Lost Abbey
Some Barrel Aging Insights From Lost Abbey [Video]
A little insight to the barrel aging process at Lost Abbey. Gwen Conley, QA Director at the brewery is seen here adding cultures to Duck Duck Gooze barrels.
Lost Abbey’s Ed. Of Mo’ Betta Bretta This Sat
Mo’ Betta Bretta is a wild & funky collaboration between New Belgium and Lost Abbey. Each brewery travelled to the other brewery in order to create this wild ale. (Just like they did years ago.) New Belgium is releasing their edition of the collaboration in the Lips Of Faith series in the future.
This Saturday, Lost Abbey will will release their edition in San Marcos, California at 12 noon. Bottles are $7.99 a piece.
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Sneeky Peeky: Lost Abbey Track #6 [Video]
Track #6 is “reverse” Deliverance (Brandy Angel’s Share, Bourbon Serpent’s Stout). This reverse beer known now as “Track #6” is a blend Angel’s Share aged in bourbon (2009!) and brandy barrel aged Serpent’s Stout. Releases June 16th, 2012
14.4% ABV
What Grain Milling Looks Like at Lost Abbey [Video]
When you’re brewing, the grain come in 55 lb sacks. Depending on a the batch size, (and the brewery) you will have to manual load each one in the fermenter.
Lost Abbey’s Rocks Mötley Crüe In Track #5
Lost Abbey (San Marcos, CA) is releasing a series of musically-themed beers this year. Once a month, the beer wizards at Lost Abbey a new rock-related concoction never seen before. Track #5 “Shout At The Devil.” Don’t go looking for this in stores, you can only buy this at the brewery. (And can only drink it there too.) #5 is a blend of Red Poppy & Framboise de Amorosa. Shout At The Devil is Mötley Crüe’s second album.
Track 5 is a blend of two of our best fruited sour beers. An equal blend of Red Poppy and Framboise de Amorosa. Once the beers were blended we added additional fruit and let them rest in another set of French Oak barrels. The aroma is an explosion of red wine and oak notes. A jammy fruit presence dominates the mid-palate of the beer before a bracing tannin-laced dryness pervades the finish.
All told an exceptionally complex marriage between fruit, oak, and red wine expressions.
Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged, w/ raspberries & cherries)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Brewery release only.
Arrival: 5/19/12
7.7% ABV
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Lost Abbey Track #5 Intro [Video]
Lost Abbey’s Track #5 drops in May.
New Belgium Announces New Sour, Collaboration
New Belgium officially announced the next two beers in their Lips Of Faith Series: Tart Lychee and The Lost Abbey Collaboration.
Tart Lychee – Brewed with lychee fruit, and blended into a barrel aged sour beer. It’s brewed with pale malt, caramel-80, carapils, malted wheat and oats, then spiced with lychee fruit and a touch of cinnamon. The hazy orange Tart Lychee begins with bold, tropical aromas and ends with a sharp, dry finish. 7.5% ABV
The Lost Abbey Collaboration Brett Beer – The two breweries love of brettanomyces (wild, funky yeast) unites the 2 in this beer. Tomme Arthur flew out to Ft Collins, Colorado to brew with New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert. In turn, Peter flew out to Lost Abbey’s San Marcos, California home. Target, Centennial, & Sorachi Ace hops combined with the brett yeast give the beer a citrus & pineapple flavor with a funky/sour edge. 7.5% ABV
Look for Tart Lychee on shelves now, Brett Beer in May.
Availability: Draft, 22 oz bombers.
