Lost Abbey

Mo’ Betta Bretta Teaser [Video]

Mo Betta’ Bretta. Brewed once in 2004.  Back again in May, 2012.  A collaboration between The Lost Abbey & New Belgium.  Tomme Arthur (Lost Abbey) and Peter Bouckaert (New Belgium) travelled to each others brewery’s to create this beer.

Sneak Peek: Lost Abbey Track #4 [Video]

Lost Abbey’s Track #4 will be released at the end of the month.  The brewers give you a video sneaky peeky.  Check out more from the Ultimate Box Set.

Hell’s Bells: Lost Abbey Track #3

The Lost Abbey releases Track #3 of their ongoing Ultimate Box Set this Saturday. The beer, shown briefly in this video, is a blend of two barrels of Mellow Yellow, and Phunky Duck (a base beer in the blend that becomes Duck Continue Reading →

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Lost Abbey Turns 6 Party Teaser [Video]

Is this seen through the eyes of Tomme Arthur? Lost Abbey turns 6 years old in May, 2012.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lost Abbey, New Belgium

Mo’ Betta Bretta Teaser [Video]

Mo Betta’ Bretta. Brewed once in 2004.  Back again in May, 2012.  A collaboration between The Lost Abbey & New Belgium.  Tomme Arthur (Lost Abbey) and Peter Bouckaert (New Belgium) travelled to each others brewery’s to create this beer.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Lost Abbey

Lost Abbey’s “Track #4” Releases Saturday

The Lost Abbey will release Track #4 “Sympathy For The Devil,” the most recent release in series of musical releases this year.  (Click here for the Track List thus far.)

What is Track #4? 

Each of the the three predecessors have been various blends of barrels, and Lost Abbey beers, culminating a beer meets rock symphony that melts your face off. (Too much?) The blend for Track #4 starts with two barrels from one of the base components of 2011’s Veritas 009 (Sour Ale), and two barrels of Port Hot Rocks (Aged in red wine w/ brett).  Blend it all together and you have Track #4.  The art pays homage to The Rolling Stone’s Sympathy For The Devil, released in 1968.  Musical refresher course in the video below…

Liner Notes:

Another epic blend of beers not widely seen out side our tasting bar. The base for Track #4 starts off as two freshly emptied barrels which were to be part of our Veritas 009 blend. To these barrels we have married two French Oak red wine barrels that have been harboring Hot Rocks Lager for nearly two years. The base beer sports a deep black color with crimson highlights. Flavors of leather, tobacco and a wine like jammy quality were developed as the base beer.

The addition of Hot Rocks Lager aged in Wine barrels brings a strain of Brettanomyces not normally found in our beers (wine strain we found in the barrels as we did not inoculate them here at the brewery). As is our hope for all these blends, the sum of all the parts has yielded great results. Perhaps one of the more subtle yet harmonious blends to date for our brewers, this one promises to deliver another great Lost Abbey experience.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged, w/ Cherries)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. (Consumed on site only) $15/bottle.

11.33% ABV 

Note: Framboise de Amorosa releases the same day.  Check out Lost Abbey’s notes on the release if you’re going.

by Reid Ramsay
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Sneak Peek: Lost Abbey Track #4 [Video]

Lost Abbey’s Track #4 will be released at the end of the month.  The brewers give you a video sneaky peeky.  Check out more from the Ultimate Box Set.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Lost Abbey, Port Brewing Company, Videos

Monk Surfing & Port Brewing [Video]

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Lost Abbey

Hell’s Bells: Lost Abbey Track #3

The Lost Abbey releases Track #3 of their ongoing Ultimate Box Set this Saturday. The beer, shown briefly in this video, is a blend of two barrels of Mellow Yellow, and Phunky Duck (a base beer in the blend that becomes Duck Duck Gooze.

Liner Notes

The beer is a blend of some our favorite components. The clean lactic notes from Mellow Yellow combined with the heavier earthy twang we get from the Phunky Duck barrels. It’s a non fruited blond sour which if you take into account our successes with Isabelle, Cable Car and Duck Duck ought to be enough to have people lining up like it’s Black Friday in March.

The Album Art and Text

The majestic bell tower is all that remains of this Gothic cathedral. Somehow, it escaped the ravages of wars and continues to weather the centuries of neglect. Shrouded in a fog of mystical wonder, the Devil maintains it for his personal playground. At dusk, Lucifer emerges to dance between the shadows of a silvering moon as he returns to the bell tower launching a cadence for the newly departed. Gong… Gong… Gong echoes the bell in a Satanic trance as a chorus of bats take flight from the tower-like thunder consuming the silence. For centuries the nearby townspeople have tried to unravel the mysteries of the bell tower only being left to conclude it is haunted. For the wind, they cannot make a Bell Toll like that. But the Devil can and nightly he conducts a Requiem for the souls he has acquired. Shhh… Listen quietly! You can almost hear it now…

Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. Sold for consumption on-premise only. $15 each.
Release: 3/17/12

7.55% ABV

Some notes on the release day:

Red Poppy will also be released on March 17, so we are doing things a bit differently.PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE INFO.

  • Extended Tasting Room Hours: Because we are expecting larger than usual crowds (two releases and St Patrick’s Day), we will be opening our doors from 9am to 7pm. The MIHO Gastrotruck will be onsite with breakfast specials from 8am — 11am and a special lunch menu from 11am -7pm.
  • Beer Reservations: We know many will want both Track 3 and Red Poppy, so we will begin IDing and wristbanding people for the beers at 8am. If you arrive early (i.e., before 9am) to ensure you get bottles, please line up on the loading ramp leading into the tasting room. As with previous releases you will be able to pay in line and be issued a ticket/receipt that ensures your allotment.
  • Allotments and Restrictions:
    • Track 3 — As with all Box Set releases, the beers must be consumed on-site, same day. Bottles may not be carried out. The bottles are 375ml and are $15 each.
    • Red Poppy — As with past releases, Red Poppy is also 375ml bottles; $15 each with a six-bottle per patron limit.(Yes, you can take Red Poppy away with you).
  • Special Taps: Red Poppy will be on draft as 4-ounce tasters only. Tasters are $3 each.
by Reid Ramsay
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Lost Abbey Track #3 Arrives 3/17. Check Out The Blend [Video]

Lost Abbey’s Track #3 in their  Ultimate Box Set will release on 3/17/12.  The beer is a blend of 4 barrels. 2 parts Duck Duck Gooze, 2 Parts Mellow Yellow.

by Reid Ramsay