The pending application, filed with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, lists Lost Abbey Brewing LLC as the applicant for a Type 23 Small Beer Manufacturer license at 8675 Miralani Drive, Suite 100, in San Diego’s Miramar area. The filing was posted March 13 and identifies longtime Lost Abbey leader Tomme Arthur among the company officers attached to the application.
If approved, the license would place one of San Diego County’s most decorated brewery brands into a highly visible Miralani Drive corridor known for its concentration of breweries, taprooms, and alcohol production facilities near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The address sits within an industrial pocket that has long served as fertile ground for the local craft beer industry, even as operators there have changed hands over the years.
The space has seen more than one reinvention over the past several years. Thunderhawk Alements operated there until 2020, when the brewery shuttered following a fallout among partners. In 2021, the unit was taken over by Wolf Larsen’s Alehouse, an ocean-inspired craft beer taproom, wine bar, and bottle shop launched by Jeremy DeConcini, Jason Adams, and Justin Noblin.
Wolf Larsen’s brought a different energy to the address than its brewing predecessor, focusing more on curated taps, packaged beer, wine, and rotating food vendors than on brewing its own beer onsite. Now, if the ABC filing is any indication, the location may be returning to beer production under the direction of one of San Diego’s best-known legacy brewery brands.
Founded in 2006 by former Pizza Port brewing director Tomme Arthur, The Lost Abbey built its reputation on Belgian-inspired ales, barrel-aged beers, and sour releases that helped define San Diego’s craft brewing boom during the late 2000s and 2010s. The company earned national acclaim for beers like Judgment Day, Red Poppy, and Duck Duck Gooze, while collecting dozens of medals and helping cement Arthur’s standing as one of the region’s most influential brewers.
In recent years, however, The Lost Abbey has undergone a period of significant transition. After long operating out of a large San Marcos facility, the brewery downsized its production footprint and shifted operations amid changing market conditions and a maturing craft beer landscape. In late 2024, the company relocated to the former Eppig Brewing space in Vista, a move intended to better align its physical plant with current production needs and future goals.
At the same time, The Lost Abbey has continued maintaining a retail presence through satellite concepts including The Church in East Village and earlier projects like The Sanctuary in San Marcos and The Confessional in Cardiff. The possible Miramar expansion suggests the company may now be looking to broaden its reach once again, potentially adding another production or tasting room presence in central San Diego.
It remains unclear exactly what Lost Abbey plans for the Miramar address. The pending Type 23 application allows for small beer manufacturing, but it does not by itself answer whether the space will function primarily as a brewery, tasting room, mixed-use production site, or some combination thereof. SanDiegoVille has reached out to The Lost Abbey for comment and will update this story if more details are released.
What is clear is that Miramar continues to be one of the most active brewing districts in San Diego County, even as the local beer industry works through a period of closures, consolidations, and strategic repositioning. For The Lost Abbey, a move into the former Wolf Larsen’s space would represent both a return to growth mode and another chapter in the long evolution of one of San Diego’s most storied craft beer brands.
The new Lost Abbey tasting room is expected to open later this year at 8675 Miralani Drive, Suite 100, in San Diego’s Miramar neighborhood. For more information, visit lostabbey.com.
Originally published on March 15, 2026.
