The Lost Abbey

"Port Brewing Company is known for making quality, classic California craft beers, but The Lost Abbey is all about paying homage to traditional Belgian brews — all the way down to the medieval monks who used to make them. This brewery is steeped in church themes, having named one of its locations The Confessional. It's most popular for its sour Duck Duck Gooze, Framboise de Amorosa, and Deliverance (a blend of brandy and one of their stout brews). It's technically a San Marcos establishment, but still within San Diego County. Plus, it's a local favorite." - Travel + Leisure Editors

"The Lost Abbey, Port Brewing, and The Hop Concept will be offering delivery to all of California through their website." - Kelly Bone

"There are three great breweries in San Marcos - Lost Abbey, Port Brewing, and The Hop Concept - and they’re all housed in the same warehouse. Lost Abbey is probably our favorite. It’s a Belgian-style spot that makes a few beers you can find in most bars in LA. But at the taproom you’ll find some of their strangest (and best) stuff, like Duck Duck Gooze, a blend of barrel-aged sours, and Bat Out Of Hell, a bourbon barrel-aged stout with tons of cacao and coffee flavor. Don’t leave without getting some Dank & Sticky, a Hop Concept IPA that’s, well… dank and sticky. Before you drink, though, get a hike in at Double Peak Trail, a 4.25-mile hike that starts in a residential neighborhood, and has lake views along the way to the summit." - Brett Keating

"The Lost Abbey is easily findable on our map, so the name doesn’t reflect its status so much as its feeling — nestled away from the coast in a hulking warehouse adorned with crosses and barrels, this place does feel a bit monastic. So it makes sense that there are Belgian monk-brewed favorites like Judgement Day (the quadrupel, so called not because it’s been fermented more than once, but because it was marked with four Xs back in medieval times — meaning that it was stronger than the dubbel or even the tripel, both of which are also on tap at the Abbey). The Abbey betrays its quiet spirit a bit, however, as it shares a space with the also-great Port Brewing, a space that used to belong to SoCal’s craft giant, Stone. Did monks ever sell classic West Coast IPAs in cans and growlers? At Lost Abbey, they do." - Mike Schramm