Framboise de Amorosa - 10th Anniversary 750ml bottles and glass.

30lbs of raspberries... French oak barrels... House Brett... One juicy sour beer. Normally sold in 375 ml format, Framboise de Amorosa will be available this Friday in 750ml bottles! In continued celebration of our ten years of beers, we are releasing these XL bottles, paired with the featured custom glass. These bottles can be purchased "to-go", limit two per person, sold as a package- one glass per bottle, neither will be sold separately. Available at both the San Marcos and Cardiff Tasting Rooms. Cheers! 

Duck Duck Gooze Update

Hi All,Quick update, the "900" emails went out yesterday around 5pm or so and we'll be shooting out the lottery emails this afternoon around 1pm. Again, if you receive an email, you have a week to purchase your bottles (till 8/9 @ 5pm PDT for 5 bottles, 8/10 @ 1pm for 3 bottle allocations), they are secured but will be added back to the pool if you choose not to purchase.Saw the questions regarding pickup dates, because of the issues we had with the Friday onsale, we did extend them to include the weekend before and after the initial dates of August 27th and 28th. So, as someone put it earlier, you're free to show up during any of the three weekends (while we're open) and we'll take care of you. Once sales are complete, we'll be emailing everyone a reminder of this extended pickup session. There will be no need to email us and ask us to switch sessions, we got you on this.Also seeing a few posts asking why they didn't get an email even though they got a timestamp under 1pm. After speaking with Eventbrite, they were processing 6 orders per second with orders starting to come in at 12:56. So just getting under 1pm didn’t guarantee bottles. We only stated that all 900 came before 1pm, not everyone under 1pm is in. There were many more than 900 orders processed before 1pm.Also, the "Duck Days of Summer" will be somewhat similar to our 10th Anniversary Party (if any of you made it to that), we’ll be extending our license to the parking lot, having some games and we’ll all be able to drink outside, which is always awesome!Since there are so many avenues you can take to ask us questions, it would help if you directed them all to ddg2016@lostabbey.com. This will help us streamline things. Thank you!

Duck Duck Gooze Apology

Hi All,Adam Martinez, the Director of Media and Marketing here at The Lost Abbey.First off, once again I apologize for wasting everyone’s time and efforts... again. There is no excuse for the sale happening the way it did, so I won't bother on pretending like there is, but I am truly sorry for the situation.There appears to be a lot of misinformation on the internet so I’m going to do my best to explain where we stand.After Tuesday’s failed release, we postponed the on-sale of Duck Duck Gooze to Friday to give Nexternal/Highjump engineers as much time as possible to put together what they needed to facilitate the onsale. In addition, based on your suggestions, we created events on both Brown Paper Tickets and Eventbrite as backups. So we had plans A, B, and C ready to rock.At 11:45am on Friday, I joined a conference call with the owner of Nexternal and a team of engineers and discussed how the situation was looking. Nexternal was confident in their process. At 11:58am, as I prepared to turn on the sale, the engineers informed me that process they put in place failed all of us. It was overloaded and they needed 5 minutes. That 5 minutes turned into 20 minutes and at 12:25 we made the decision to execute Plan B and transfer the on-sale to Brown Paper Tickets.We alerted everyone through our social media that we were doing so, and seconds later, as I tried to log in to Brown Paper Tickets, it too became unresponsive. I couldn't even log in to turn on the sale. After speaking with Brown Paper Tickets on the phone, they informed us the site was receiving unusually high levels of traffic and they were working on it. After spending 15 minutes, staring at a spinning circle as it tried to load, we collectively made the decision to switch to Plan C, and use Eventbrite.Now here's where it gets a little funky. I went through my checklist before turning on the sale and had Tomme double check my math and ticket allotments, they were correct. I turned on the sale and noticed immediately that the amount of tickets on the sales dashboard didn't match what I had entered. While I erred by using the term "Crash", the site was dealing with some heavy traffic and I couldn't get in to turn off the sale, nor could I remove excess inventory.Now a bit of background on me, having worked in radio for 11 years, I've put on my fair share of events. During my last three years in radio, I put on quite a few large concerts and handled all the ticket sales through online merchants and never had an issue, but I've also never used Eventbrite, so I should have structured the sale differently. That's on me. I should have done more research, and I failed to do that, for that I apologize.For the last 15 minutes of the on-sale, we had to sit and watch people buy beers that didn't exist. That was one of the toughest things I've had to experience in my career, knowing there were bottles being purchased that we couldn’t fulfill.In the end, the decision to cancel all orders and refund everyone was mine. Knowing this I would ask all of you to please direct your hate and vitriol towards me, not my staff, not the brewers and especially not ownership. There was disagreement on what the best solution would be, but there was no perfect one. I made what I believed was the best decision, cancelling all the orders and creating a plan that would work. So if you want a villain, I'm your guy.Now to address the other "conspiracy theories". The Earth is round, that's a thing. We didn't cancel the sales because of fee's or taxes. Tomme did tell me to absorb the Eventbrite fees so our patrons weren't paying an addition $3 for each bottle. In addition, Eventbrite doesn't allow taxes to be added to an event, you have to factor them in the ticket cost which would have raised the cost per bottle.Eating all the fees and taxes was not ideal, but it would have been a drop in the bucket compared to the amount stress we're currently dealing with. As far as the doubling of inventory, the blame for that lands squarely on me. I created an event that lasted two days and two separate tickets, but I failed to realize that EB would see this as essentially 4 events. Again, this failure is solely on me, EventBrite did exactly what they were asked to do.So that's what went down. It's not an excuse, just an explanation. In end, it was a series of errors that we take full responsibly for. And if you have the need to blame a person for the Eventbrite fiasco, I'm fine having the "User Error" tagged on me. It's not the first mistake I've made in life, and damn sure won't be the last.As far as purchasing DDG, our plan will allow the first people whose orders were timestamped first to purchase up to 5 bottles of Duck Duck Gooze with the rest of the patrons being put in a lottery for a chance to purchase up to 3 bottles. We’ve added 50 cases (that were designated for the vintage cellar) to the lottery as well. We’re aware the disappointment of reducing the bottle allocations to 5 and 3, but this was deemed necessary to take care of many as people as possible. Emails will start to be sent out for the 5 bottle allotment on Tuesday night. The lottery emails will start to go out on Wednesday night. If you receive one of these emails, then your bottles are secure and you have a week to complete the purchase using Nexternal. We will not be running any credit cards until we’re sure the money has been returned from Eventbrite back to our customers.If you've feel we've betrayed your trust too much to purchase Duck Duck Gooze, you are free to opt out.  In order to handle the expanded volume of people, we’ve increased the pickup windows to include the weekend of August 20^th and September 3^rd, in addition to the initial stated pickups happening on August 27^th and 28^th. We will also be taking care of the taxes on these bottles to honor what we put on Eventbrite.Thank you for your time and allowing me a chance to personally apologize.Cheers,The Lost Abbey

Duck Duck Orders Cancelled

Due to the brief crash of EventBrite for the Duck Duck Gooze onsale, the beer was oversold, almost by double and that has forced us to cancel all of the sales and issue refunds.

We apologize for the inconvenience and the amount of effort wasted going through the purchase procedure.

We are currently reviewing the best way to put Duck Duck Gooze on sale correctly and with the least amount of effort to our patrons. Info on the updated sale will be released in the coming week.

Any questions or concerns, please email ddg2016@lostabbey.com.

THE LOST ABBEY TO RELEASE THIRD EDITION OF DUCK DUCK GOOZE

UPDATE:Direct link to purchase - http://shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/2016-duck-duck-gooze---750-ml-bottle-p304.aspx THE LOST ABBEY TO RELEASE THIRD EDITION OF DUCK DUCK GOOZE San Marcos, CA, -- Duck Duck Gooze, The Lost Abbey’s much-anticipated blended oak-aged sour, returns to The Lost Abbey this August. A blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old beers aged in French Oak barrels, Duck Duck Gooze was first released in 2009, re-released in 2013 and now again in 2016. “We’re more than excited to release the third version of Duck Duck Gooze.” Said Tomme Arthur, COO and Co-Founder at The Lost Abbey. “Waiting for barrels to mature over the last three years has been a journey on its own, but the finished beer proves the wait was worth it.”Starting Tuesday, July 26th at 12pm PT, beer lovers everywhere will be able to purchase up to 6 (six) bottles of Duck Duck Gooze at $41 per bottle (plus CA sales tax). There will be a total of 600 cases available split between the two sessions (300 cases reserved per session).As in prior online sales, selling Duck Duck Gooze online will also come with a few restrictions. The main requirement being whoever purchases Duck Duck Gooze, must also be the individual to pick up the bottles… NO EXCEPTIONS. Removing the option of proxies will help get the beer to as many people as possible and will allow a smoother pickup process. Consumers who do not pick up their bottles during their designated pick up time will surrender the bottles back to The Lost Abbey and be issued a refund. A valid ID and will be required to pick up the purchased bottles. Any duplicate sales to the same name, email or credit card will be rendered null and void.The sessions for retrieving purchased Duck Duck Gooze will happen on Saturday, August 27^th and Sunday the 28^th, from 10am to 5pm at The Lost Abbey Tasting Room in San Marcos. To reiterate – if a beer is purchased and not picked up during the designated pick up session, the beer will be surrendered back to the brewery and refunded. NO PROXIES ALLOWEDThe link to purchase bottles will be released on Monday, July 25^th at LostAbbey.com and across The Lost Abbey Social Media Network.About Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey / The Hop ConceptFounded in 2006, Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey produce an extensive line-up of continental and American- inspired ales and lagers. Under the direction of visionary brewmaster and co-founder Tomme Arthur, the brewery has garnered dozens of awards including the 2007 Great American Beer Festival Small Brewery of the Year, The 2008 world Beer Cup Champion Small Brewery and the 2013 Champion Brewery at the San Diego International Beer Festival. The company’s beers, many of which are aged in oak barrels for 12 months or longer, are universally recognized for their complexity, unique flavors and bold boundary-pushing styles. For more information, contact Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey / The Hop Concept at 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069, telephone (800) 918-6816, and on the web at www.LostAbbey.com###

2016 Christmas in July - July 23rd - 11am - 5pm

San Marcos, CA – St. Nick makes his way to the Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey Tasting Room for the 8^th Annual release of Bourbon Barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper (Port Brewing’s Imperial Stout) and a Christmas in July celebration to benefit The Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation on Saturday, July 23^rd, 2016 at the brewery in San Marcos. Christmas in July will begin at 11am and conclude at 5pm.This year, Christmas in July will be free admission, but if you’re more nice than naughty and bring a toy (valued at $15 or more) for Toys for Tots, you’ll receive a wristband for 5 tasters (which will include specialties). If you forget a toy, you can donate $15 to receive the wristband as well with proceeds to benefit Toys for Tots.The Port Brewing and Lost Abbey “Giving Tree” will also be making an appearance, for an extra donation to Toys for Tots, you’ll receive a gift from the tree. Gifts can include rare bottles, Port Brewing / Lost Abbey gear, tickets to our legendary Barrel Night during San Diego Beer Week as well as other goodies. Giving Tree tickets go on-sale at 2pm on Thursday, June 30th at shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com.All of The Lost Abbey and Port Brewing’s full core lineup of beers will be available, plus a few specialty taps will be available (more info to come). Besides the fat man in the red suit (who will be available for pictures throughout the day), we’ll also be celebrating 8 years of releasing a Bourbon barrel-aged version of our Imperial Stout, Santa’s Little Helper. A robust beer with tones of sweet malt, dark cocoa and notes of deep bourbon, Santa’s Little Helper is the perfect accompaniment to fruit cake during a California Christmas in July.

PORT BREWING AND THE LOST ABBEY TO CELEBRATE 10th ANNIVERSARY

For 10 years, Port Brewing, The Lost Abbey and recently The Hop Concept have produced world-class beers… now its time to celebrate on Saturday, May 21st from 11am to 4pm.We’ll be throwing a different kind of Anniversary Party this year, this year it’ll only be one session (11am – 4pm), complete with a bounce house, sumo wrestling, oh… and beer.While we know everyone will ask the question: “But will there be Red Barn and Mongo?”… The answer is yes, and so much more. Some of the specialty taps will include:2016 Cable Car Ale’13 – ’15 Vertical of Cuvee de TommeFuzzy Angel (Angel’s Share w/ Peaches)’15 – ’16 Red Poppy’12 Deliverance’16 Framboise de Amorosa’12 – ’14 Vertical of Older ViscosityOn top of the tap list, we’ll also take a page out of our annual Barrel Night event and pull 4 single barrel samples to include:Blonde Sour w/ Blackberries and VanillaAgave Ale aged in Brandy Barrels (barreled in ’13)Golden Sour w/ Elderflowers and PeachesRum Barrel-aged Angel’s ShareTickets will be $40 a person and include 10 tasters, a 10^th Anniversary tasting glass, and a 10^th Anniversary edition of Brett Devo, our dry-hopped Blonde Saison with Brettanomyces brewed specifically for the Anniversary Party.With passage of a new ABC law this year, we’ll be able to extend our license our to our parking lot so you can enjoy your beers in our tasting room or outside under the cover of the frickin’ sun. Tickets available now at shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com... Cheers!

The Lost Abbey to release Veritas 017

San Marcos, CA – The Lost Abbey is set to release the 17^th edition in its Veritas line of beers, with the on-sale beginning on Thursday, March 24^th at Noon (PST).Veritas has been an ongoing experiment of the relationship between fruit, Brettanomyces and barrel aging. Veritas 015 recently took home gold medals from the 2015 Great American Beer Festival (Wood and Barrel Aged Beer), The 2015 Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (FOBAB – Wild Beers w/ Fruit), and The 2015 San Diego International Beer Festival (other sour beer category).The 17^th iteration of Veritas, Veritas 017 was aged in oak with Blackberries and Lost Abbey house cultures. Tart Blackberry, strong notes of oak and tannins with a strong presence of Brett leads to a very refreshing jam-like finish.Selling Veritas 017 online will also come with a few restrictions. Whomever purchases Veritas 017, must also be the individual to pick up the bottles… NO EXCEPTIONS. Removing the option of proxies will help get the beer to as many people as possible and will allow a smoother pickup process. Consumers who do not pick up their bottles during their designated pick up time or attempt to use a proxy will surrender the bottles back to The Lost Abbey. A valid ID will be required to pick up the purchased bottles, as each transaction will be tied to the purchasers name. Any duplicate sales to the same name, email or credit card will be rendered null and void. Veritas 017 bottles will be limited to 4 per person at $41 each.The pickup for retrieving purchased bottles Veritas 017 will take place Saturday, April 16^th and Sunday April 17^th.  There will be one session per day, 8am – 5pm (Saturday) and 11am – 5pm (Sunday). To reiterate - if beer is purchased and not picked up during the designated pick up session, the beer will be surrendered back to the brewery. NO PROXIES ALLOWEDDirect links to the purchase page will be released the day of the sale at www.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com as well as The Lost Abbey’s various social media channels. – Please note the sessions will not activate until Thursday, March 24th at 12pm PST.About Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey / The Hop ConceptFounded in 2006, Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey produce an extensive line-up of continental and American- inspired ales and lagers. Under the direction of visionary brewmaster and co-founder Tomme Arthur, the brewery has garnered dozens of awards including the 2007 Great American Beer Festival Small Brewery of the Year, The 2008 world Beer Cup Champion Small Brewery and the 2013 Champion Brewery at the San Diego International Beer Festival. The company’s beers, many of which are aged in oak barrels for 12 months or longer, are universally recognized for their complexity, unique flavors and bold boundary-pushing styles. For more information, contact Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey at 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069, telephone (800) 918-6816, and on the web at www.LostAbbey.com

Waypoint Dinner - March 9th

Our Waypoint Public Brewmaster Dinner is Wednesday, March 9th with Tomme Arthur. We'll be pouring some of our favorites including Veritas 014, Track 10, Angels Share and 6 more beers! Tickets are still available, email events@waypointpublic.com to book your tickets. Full menu is below, cheers!Click to enlarge  

AD IDEM – A vision from The Lost Abbey and Wicked Weed to be released

San Marcos, CA – After a year of conceiving, brewing, and blending, an idea shared between like minds at The Lost Abbey and Wicked Weed Brewing will finally see the light of day. Ad Idem, a French oak-aged golden sour ale with peaches and Brett will be available for purchase online February 24^th starting at 12pm PST.A project originally imagined in November of 2014, the first steps to achieving the shared vision were initiated in February 2015 as The Lost Abbey crew made their way to snowy Asheville, NC to brew the first half of the final beer. Two beers were brewed with the intent of blending; a Brettanomyces blonde ale and a sour blonde ale aged in neutral wine barrels on whole, local peaches.In March of 2015, brothers Walt and Luke Dickinson from Wicked Weed returned the favor and flew to sunny San Diego to brew the second half; a batch of spontaneous fermented beer aged in French oak barrels.While an early version of Ad Idem made it’s preview appearance at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival, the final blend spent an additional four months maturing. The resulting culmination showcases how the stone fruit in the barrels played along with the blend of bacteria and yeasts from both breweries.“From the moment we agreed on this conceptual blend, the goal was a synergy of brewing thought and methods,” said Tomme Arthur, Co-Founder and COO of The Lost Abbey. “This passion project is about like minds and spirits converging on one concept, creating a vision that will continue to grow throughout the years. Walt and I have already started to discuss what the next Ad Idem should become. ”The online sale commences Wednesday, February 24^th at 12pm (Noon, PST) with a 6 bottle per person limit at $41 (service charge included). Pickup for Ad Idem is scheduled for Saturday, March 19^th and Sunday, March 20^th. Links and additional info will be made available on The Lost Abbey blog (lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/blog) and across The Lost Abbey’s social media network.

2016 Carnevale di Masquerade

On Saturday, February 27th, we will celebrating the 2016 Celebration di Masquerade at The Lost Abbey. For the first time, Carnevale will be a ticketed event.For the $30 entry fee, patrons will recieve a limited-edition Carnevale Glass for the night, 2 included 10oz pours, some New Orleans grub from Devilicous, and a bottle of 2016 Carnevale Ale… Tickets will be limited to the first 200 people and we’ll be releasing which speciality and barrel-aged beers will be available during the Carnevale celebration soon. Tickets can be purchased at http://shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/ starting today.Specialty Beer List:Track 8Cuvee de Tomme*Framboise de Amorosa*Track 10Brandy Angel’s ShareBourbon Barrel-Aged Santa’s Little Helper* Cuvee de Tomme & Framboise de Amorosa not available for included 10oz pour.What: 9th Annual Carnevale di Lost Abbey Masquerade PartyWhen: Saturday, February 27th 6:00-10:00pmWhere: The Lost Abbey, 155 Mata Way, Suite 104, San Marcos, CA 92069

Vintage Bundles and Duck in Flight

As we approach the Holiday Season, we start to think about all those friends and family members that are difficult to find presents for... Why not just buy them some rare bottles of beer? 

We're reaching into our cellar and giving you two opportunities to enjoy some vintage beer as we celebrate the season. Several of these beers were low case total releases making them worthy additions to your cellar. 
First, we're introducing our Stocking Stuffer Bundles.

3 different 4-bottle bundles that will be available for purchase at Shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com starting on Monday, December 7th at Noon. The three bundles will be:
1. 2013 Duck Duck Gooze, vintage Framboise de Amorosa, 2014 Deliverance and Bourbon Angel's Share 
2. Veritas 014 (Kriek), 2013 Red Poppy, 2014 Deliverance and Bourbon Angel's Share 

3. Veritas 013 (Peaches), vintage Framboise de Amorosa, 2014 Deliverance and Bourbon Angel's Share 

Each bundle will be $150, limited to 2 bundles per version with a maximum of 4 total bundles per person. Pickup will begin the week of December 14th through the 20th at the San Marcos Lost Abbey Tasting Room during regular business hours. As with previous releases, proxy pickups will not be allowed, any attempt at a proxy pickup will result in the bottles being surrendered back to the brewery. 

Secondly, we're introducing a Vintage Draft Flight, or A Duck in Flight as some of us are calling it. Tasters of Duck Duck Gooze, Red Poppy, Framboise de Amorosa, Santo Ron Diego, Agave Maria and Cuvee de Tomme. The flight is $40 for the 6 beers and will be available (while supplies last) in both the San Marcos and Cardiff Tasting Rooms starting this Friday (November 27th).

Cheers and Happy Holidays!

2015 San Diego Beer Week Events!

Here's a comprehensive list of where we'll be at each day during San Diego Beer Week. How many can you make it to??  SDBG Brewers Guild Fest Friday and Saturday, Nov 6th and 7thBroadway Pier - San DiegoTap Takeover @ Sublime AlehouseFriday, November 6thSublime Alehouse - Del MarBeer Pairing at OB Warehouse Sunday, November 8thOB Warehouse - Ocean BeachLost Abbey Brunch @ Brabant CafeSunday, November 8thBrabant Cafe - South ParkBrews, Views and ChewsMonday, November 9thTom's Lighthouse - Harbor IslandTap Takeover @ The BiergardenTuesday, November 10thBiergarden  - EncinitasTap Takeover @ RaglandWednesday, November 11thRagland Public House - Ocean BeachTap Takeover @ Plan 9Wednesday, November 11thPlan 9 Alehouse - EscondidoTap Takeover @ Iron PigThursday, November 12thIron Pig Alehouse - Pacific BeachTap Takeover @ Coin OpThursday, November 12thCoin-Op - North ParkBeer Dinner @ Churchill'sThursday, November 12thChurchill's Pub - San MarcosVideo Game Olympics - Coin OpFriday, November 13thCoin-Op - North ParkBeer and Chocolate PairingFriday, November 13thTap That - OceansideTap Takeover @ Newport PizzaSaturday, November 14thNewport Pizza - Ocean BeachTap Takeover @ Tap RoomSaturday, November 14thTap Room - Pacific BeachUrge Whiffle Ball TourneySaturday, November 14thSome park in RBTap Takeover @ Soda and SwineSunday, November 15thSoda and Swine - University Heights

Veritas 016 Purchase instructions

Veritas 016 will be put on sale at 12pm on October 13th, 2015 at www.shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com. Bottles are limited to 3 per person and are $40 (+ $1 convenience charge). There will be three pickup windows to choose from, Early (8am to 12pm)/Late (12:30pm - 4:30pm) Saturday and Sunday (11am - 5pm) at The Lost Abbey Tasting Room in San Marcos (155 Mata Way, San Marcos, CA 92069).By purchasing Veritas 016 from The Lost Abbey, you are agreeing to pick up your purchased bottles during your chosen pickup session. If you fail to pick-up your bottles, they will be surrendered back to The Lost Abbey. We are not allowing proxies of any kind for the pickup (We apologize for the inconvenience, but this policy hasn’t changed and was implemented to prevent individual consumers from ending up with more than 3 bottles). Any attempt to have a proxy pick up bottles will result in the bottles being surrendered back to The Lost Abbey (NO EXCEPTIONS).Direct link: http://shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/veritas-016---750ml-bottle-public-p286.aspx

UPDATED: My Black Parade purchase info

My Black Parade will be put on sale at 12pm on October 9th, 2015 at www.shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com. Bottles are limited to 3 per person and are $40 (+ $1 convenience charge). The pickup window will during regular business hours on October 30th and 31st at The Lost Abbey Tasting Room in San Marcos (155 Mata Way, San Marcos, CA 92069).By purchasing My Black Parade from The Lost Abbey, you are agreeing to pick up your purchased bottles during on October 30th or 31st. If you fail to pick-up your bottles, they will be surrendered back to The Lost Abbey. We are not allowing proxies of any kind for the pickup (We apologize for the inconvenience, but this policy hasn’t changed and was implemented to prevent individual consumers from ending up with more than 4 bottles). Any attempt to have a proxy pick up bottles will result in the bottles being surrendered back to The Lost Abbey (NO EXCEPTIONS).Direct link to the sale: http://shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/my-black-parade---750ml-bottle-public-p291.aspx

2015 Barrel Night Purchase Instructions

At Noon PST, The Lost Abbey will put its 2015 Barrel Night tickets on sale. As in years past, these tickets will be limited to the first 150 people.Each ticket will be $200 and will include a 5-course meal from the Executive Chef of San Diego's J-Six, Christian Graves, paired with 5 (minimum) single-barrel samples, pulled straight from the depths of the The Lost Abbey Oak Aging Program. Each paid ticket will also come with four (4) bottles of Veritas 016, a blended oak-aged blonde sour with White Peaches and Brett. There is a 4 ticket max per person.Direct link to the on-sale: http://shop.lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/2015-lost-abbey-barrel-night-p290.aspxLast years sale sold out incredibly fast, so please make sure your account is created/updated with the required CC and billing info to make your purchase as efficient as possible. Also note, having the item in your cart does not guarantee the item, you must complete the entire purchase to secure the tickets. We apologize for this and would like you to know we are working diligently to fix this with Nexternal to fix this issue with future on-sales. Cheers!

My Black Parade Release info

San Marcos, CA – In anticipation of Dia De Los Muertos and inspired by the profound flavors of Mexican Chocolate, The Lost Abbey will be releasing it’s newest and very limited celebratory creation; My Black Parade.Continuing The Lost Abbey’s trend in being inspired by worldly religious-based stories, My Black Parade tells the story of unrequited love being remembered each year on Dia De Los Muertos. A crowd of believers, that grows with each procession, making a yearly pilgrimage to an unmarked grave, waiting for true love to show up.A blended Bourbon barrel-aged Strong Ale with cocoa nibs, vanilla bean and spices, My Black Parade will be limited to only 60 cases with all inventory sold online through The Lost Abbey Website.Pouring darker than a moonless night, My Black Parade begins with a deep bouquet of rich chocolate and layered hints of cinnamon and oak. Huge flavors of cocoa on the palate with notes of vanilla, bourbon, and tobacco, finishing with crisp bite from the smoked chili’s and cardamom.The online sale will commence on Friday, October 9^th at Noon (PST) with a 3 bottle per person limit at $41 (service charge included). Pickup for My Black Parade will be held over two days, October 30^th and 31^st during normal business hours in The Lost Abbey Tasting Room. Links and additional info will be made available on The Lost Abbey blog (lostabbeydev.wpengine.com/blog) and throughout The Lost Abbey’s social media network.

Veritas 016 Release Details

Fresh off winning a Gold Medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival in the Wood and Barrel Aged Sour Category for Veritas 015 (Blonde Sour with Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines), The Lost Abbey announced the release of Veritas 016 this November.The Veritas line has been an ongoing experiment of the relationship between fruit, Brettanomyces and barrel aging. Inspired by one of their previous draft-only blended sours (Spontaneous Cheer) this is the 16^th iteration in the Veritas series. Veritas 016 is a blended Oak-Aged Sour and the first in the Veritas line to include white peaches.As in years past, the initial sale of Veritas 016 will coincide with The Lost Abbey’s Annual Barrel Night, which kicks off San Diego Beer Week on November 7^th. The very limited 150 tickets are $200 and include dinner by local San Diego Executive Chef, Christian Graves of J-Six, 5 single-barrel samples from the depths of The Lost Abbey Oak Aging Program, and 4 bottles of Veritas 016. Tickets for The Lost Abbey Barrel Night will go on-sale Tuesday, October 6^th at 12pm (PST).For anyone who happens to miss out on tickets to Barrel Night, a secondary sale of Veritas 016 will take place at 12pm (PST) on October 13^th with bottle pickups scheduled over 3 sessions (early/late Saturday and one on Sunday) on the weekend of November 14^th and 15^th.  Bottles are $41 ($1 service charge included) and are limited to 3 bottles per person.Additional info and links to the sales will be released shortly

Pre-Stone 19th Anniversary Brunch

In the name of biscuits, gravy and all things holy, we invite you to join us in the celebration of Stone Brewing’s 19th Anniversary. As tradition dictates, this year we aim to fill fellow celebrators stomachs with the necessary feast of bacon, grits and syrup doused french toast that creates the ideal foundation for the advantageous day of craft beer drinking that lies ahead. True to form, Lost Abbey is proud to host this years Pre-Stone Anniversary Brunch at our tasting room in San Marcos, California on August 15th from 8:30am to whenever our plates run dry. Much like last year, for this years menu we are honored to once again partnered with the hallowed Churchill’s Pub and Grille and are greatly looking forward to food stylings by Executive Chef AG Warfield. Although this delicious breakfast is provided at no charge, it is only available for the first 350 people that join us. The Lost Abbey Tasting Room will open extra early for the occasion at 8:30am on Saturday, August 15th with plenty of beer available for purchase.  We look forward to seeing each of you and starting this party off right.  From us, and our friends at Churchill’s-Happy Birthday and cheers to you Stone Brewing! Let us eat and be merry! The Details:

• What: Pre-Stone 19th Anniversary Brunch
• When: Saturday, August 15, 2014 – 8:30am to 11:30am (or till we run out of food)
• Where: The Lost Abbey / Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
• How Much: No entry fee, but food will be limited to the first 350 people. Standard pricing for beers.

 And while we have your attention…The Menu:Lost and Found Shrimp and GritsGarden Egg CasseroleTrack 10 French Toast CasseroleBiscuits & Red Barn Country GravyApplewood Smoked BaconGrilled Cajun Hot LinksFried Breakfast Potatoes

August 2015 Events

Wednesday, August 5thLemon & Grassy Launch Party at Tiger! Tiger!Thursday, August 6thBeer Dinner at K&B Wine CellarsSaturday, August 8thCardiff Dog Days of SummerFarm to Bay at Living Coast Discovery CenterSan Diego Tennis ClubSunday, August 9thBlue Palms 7th AnniversaryTuesday, August 11thLemon & Grassy Launch Party at Mission Ave. Bar & GrillWednesday, August 12thLemon & Grassy Launch Party at The LocalThursday, August 13thLemon & Grassy Launch Party at Best Pizza & BrewSaturday, August 15thStone Brewing Anniversary PartyTuesday, August 18thEncinitas Taste of Main StreetWednesday, August 19thTap Takeover at Iron PigTap Takeover at Manhattan BarWednesday, August 26thBeer Dinner & Tap Takeover at George St. Tap HouseFriday, August 29thSan Diego Brew and Food Fest