Indulge
dining
A Spin on Communion
e Lost Abbey installs a tasting room in a historic
East Village church
BY BRANDON HERNÁNDEZ | PHOTOGRAPHY BY VINCENT KNAKAL
array of beers, and his industry contemporaries named him
the inaugural recipient of the Vanguard Brewer title at
March's San Diego Beer News Awards. But for the longest
time, what the co-founder of e Lost Abbey wanted more
than acclaim and awards was a special place in which to
provide an ale-inspired religious experience in line with his
company's Catholic roots. It was a long time coming, but
T
OMME ARTHUR HAS
accomplished a great deal over the
course of his 26-year brewing career.
He is regarded as one of the world's
foremost experts on barrel-aging and
blending, has won countless high-
profile accolades for his wide-ranging
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