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The Lost Abbey

United States · Regional · Known for Belgian Quadrupel · Dubbel
Known for Belgian Quadrupel · Dubbel

San Diego County brewery founded in 2006 by Tomme Arthur, one of America's foremost experts in Belgian-style and barrel-aged brewing. Inspired by the great abbey breweries of Belgium, The Lost Abbey produces some of the most complex and cellar-worthy beers in America.

3Beers
2Styles
8.5%Avg ABV
2006Founded

Beers by The Lost Abbey

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

The Lost Abbey brew across 2 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers
Belgian 2Farmhouse 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

spicyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
caramel
2 of 3 beers
dark fruit
2 of 3 beers
yeastyevery beer
3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 107 other breweries brewing Saison:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for SaisonThe Lost Abbey
in no beersin every beer
rich
in 2 of 3 · typical Saison brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more rich than typical.
caramel
in 2 of 3 · typical Saison brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more caramel than typical.
How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 80%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#4033
best ranked beer
The Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale

Their beers place in the Top 80% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About The Lost Abbey

San Diego County brewery founded in 2006 by Tomme Arthur, one of America's foremost experts in Belgian-style and barrel-aged brewing. Inspired by the great abbey breweries of Belgium, The Lost Abbey produces some of the most complex and cellar-worthy beers in America.

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Location
San Marcos · California · United States
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