAs, beginning this week with California. Russian River’s Pliny the Elder topped her list, but we were rather pleased to find both of our bottled IPAs, Wipeout and Hop 15 among the few notables pulled from a field of 30 beers from up and down the state.

Serious Eats' California IPA Roundup (Photo: Maggie Hoffman)

From the article:

At their best, California IPAs clean and crisp–totally refreshing. (At their worst, they get a wee bit metallic.) Some have malt profiles that lean toward a traditional English style. Moving into the double- and imperial- range, the maltiness and earthiness of these beers get heavier. For the most part, California IPAs aren’t fruit bombs–the hops tend to be more toward the bittering end.

» Read Serious Beer: California IPA Via Serious Eats

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Cooks Confab Wrap Up

Last night I had the great pleasure of attending the Cook’s Confab Beer event at Stingaree Restaurant and Bar in Downtown San Diego. The Cook’s Confab is a collection of local chefs (who happen to be incredibly talented) and work for some of the best restaurants in San Diego. They hold quarterly themed events and make outrageous food. The event last night featured each chef teaming up with a local brewer(y) to pair courses and beers. The beers were amazing. The food was exceptional and the ambiance of a rooftop in downtown San Diego at night in August couldn’t be beat.

Chef Andrew Spurgin (l) works and Tomme (r) tests the pork belly
Chef Andrew Spurgin (l) works while Tomme (r) tests the pork belly (again)

Lost Abbey was represented last night and we were flanked on either side by Brian Stinnott of 1500 Oceanaire and Andrew Spurgin of Water’s Fine Catering. Brian chose to pair a Duck Sausage with our Cuvee de Tomme while Andrew spent 4 days working on his Pork Belly to match the strength of the Cuvee. Both of these plates were home runs and it was a privilege to work with these guys.

Other participants last night included Stone, AleSmith, Ballast Point, Green Flash and Lightning Brewery. There were over 250 people in attendance and most seemed incredibly pleased by what they tasted. I was overwhelmed by the support of the cooking community and was pleased to meet some very influential owners and bar managers.

We at the Lost Abbey would very much like to make inroads on wine lists and finer dining establishments. Events like this go a long ways to showcase our beers to a wide range of consumers and potential markets. I spoke briefly with many of the chefs and asked them to consider an event with local beer to be added to the calendar once a year. It’s the sort of thing that we as brewers need to support and lend a helping hand to.

Last night was a permagrin night. There was so much to be thankful for. Considering the event took place about 4 blocks from where I got my start as a craft brewer, it was great to be back home. To me, last night was a seminal moment- a turn the page sort of place in time. We got the best chefs in San Diego to circle the wagons and fire up the grills. It was an all time night for our beers for sure.

Thanks to the Cook’s Confab and all the people at Stingaree who put on a great show last night. Too bad the Padres lost. Downtown would have been that much more electric.