The Lost Abbey–To Release 2012 Music Inspired Ultimate Box Set Beers

Looks like the guys at Lost Abbey will be releasing a year-long series of some special music-inspired box beer sets ending in Dec 2012 with a the Ultimate Box Set.  There will be only 450 bottles produced of each “track” (beer) and they will be tasting room-only releases (AND you have to consume theme there and the bottles will be marked to prevent unauthorized duplication.)  Look for barrel-aged versions of existing Lost Abbey Beers, blended brews from existing “archives”, as well as completely new beers…should be very exciting.  The first Release will be Jan 21st 2012—a Tribute to Van Halen’s Runnin’ with the Devil.  Here are the full details from Lost Abbey:

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Get ready to crank the stereo up to 12. In January 2012, The Lost Abbey will begin a year-long series of special edition beer releases inspired by classic rock anthems invoking Heaven and Hell. Each month the brewery will release one new beer, culminating in December with a complete boxed gift set of all twelve. Each “track” released will be limited to a total of 450 bottles and available exclusively in the brewery’s tasting room.

Three Collections
The Box Set releases are divided into three collections of four titles each:

• Re-Masters – Barrel-aged spins of The Lost Abbey mainstays
• Re-Mixes – New blends created from The Lost Abbey archives
• Fresh Tracks – All new beers brewed specifically for Box Set

Each release will be offered in a 375ml corked, hood-and-wire format and include its own original art. Beers will represent the full gamut of The Lost Abbey’s signature stylings, including fruit and spiced beers, wood-aged brews, sours, wild, and spontaneously-fermented ales.

Tasting Room Only
Because of the extremely limited nature of these beers, there will be no general distribution of Box Set releases. Individual tracks, priced at $15 each, will be available exclusively in the brewery tasting room on a first come, first serve basis and will be required to be opened and consumed on premises to prevent unauthorized re-distribution.

Empty bottles may be taken off premises but will include measures to prevent counterfeit re-packaging.

The first track, an ode to Van Halen’s 1978 anthem, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, is scheduled for release January 21, 2012. Details will be available on The Lost Abbey website in mid January.

Subsequent tracks will be released the third Saturday of each month throughout the year, culminating in the release of the full 12-bottle packaged gift set in early December.