Archive record · Brewery
The Lost Abbey
San Marcos, California, California, USA
- Founded
- 2006
- Archive ID
- TB-BGD11Z8Z
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Founded by Tomme Arthur, focused on Belgian-inspired and barrel-aged beer. Duck Duck Gooze, released only every three years, applies traditional gueuze blending to American sour blondes. Official current site identifies Vista as The Lost Abbey's 'Mother Ship'; 2026 brewery communications identify Keystone Way as main brewing facility.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Duck Duck Gooze is released once every three years because that is how long the blend takes, and Lost Abbey simply accepted that as the schedule. Very few American breweries will build a release calendar around what the beer needs rather than what the market wants.
Where it brewed
- 1347 Keystone Way Suite C, Vista, CA 92081Vista, California
PRODUCTION
Operated by The Lost Abbey
Site detail
Official current site identifies Vista as The Lost Abbey's 'Mother Ship'; 2026 brewery communications identify Keystone Way as main brewing facility.
The Beer Library
Beers
Duck Duck Gooze
LimitedGueuze
Blended from oak-aged sour blondes of three different ages and released once every three years, because that is how long the blend takes. The schedule is set by the beer.
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LimitedWild Ale
Blended using lambic method and named for a San Francisco beer bar. One of the earliest American wild ales to be treated as a collector's object.
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Year-RoundOther Strong Beer
Aliases: https://cdn.worldbeercup.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/23075637/WBC26-Winners-List-2.pdf. 2026 World Beer Cup Gold.
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Awards
- 2026
Gold — Other Strong Beer
World Beer Cup
- 2026
Other Strong Beer — Inferno
World Beer Cup
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Connected suppliers & bodies
- world beer cupAwarded2026Gold — Other Strong Beer
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited http://www.portbrewing.com for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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