Meet the Awesome
Lost Abbey Team

Our Creators and Managers

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    Tomme Arthur, Founder

    Tomme Arthur’s unique approach and creativity, along with his enthusiasm, helped produce a thriving beer scene in San Diego. Tomme brought a love for Belgian beer to the Port family of brew pubs and created their first Belgian style ale, Overhead Abbey Dubbel in 1997. That one Belgian style brew has since become an entire family of beers called The Lost Abbey. Tomme Arthur is certainly one of the most cutting edge brewers in the United States, and he continues to play a major role in the growth, education, and creativity of the American Craft Brewing scene. Outside of his multiple medals at World Beer Cup, Chicago Real Ale Festival, and the Great American Beer Festival, Tomme has brought a new passion to the rustic, old world traditions of Belgian brewing by creating new beers with a fresh new vision of what beer can be. The canvas for his artwork is stretched with oak, fruit, spices, wild yeast strains, and time.

  • Steph, General Manager

    Steph manages our San Elijo tasting room the Sanctuary.

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    Chris

    Bartender at the Sanctuary

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    Colin

    Bartender at the Sanctuary

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    Tim

    Bartender at the Sanctuary

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    Chris, General Manager

    Chris runs the tasting room at our main brewery in Vista.

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    Chase, General Manager

    Chase manages the Confessional, our tasting room in Solana Beach.

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    Armando, General Manager

    Mando heads the Church, our epic downtown San Diego tasting room.