http://www.lostabbey.com Home of The Lost Abbey and Port Brewing - San Marcos California Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:56:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © 2011 The Lost Abbey - Inspired Beers for Sinners and Saints Alike sage.lostabbey@gmail.com (The Lost Abbey) sage.lostabbey@gmail.com (The Lost Abbey) 1440 http://www.lostabbey.com/images/logos-144.jpg http://www.lostabbey.com 144 144 Grab a beer and enjoy an inspired broadcast for Sinners and Saints Alike Audio and Video broadcasts from The Lost Abbey and Port Brewing in San Marcos, California. Topics include tasting notes, events, special releases and video shorts giving you a behind the scenes look at on of the world's leading craft breweries. san, diego, craft, beer, The, Lost, Abbey The Lost Abbey The Lost Abbey sage.lostabbey@gmail.com no no http://www.lostabbey.com/the-lost-abbey-beers-part-2/ http://www.lostabbey.com/the-lost-abbey-beers-part-2/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:00:51 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=4124 On the Lost Abbey side of things, there are always too many beers when it comes time to making decisions as to what we should send.  Some years, it’s easy.  We have a whole bunch of new beers.  Other years, the process takes more work as there are crowd favorites, brewers favorites and my favorites [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/the-lost-abbey-beers-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.lostabbey.com/denver-2011-and-gabf-entries-part-one/ http://www.lostabbey.com/denver-2011-and-gabf-entries-part-one/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:11:29 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=4113 Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s September 29th which means that the GABF officially opens later today. This is the first GABF in 15 years that I will not be attending as Sydney’s new sister Lexi Morgan Arthur was born on Tuesday at 2:35pm.  All are doing well and  I am sure Lexi is dreaming about her [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/denver-2011-and-gabf-entries-part-one/feed/ 0 http://www.lostabbey.com/sinners-and-saints-clubs-2011/ http://www.lostabbey.com/sinners-and-saints-clubs-2011/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:59:25 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=3137 Best Wishes and Holiday Greetings from The Lost Abbey. As many of you have recently contacted us about the Sinner’s and Saint’s club renewals, we felt it was time to make the announcement about our club status for 2011. It is with sadness that we report, there will be no Patron Sinner’s and Saint’s clubs [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/sinners-and-saints-clubs-2011/feed/ 3 http://www.lostabbey.com/the-new-york-times/ http://www.lostabbey.com/the-new-york-times/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:50:53 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2990 This morning, my phone roared to life as it does each day when it awakens from a short but well deserved slumber. Google Mail alerted me that the New York Times had indeed published the article detailing our week long conversation with members of the Pagan Community. And unless you have been around the brewery [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/the-new-york-times/feed/ 128 http://www.lostabbey.com/and-away-they-go-2010-gabf-beers/ http://www.lostabbey.com/and-away-they-go-2010-gabf-beers/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:05:29 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2850 As is the annual tradition for the GABF, I am here to give you a bit of insight as to the beers we sent, categories entered and our reasoning.  It’s Friday morning and I just finished judging.  Most of my judge friends are finishing up their last rounds as we speak. For the 2010 Great [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/and-away-they-go-2010-gabf-beers/feed/ 4 http://www.lostabbey.com/on-litigation/ http://www.lostabbey.com/on-litigation/#comments Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:12:33 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2748 I can’t actually remember the first time I met Arne Johnson or had one of his beers. I do know that White Knuckle is still one of my favorite California Beers. Back when I worked at the Pizza Port in Solana Beach, there were always stops at Marin Brewing Company on our way to Booneville [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/on-litigation/feed/ 11 http://www.lostabbey.com/high-tide-progress-and-an-expansion-update/ http://www.lostabbey.com/high-tide-progress-and-an-expansion-update/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:00:53 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2731 As you can see from the photos, I spent Labor Day Weekend working the brewhouse at Port Brewing. First and foremost, the High Tide Fermentations (there are three tanks going) have progressed along nicely. We are at terminal gravity for all three tanks and tomorrow, we will begin preparations for the conditioning phase of the [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/high-tide-progress-and-an-expansion-update/feed/ 0 http://www.lostabbey.com/ive-come-to-the-lost-abbey-seeking-deliverance/ http://www.lostabbey.com/ive-come-to-the-lost-abbey-seeking-deliverance/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:00:27 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2607 As we’re not a “real” abbey, we don’t have large stone walls surrounding our monastery. We most certainly do not have a front gate being guarded over by a man of the cloth either. But like most abbeys, we open our doors on a regular basis for those in need. Some have smallish needs (like [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/ive-come-to-the-lost-abbey-seeking-deliverance/feed/ 2 http://www.lostabbey.com/party-central/ http://www.lostabbey.com/party-central/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 17:19:40 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2233 This past weekend we celebrated our 4th Anniversary of doing business as Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey. It was a great party and a welcome change of pace from last year when we turned 3 and celebrated all day with 700 or so of our closest friends. This past weekend, we changed things up [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/party-central/feed/ 2 http://www.lostabbey.com/blogging-day-and-collaborative-beers/ http://www.lostabbey.com/blogging-day-and-collaborative-beers/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 19:56:02 +0000 Tomme http://www.lostabbey.com/?p=2200 It’s been a while since I sat down and worked on a post for Blogging Day. Given that today’s topic is near and dear to my heart, I thought I would weigh in. Thanks to Mario over at Hop Press for hosting. Last weekend, I attended the 20th Southern California Homebrewers Festival and gave a [...]]]> http://www.lostabbey.com/blogging-day-and-collaborative-beers/feed/ 0