On our way to pour at the Tucson beer festival a couple of weeks ago, we swung by the brewery to pick up three kegs of High Tide. It was a Friday morning so we weren’t expecting anyone but the brewery crew to be there. But as we walked into the brewhouse, there was Tomme [...]
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Pre-GABF Housecleaning
We’re off to the GABF today, where we’ll be broadcasting live Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (Thursday isn’t an official show day, so you can just join us as we wander through Denver seeking the best beer Colorado has to offer). However, in the run up to the festival, we’ve actually been quite busy… just haven’t [...]
Check out Lost Abbey’s GABF Video
Lost Abbey submitted a video as part of a GABF marketing campaign. The topic had to be why beer lovers and brewers love GABF and what the brewery is doing regarding its sustainability efforts. I think the video looks pretty good. To can find other breweries’ submissions by searching the term Beer Lovers and Brewers [...]
A man who loved his beer and life has died. Well.
I like to tell Beer Molly that when I die I want my body thrown in the woods and all my friends to go out, get publicly drunk, obnoxious and arrested in my honor. Then I read the obit for a guy that recently dies in Wyoming. Among the gems in his send off: “He [...]
Homegrown Hop 15 on tap at Lost Abbey
So we’re sitting here having pints of Homegrown Hop 15. that’s Hop 15 dry hopped with locally-grown Centennial hops courtesy of Sheldon out in Fallbrook. Tomme has the full story on his blog right here. This is an extremely limited release — it’s only on tap at the brewery. But judging by its popularity, we’ll [...]
Private Party at the Toronado San Diego Tonight
Tonight is “friends and familiy” night at the new Toronado Bar in San Diego. (offspring of the world famous Toronado in San Francisco). The public opening of the bar is next Wednesday, but we’ve been lucky enough to get invited to the party tonight as guest of Ivan Derezin, owner of Churchill’s Pub & Grill. [...]
Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey 2nd Anniversary & Special Releases
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey will be celebrating its second anniversary next weekend with a big party, music, food, and (of course) lost of Port / Lost Abbey beers. Additionally, they’ll be putting out three new releases including Port 2nd Anniversary (a huge double IPA), Inferno (one hell of [...]
Happy 75th American Beer Drinkers
We’d just like to wish everyone a happy 75th anniversary of the return of legal beer to the U.S. And now let’s all hoist a glass and sing along with us to Weird Al’s Beer Song: Oh… what is the malt and liquor? What gets you drunken quicker? What comes in bottles or in cans? [...]
You and A Weekend of Beer Pix – Be Our Guest Blogger
This weekend is Labor Day weekend – the traditional end of summer for those of us here in the States. Being who we are, we naturally like to celebrate the end of the season with (what else) Beer and pictures! But this time around we thought we’d do something really special and invite you to [...]
