Lost Abbey: Off the radar

Nice troll.

 

Isnt that what the internet and blogs are for? Explaining at lenght things that arent worth paying actual money to print? And i thought pretentiousness was a prerequisite for anyone who wanted to blog.

 

The words "troll" and "trolling" have lost all meaning.

Lost Abbey releases do get discussed far less than they used to (aside from DDG), for a number of reasons I suspect. Tickers have moved on, their production and distribution have increased which in turn decreased trade value, and there's far more competition in the sour and barrel aged strong ale categories. Considering how much of the conversation on BA revolves around trading or ticking, it's not a surprise that new releases of beers like CdT and Angels Share don't warrant discussion.

 

They've just fallen flat lately.

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Anybody buy $6 bombers of Wipeout or Mongo anymore?
I like those beers, but there's so many other choices these days. I mean, their sister company Pizza Port is selling 6 pack 16oz cans of Swami's for $12.

 

Why pay 6 when you can get it on sale or at costco for less than 4?

 

I just picked up some Wipeout, Board Meeting & Ponto... never had them before, then again I'm up north

LAbbey is great, but yeah I'm probably like a lot of others who try it, enjoy it, then keep moving on trying other similar things that are new & shiny.. big fan of Almanac & RR, both of which are much closer to me. Now the Rare Barrel is in the house, and I'm hooked on Sante Adairius... competition in Calif is rough

 

One of these things is not like the others...

 

I've really soured on Wipeout. Just doesn't hold up compared to other San Diego-area IPAs at all, plus plenty of better L.A. options now, too.

 

I should send them an email, in fact they've probably gotten plenty...
"Now that you guys are canning, you should can Wipeout!"

 

Hehe. I got fresh Amalgamator as well, so uh.. if anyone gets a bottle of EH=PH2... click my button baby

 

"If you start canning Mongo, nobody will see all the floaties!"

 

I just dont like the idea of Costco putting the beers out in the isle. I know the temp is cool being close to the refridgerated section, but still. . . . . . Had a bud pick up some Ritual ipa from Costco I believe and it had floties on the bottom. Still was okay. But drain poured the last 2oz. Maybe one day they will get it right.

 

Don't steal Heady Topper's thunder.

 

I dont think the placement of the display is the cause of the floaties in the beer. It is not unusual for unfiltered beer to have sediment at the bottom.

 

You think the floaties are a result of being stored in the isle at Costco? This is an interesting theory and one I would like to hear more about.

 

Unfiltered beer usually has floaties, Mongo is F'n great!

 

well i guess this is why they started the hop concept project then. because people are definitely talking about that. i know im tired of talking about how hit and miss LA

 

But what about Red Barn?!?!