2013 Lost Abbey Cable Car?

I've heard that Toronado SF will occasionally release bottles at random via their bottle list, but I've never actually met anyone who's acquired a bottle this way. I got one this year at their anniversary, and that's the only time I've seen it.

 

I got a bottle on a random day at SF but that was over 4 or 5 years ago

 

Awesome thanks for the info. But does plenty of bottles mean they'll last the night? The only reason I'm asking is because I can make it Friday, but not Thursday.

 

So does Toronado SD do the bottles to go on this one release day? Or is that only SF?

 

only SF

 

Last year was the only year Toro released bottles to go.

 

whats the time of the release next Thursday in SF?

 

From what I understand, this is not true. The first 3 years (7,8,9) bottles were released to go. Only in 2010 did they stop selling to go. I believe they wanted to stem the eBay listings at the time.

 

No he's right...there was some CCK and T25 released to go last year at SF. It was only a case or two. I remember getting a text from a friend in Chicago begging me to go get some. There's a thread on it somewhere but I'm too lazy to look...

 

On the day the Mikkeller Bar had its grand opening this year some dude posted from a pic SF Toronado (on Untappd, Facebook etc...) that clearly showed that he was outside the bar with a corked Cable Car in his hand. I guess he COULD have brought it....but it seemed unlikely.

 

He said that they sold 2007-2009 to go at Toronado SF, which they did, and you respond that he's wrong because they sold some Toronado 25 and CCK (2011) to go? Why does one preclude the other?

 

Any update on this? I have a friend in the North Bay area willing to make the drive, but only if I am pretty certain he will be able to get a bottle for me.

Thanks for any info, Toby.

 

Well that email said they're tapping it at that time but does not say anything about bottle sales.

 

Bottom line is noone really knows w Toro. They'll probably sell bottles on a random monday a few months from now

 

That's how I got my bottles from the last batch. A random Monday afternoon. Love that they take care of the locals/regulars.

 

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Lost Abbey Cable Car draft & bottles tonight starting at 6pm​

Come out and get yourself some...​

in 2007, Lost Abbey head brewer Tomme Arthur made a beer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a certain beer bar in San Francisco. It was called Cable Car, and it turned out pretty good. Much to the continuing surprise (and delight) of the proprietor (and us) of said beer bar, Tomme has made a new version of this beer every year since. Well, the 2013 edition is here, and Tomme & David Keene will be debuting/ enjoying it at the Toronado in SF tonight, and we at the Toronado sur are fortunate to be able to offer it to you here in San Diego as well. We're tapping a keg that should yield about a hundred 6.5 oz glasses at 6pm tonight, as well as selling bottles of this excellent (trust us; we're having one right now), golden, barrel-aged sour ale for your enjoyment on the premises only (for more on that, see below). We will be tapping another 5 gallon keg on Wednesday November 6th for San Diego Beer Week so don't despair if you can't make it in tonight.

On Friday afternoon at 3pm, we're tapping a cask of another great beer brewed for yet another Toronado San Francisco anniversary, this time their 25th: a big, Nelson-y double IPA from our friends at Alpine Beer Company called Keene Idea IPA. You've been drinking this amazing beer on draft at the bar this week, come out and check out the cask-conditioned version this Friday. It could settle your nerves before you watch the 6th game of the NLCS, if that's something you can identify with. We'll keep the Alpine theme going Friday with a keg of Nelson and we'll make sure Hoppy Birthday is on tap as well.

That brings us to Sunday. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and for the last couple of years Natalie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing Company has been doing her part by raising funds for the Sutter Breast Care Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Last year, Natalie raised over $75,000 through a month-long series of events, raffles, and the proceeds of husband Vinnie's beer, Framboise for a Cure. We are (again) fortunate to have a 1/2 barrel keg of this amazing and rare beer in our walk-in. We'll be selling the 6.5 oz glasses while they last starting at 11:30 am on Sunday for $10 a glass. The proceeds from the sales on Sunday (and it won't last 'til Monday) will go to Sutter Breast Care Center. We also donate a dollar for every pint of Pliny the Elder that we sell during October, so don't be shy; have a Pliny! It's delicious, and we've got plenty.

Further out, a rare and exciting cask from Modern Times on Tuesday, a cask of Alpine Hoppy Birthday later in the week, and a full accounting of our SD Beer Week shenanigans coming your way soon. We'll see you here at the Toronado for some great beer.​

Re the Cable Car off-sale that so many of you have asked us about: we have a restriction on our license that prohibits the sale of beer for off-premise consumption. It is not a disciplinary restriction, just something that we felt we had to agree to in order to open our doors almost 6 years ago. We are attempting to have this amended, and we're pretty confident that the SDPD, who have been very cool to us (because our patrons are cool and we therefore don't cause them a lot of problems; thank you!) will agree to lift it. But not tonight. The good news is that we have a good amount of the beer, and that it keeps well! We'll keep you posted as things develop and as to how we'll deal with selling rare beers to-go in another email. Thanks for your understanding.

 

So.. even though I live 2 minutes from Lost Abbey, I won't be able to get any there? Makes sense..

 

No, they've only sold it once at Lost Abbey, always at Toronado. Ssshhh, we don't need the whole SD beer scene at Toro fighting for pours.

 

Err... I read that wrong. Nevermind. So bottles to go in SF, but not SD.