Abbey Scribe | March 26, 2010

April 17, 2010 —

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This is the (new) release date for Framboise di Amorosa and Veritas 007.

Framboise di Amorosa is a barrel-aged raspberry framboise. Veritas 007 is a limited issue blended sour aged with Cab Franc grapes.

Release Details:

Note: Supplies of each of these beers are limited and will be delegated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Additionally, Veritas 007 is a very limited issue and will be available only for a short time the morning of the release day.

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Abbey Scribe | March 24, 2010

It’s not often we get to read a beer review with surfing, Star Wars and Jagerschnitzel, but Jeff Matson (that’s the guy on the left in the photo) managed to do it in a fine write-up of our Midnight Sessions Lager in today’s Fort Collins Coloradoan.

Here’s a selection from the article:

…Midnight Sessions Lager is one of the best session beers I’ve come across in a long time. It is very dark brown – close to black – in the glass with a large tan head. On the nose, it smells of roasted coffee, bitter chocolate and hints of caramel. It seems as though it would be very heavy on the palate, but it has a crisp and dry taste with flavors of coffee and roasted malts…

You can read the rest of the article here:
» Cross over to the dark side with a swell tasting black lager Via The Coloradoan

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Abbey Scribe | March 11, 2010

March 31, 2010 —

5:30 pm

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10:00 pm

Enjoy a night of fine food and music paired with Lost Abbey beers at Anthology in San Diego. Full details are at the Anthology website here: http://anthologysd.com/blog/2010/03/09/anthology-craft-beer-pint-nights-featuring-the-lost-abbey-brewery/

You can also follow Anthology on Twitter at twitter.com/AnthologySD

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Tomme | March 9, 2010

This line comes to us from that Cinematic blockbuster of a movie that was Revenge of the Nerds II. In an opening scene a few of the young college Nerds head to Florida for Spring Break. One of the youngest members of the group purchases beer with a fake ID only to be busted as he’s heading out the door. For some reason, I can’t seem to shake that scene from the movie.

It could be because my friend Brendan Hartranft (who owns three great beer bars in Philadelphia) was raided by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PCLB) last week. Apparently, the “Fuzz” was working on an “anonymous” tip that his bars Memphis Tap Room, Local 44 and Resurrection were stocked with illegal beers.

What made them illegal? That’s a good question.

Apparently, many of the beers that were deemed illegal were unregistered in the state of Pennsylvania. Essentially, we’re talking about a paper pushing incident. It must have been some sight to see as all three locations were simultaneously “raided” at the same time by officers packing heat.

I got word of this bust on Friday when we landed in Oakland for the Wine Warehouse meeting. Apparently, our beers were part of the contraband seized (it sounds way cooler than it is). It seems that we have neglected to register a couple of our brands and have been “breaking the law…”

So today, I am in registration mode.

It also means that I get to cut a check for $75 per brand of beer for which we’re missing registration.

God, I love a good registration day. NOT!

Hopefully, things for Brendan and Leigh (His wife and business partner) will settle down. It sucks that this happened. They say any press is good press but in this case, I’m inclined to believe that being raided by the PLCB isn’t what most of us would want.

Here’s a link that has many of the bloggers from Pennsylvania discussing what went down. Check out their webpages for detailed accounts.

As for me, I have to go register our beers. I don’t feel the need to be busted anymore for breaking the law.

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