Completely LOST
Most of DRAFT’s editorial staffers have been LOST die-hards from day one, so we plan to celebrate the final season’s sure-to-be-epic premiere next week by downing 10 beers that honor the show. Here’s our menu.
Kona Oceanic Organic Ale
Freaky coincidence, or a sign the brewing industry has something to do with the Island’s mysteries? This saison is both brewed in Hawaii (where the series is shot) and named after the parent airline of doomed Flight 815.
Atlanta Brewing Co. Numbers Ale
We’re almost as obsessed with this biscuity, grassy Southern session beer as we are with 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
LeftHand SmokeJumper
We’ll take our smoke in liquid form, thanks; this campfire smoke-laced beer is much more satisfying and certainly less physically painful than the island’s course-correcting smoke monster.
Widmer Hefeweizen
Could Widmer Bros. Brewery be a money-laundering front for Charles Widmore? Nice try, buddy; really creative name-change trick.
Celestial Meads Clarity
Made with raw honey, this delicate, fruity mead represents what we loyal viewers need this season — a clear explanation of the blurry, time-jumping story arc.
Hite Beer
Maybe if we drink the No. 1-selling lager from their homeland of South Korea, Sun and Jin will find a way to transcend their four-decade time rift and be together already.
Naked City Brother Orchid
This new, fruity Belgian ale from Seattle hearkens two of our favorite LOST elements: The Orchid station, site of that crazy frozen donkey wheel, and “Brotha,” the aww-shucks Desmondism.
Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale
It’s one flashback we won’t get sick of — an intriguing “India brown ale” that’s both citrusy and roasty. Still, we can’t help question the beer’s eerie circumstances: It’s the brewery’s ninth release in its Looking Glass Series (Looking Glass=the underwater station where Charlie met his fate), and it was crafted to celebrate the anniversary of when two university professors decided to start a brewery in the 1970s. What’s next? Are they gonna reveal they were researching the effects of time travel on rats with Faraday?
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA
The Losties’ fearless leader is suffering from a serious case of dual personalities: The first few seasons of LOST showed us kind-hearted, valiant Dr. Jack, but recently, we’ve seen only boozed-up, pill-popping Jack. So, we’re hoisting this high-alcohol IPA and hoping Good Jack triumphs over Nasty Jack in season 6.
Brownings Dharmahead Trippel
Because if we don’t drink the Dharma beer, there might be another “incident.”
