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2013 San Diego Beer Week Events
To add our San Diego Beer Week events to your calendar CLICK HERE
Friday 11-01-13
- San Diego Brewer's Guild Festival
- Ticket info HERE
- 6 -9PM
Saturday 11-02-13
- San Diego Brewer's Guild Festival
- Ticket info HERE
- 2 -5PM
Monday 11-04-13
- The Local
- 5PM
- Port Brewing Tap Takeover & Pint Night
- Pouring: Deliverance, Bourbon Barrel Aged Santa's Little Helper, Carnevale, and High Tide
- Neighborhood | Nobel Experiment
- 7PM
Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set TastingSOLD OUT | Neighborhood Tap Takeover- Pouring: 2012 Red Poppy, Bourbon Angel's Share, 10 Commandments, Mongo, Red Barn, Devotion, High Tide, and Shark Attack
Tuesday 11-05-13
- Ciro's Pizza & Ale House
- 6PM
- The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing Tap Takeover & Trivia Night
- Pouring: Cuvee De Tomme, Red Barn, Angel's Share, and Board Meeting
- The High Dive
- 7PM
- Chicks For Beer / Food Pairing
- Pouring: Older Viscosity, Shark Attack, Board Meeting, Mongo, and High Tide
Wednesday 11-06-13
- Toronado SD
- 7PM
- The Lost Abbey Night
- Pouring: Cable Car, Angel's Share, Mayan Judgement Day, Deliverance, Red Barn
Thursday 11-07-13
- Newport Pizza & Ale House
- 7PM
- The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing Tap Takeover & Pint Night
- Pouring: Framboise de Amorosa, Angel's Share, Deliverance, Red Barn, Mongo, and Shark Attack
- Stone Brewing Co.
- 6:30-9PM
Master Pairing Dinner With The Lost Abbey - $79SOLD OUT
Friday 11-08-13
- Raglan Public
- 7PM
- The Lost Abbey Tap Takeover
- Pouring Deliverance, Devotion, Red Barn, Avant Garde, and Lost & Found
Saturday 11-09-13
- OB Noodle House
- 1PM
- Keep The Pint Night: Premiere of our new High Tide pint glasses.
- Pouring High Tide
- Urge Gastropub
- 11:30AM
- The Lost Abbey keep the pint night
- Pouring: Angel's Share, Deliverance, 10 Commandments, Cuvee de Tomme, Serpent's Stout, and 2012 Older Viscosity
- Churchill's Pub & Grille
- 4PM
- Lost Abbey Tasting with Director of Production & QA, Gwen Conley,and Lead Brewer, Matt Webster
- Pouring: Angels Share, Deliverance, Gift of the Magi, Mo Betta Bretta, Carnevale, and Red Poppy
Sunday 11-10-13
- Waypoint Public
- 6PM
- The Lost Abbey Tap Takeover
- Pouring Red Poppy, Red Barn, Avant Garde, and Deliverance
- O'Brien's Pub
- 6:30 -10PM
- Lost Abbey Night
- Pouring TBD
SDBW Vodcast #39
We just finished up San Diego Beer Week. Below is a video of one night from the entire week full of events.Vodcast #39 SDBW from The Lost Abbey on Vimeo.
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 7pmsold 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
- Only the best documentary film about the history of beer in San Diego. A perfect date night. ll the details hereore details.
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 -- 6:30pmsold out- Tomme takes you through The Ultimate Box Set. Click for more details.
6th Annual Barrel Night Event
Once again we'll be celebrating San Diego Beer Week -- this time with two very special evenings of rare beers and fine foods. Limited to 150 people per evening, guests will be treated to barrel-aged beers selected from the recesses of our archives by brewmaster Tomme Arthur and paired with a one-of-a-kind Tapas-style menu prepared by guest chefs. Everyone in attendance will also receive a 750ml bottle of our extremely limited Veritas 011.The Details
- What: Lost Abbey Annual Barrel Night 2012
- When: Nov. 3, 2012 / Nov. 4, 2012 - 7pm to 10pm
(Both evenings will be identical) - Where: The Lost Abbey / Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
- How Much: $100 per ticket; maximum of four tickets.
Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 4pm PDT and must be purchased online.
Because of strong demand we are doing two evenings, however, we still expect tickets to sell out very quickly., so make sure to purchase your tickets early!
Local Radio Thinks We're the Best
Being here in San Diego, we're chocked full of great craft breweries. So many in fact that it's not unusual to see and members of the local brewing community on TV and the radio.What is unusual, however, is to be driving to work listening to the radio when suddenly the people on air are talking about you (or at least your brewery) being the best in the county -- which is exactly what happened to us this morning.The following is an on air conversation between KPRi 102.1 FM radio personalities Madison and Pamela Howe, and San Diego local beer connoisseur, Robbert Jeffords regarding San Diego Beer Week. Guess who they all agreed as the best brewery in San Diego?Lost Abbey on KPRi Radio
Live Broadcast from Lost Abbey Barrel Night
Okay, so you weren't able to land tickets to our annual Barrel Party Night. No worries, because we've got the next best thing -- a live streaming broadcast from the party! Our oh-so suave host, Andy Killion, and The Lost Abbey Camera crew will be there to bring you all faces, food, fun (and, of course, barrel-aged beers) as it happens!
Check out the promo spot
Tune in Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 7pm PDT:
5th Annual Barrel Party Night
The Details
- What: Lost Abbey Annual Barrel Night 2011
- When: Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 7pm to 10pm
- Where: The Lost Abbey / Port Brewing, San Marcos, San Diego County, CA
- How Much: $80 per each; $150 for a pair
Tickets go on sale October 5, 2011 at 12pm PDT and must be purchased online.
Click here to purchase ticketsSOLD OUT
Tickets for last year's event sold out very quickly, so make sure to purchase tickets early!
Lost Abbey Libri Divini - November 2010
SAN DIEGO BEER WEEK ISSUE
- San Diego Beer Week Part Deux
- Extended Tasting Room Hours
- SDBW Events
- New Faces
- New Releases / Upcoming Events
San Diego Beer Week Part Deux
America's Finest Beer CityThe second annual San Diego Beer Week kicks off a 10 day tour de force today with just about every brewery, brewpub, gastropub, bar and bottle shop pulling out all the stops to showcase America's new craft beer capitol. In all there'll be more than 200 beer-related events all around the county between today and Sunday the 14th. Naturally, we'll be out and about next week, talking, eating and, of course, pouring lots of great Lost Abbey and Port Brewing beers.Here's a round-up of what's up and what's new at Lost Abbey:
Extended Tasting Room Hours
In honor of San Diego Beer Week, we'll be extending our tasting room hours to be open seven days a week through November 14, giving everyone ample opportunity to drop by and say hello! The SDBW Tasting Room hours are:
- Sun: 12pm - 5pm
- Mon - Wed: 1pm - 6pm
- Thur: 1pm - 4:30pm
- Fri: 1pm - 9pm
- Sat: 12pm - 6pm
(Note: Saturday, November 13 we will close promptly at 6pm to prepare for our annual barrel party)For directions to the Tasting Room, please check out our Visit Us section or call (800) 918-6816 x107.
SDBW Events
We're doing a number of events around town all week long, so you can still experience our beers without making the trek up to the brewery. If you get a chance, pop into one and say hi to the DOBO (aka "Tomme") and other members of the Lost Abbey Clergy.Lost Abbey SDBW Events
- Nov 6 - San Diego Brewer's Guild Festival
- Nov 8 - Phil's BBQ
- Nov 9 - Churchill's Pub and Grille
- Nov 9 - Encinitas Ale House
- Nov 10 - Counterpoint
- Nov 10 - Neighborhood
- Nov 11 - Stone World Bistro
- Nov 11 - JSix Restaurant
- Nov 13 - 4th Annual Barrel Tasting Party (sold out)
For a full list of event details, please visit the Events Calendar page.
New Faces
Ken Kline, Plant ManagerThose who've been into the Tasting Room during the week in the past couple of months might have noticed a new face around the brewery. Actually, he's an old, familiar face to this building.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Ken Kline our new (returning) Plant Manager.No, Ken didn't used to work here and now he's back, he's returning to the brewhouse. Back before Port Brewing / Lost Abbey, our brewhouse was Stone Brewing's, and Ken was their plant manager. In 2006 when Stone moved to it's new facility Ken went with it and we've pretty much been faking it ever since (read: swearing/praying and lots of duct tape). Gratefully we were recently able to persuade Ken to return to his old brewhouse and re-assume command over all the stuff around here that makes the beer, packs it up and gets it on the loading dock.Over the next few months Ken will be overhauling our brewhouse (read: swearing/praying and removing duct tape) and overseeing our expansion which includes a shiny new boiler, new tanks, and moving and reconfiguring the bottling line in the new building. For us, all of this means no more flooded floors and bottling line gymnastics. For you it means more Port & Lost Abbey beers!
If you ever happen to drop by the tasting room and see Ken (usually fixing stuff), make sure to say hi. (Don't, hug him and cry, repeating "thank you, thank you, thank you" though. Turns out after the forth or fifth time it makes him uncomfortable.)
New Beer Releases
Here's what's new and upcoming in new beer releases:
- Oct 25 - Santa's Little Helper (Full distribution)
- Oct 25 - Mongo Double IPA (Full Distribution, Draft only)
- Nov 13 - Veritas 008 (Barrel Party Release)
- Nov 20 - Amazing Grace - French Oak Aged Lost & Found (Brewery Only)
- Nov 20 - Cuvee de Tomme 2010 (Brewery Only)
- Dec 3 - Gift of the Magi (Full distribution)
4th Annual Barrel Party Night
Strictly limited to 125 guests. Tickets for last year's event sold out very quickly, so make sure to purchase tickets early.
Barrel Party Night, Nov. 2009
Photos from our Barrel party held during San Diego Beer Week.[nggallery id=5]
San Diego Beer Week is coming...
I've been in the beer business in San Diego since 1996. During this time, our city has gone from relative beer obscurity to bonafide beer destination status. Last month the editors and publishers of Men's Journal even went so far as to name San Diego the # 1 beer related city in the country (without apologies to Portland, OR). Two years ago, Philadelphia, PA (another great beer city) launched Philly Beer Week and with it a host imitations. There's now beer weeks in cities all across this country including Detroit and Saint Louis.Well, San Diego is about to join the imitation is the sincerest form of flattery party as next Friday November 6th San Diego Beer Week (technically 9 great days of beer drinking and celebrating) begins. As of right now, there are over 160 events scheduled during the week we're doing our part to support the 9 day party. In case you haven't been paying attention to our Lost Abbey Calendar of events, here's what we'll be doing to celebrate the week.Friday November 6th you can catch us at The Neighborhood in Downtown San Diego featuring a tapas style menu with 4 Lost Abbey paired beers. On Saturday the 7th of November we're hosting our favorite event of the year our annual Barrel Aged Beer Party at The Lost Abbey. At this time, tickets are completely sold out (sorry about the tease). But. we're sure some of you already purchased tickets and are counting down the days like us. Veritas 006 will be released that evening and word on the street is the beer will taste an awful lot like the Sangre DC that we poured at the Stone Anniversary party in August.Sunday finds us dividing and conquering. I'll be heading to Phil's BBQ in the Sports Arena area for an event with Jim Crute and the gang from Lightning Brewery. I LOVE Phil's BBQ and am excited as many of my childhood friends may even make an appearance. We may even have a Brian Arthur sighting as well. Monkey and Monkey Rodriguez will be venturing across the great blue bridge that spans our bay and heading for the historic Hotel Del Coronado for an event featuring beers from Coronado Brewing, Ballast Point as well as Lost Abbey. Look for Cuvee de Tomme, Inferno and Carnevale to all be on display in Coronado.On Monday, I have agreed to something called the Tomme Arthur Experience at Stone. I guess this means that I'll be there telling you about 20 of the best beers you can't buy on a regular basis. We've got a cask of Bourbon Santa's Little Helper (held from this summer's Christmas in July release) as well as some other great things. Veritas 006 will be on draft in a redux of the Anniversary Party. We anticipate 8 draft beers (4 Port and 4 Abbey) along with the cask and some 12 other bottled beers. I'm excited. Hopefully I'll be able to live up the hype of having a whole night dedicated to my "experience?"Tuesday finds me checking into a hospital for Detox and hydration therapy. I'll check out for lunch and hopefully grab a pint or two with Vinnie and Rob Tod who are doing an event at Stone. I'll point the car for the coast and drop down into La Jolla for dinner at Trattoria Acqua. Can you say weight gain this week? Man I'm going to need some new pants. 5 courses of amazing food and Lost Abbey beers are on the agenda. Trattoria Acqua now features a bunch of our beer on their menu and Michael and Victoria McGeath have been gracious enough to keep us in stock.Wednesday we're going back to double dipping for the night. To start the night off, we'll be stuffing our bellies at The Ritual Tavern on 30th Street. It promises to be an amazing meal and I know that we're serving Mussels with Duck Duck Gooze, there's also Gift of the Magi 2008, Red Barn and Inferno on the menu. We'll spill out of The Ritual Tavern and head across the street to Toronado for a late night cap from 10-12. Ian and I haven't worked out the details but he called me from a Cable Car the other day to say hi.Thursday promises to bring one of the best events for us this week. We've partnered up with Christian Graves of J Six fame (Downtown) and we're going to launch the inaugural Lost Abbey Art Show. This will run from 7-9 PM and feature 15 original pieces of art that we commisioned Sean Dominguez to produce for our Lost Abbey Labels. We recently got all 15 pieces back from the framers and they look amazing! Our photographer John Schulz will also be on hand displaying some of the print ads he's created for us since we opened our doors.Christian's Culinary team will be working the room with passed appetizers. Our brewery staff will be on hand to sample all 15 beers that match the original art pieces. We've never seen an event like this done before and are incredibly jazzed about it to say the least. $20 to sample the beers, view the art and you'll even get to keep The Lost Abbey stemware glass from the evening. If there was one event to put on the list for this week for me, it would be this one.Friday and Saturday, I'm taking a break. I'll need it for sure. We'll end the week in a bang celebrating with two last events. In the early afternoon, you'll find us out at the Chef and Beer event taking place at Qualcomm's Headquarters in La Jolla. I'll drop down from there across to Kearny Mesa where Tom Nickel and I will direct about 40 people through one of the last events of San Diego Beer Week. A chance to taste some of the most incredibly rare and sought after beers we have produced in our 3 plus years of business is what's slated. I love the O'Brien's events like this especially when Chef Vince gets involved...Sunday night officially ends San Diego Beer Week. It's going to kick my ass. That's for sure. Monday will find me back at the brewery bright and early as we begin demolotion of our cold box in preparation for a new tasting bar area. Stay tuned for more details about this in my next blog. Be sure to view the calendar on our website which lists websites and more details for each event. Some of these are bound to sell out so don't delay!
Lost Abbey Dinner & Art Show: Jsix, San Diego
Celebrate Beer Week by joining Jsix and Lost Abbey for a pairing of exquisite hors d' oeuvres and beers in a showing of the inspired artwork of The Lost Abbey.Along with the fine foods of Jsix, the evening will feature the following Lost Abbey art pieces and beers:
- Angel's Share - Oil on Canvas
- Avant Garde - Oil on Canvas
- Carnevale - Chalk and Pencil
- Cuvee de Tomme - Chalk and Pencil
- Deliverance - Oil on Canvas Beer not yet released
- Devotion - Chalk and Pencil
- Duck Duck Gooze - Oil on Canvas
- Gift of the Magi - Chalk and Pencil
- Inferno - Oil on Canvas
- Judgment Day - Oil and Canvas
- Lost and Found - Chalk and Pencil
- Red Barn - Oil on Canvas
- Serpent's Stout - Oil on Canvas
- Ten Commandments - Chalk and Pencil
- Witch's Wit - Oil on Canvas
Guests will also receive a Lost Abbey tulip stemware glass. For more information, please contact Jsix at (619) 531.8744, or at the address below.Date & Time: November 12, 2009, 7pm - 9pmPrice: $20 (includes food, beer tastings and stemware)Location:Jsix616 J Street (corner of J and 6th)San Diego, CA 92101Tel: 619.531.8744» Google Map
Appearance: Food & Beer Fest at the Hotel Del Coronado
Head brewer Mike Rodriguez will be appearing along with Lost Abbey beers at the Hotel Del Coronado for an evening Food & Beer Fest. Coronado Brewing and Ballast Point will also be on hand.Location:1500 OceanHotel Del Coronado1500 Orange AvenueSan Diego, CA 92118(619) 522-8490Details on the web here: Food & Beer Fest at the Hotel Del Coronado
Appearance: Tomme Arthur Experience at Stone World Bistro
Meet Tomme Arthur during cellar archives night at the Stone World Bistro. From The Stone World Bistro site:
Tomme is coming over and bringing twenty, yes we said TWENTY, of his special brews with him, including rare editions and archived ales. Expect to find selections from Port Brewing as well as The Lost Abbey, both on tap and in bottles. Don't miss your chance to talk shop with Tomme over a pint or two of his awesome beers. We'll even have a special price on Lost Abbey glassware so you can take your glass home with you after your pint is all gone.
Location:Stone World Bistro1999 Citracado ParkwayEscondido, CA 92029760-294-7866
Appearance: The Neighborhood, San Diego
Kick of San Diego Beer Week with The Lost Abbey at The Neighborhood gastropub in downtown San Diego. A Tapas-style menu will be paired with four of our beers, and Tomme Arthur will be on hand to talk beer and food.Location:The Neighborhood777 G StSan Diego, CA 92101-6418(619) 446-0002?www.neighborhoodsd.com/