The Church by The Lost Abbey in downtown San Diego's East Village occupies a converted 1906 Mexican Presbyterian church, the third tasting room from the brewery launched in San Marcos in 2006 and backed by GABF 2007 Small Brewery of the Year and 2008 World Beer Cup Champion Small Brewery credentials. The Belgian-inspired lineup — Devotion blonde, Judgment Day dark quad, and the Hop Concept IPA series — pours across a marble-topped bar beneath stained-glass panels by a local artist, an abbey-scaled concept distinct from the hop-forward draft focus at Mission Brewing - East Village a few blocks north. A 3,000-square-foot beer garden flanks the building on J Street, where permanent vendor Doggos Gus serves Tijuana-style hot dogs and smash burgers alongside the draft list. The location sits five blocks from Petco Park's right-field entrance, drawing Padres-night crowds who split between the garden here and the gameday scene at Bub's at the Ballpark closer to the stadium. The deepest pours come from the barrel archives — limited-release blends like Ghosts in the Forest, a blonde sour drawn from oak foeders and French oak casks after 18 months of aging.