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La Folie Release Party, 11/28!
O’Brien’s will be hosting the San Diego release party for New Belgium’s La Folie. It is a fantastic barrel aged sour brown ale. We have had it on tap before, but now it will be regularly available in San Diego county. We’ll also have NBB’s 2 Below on tap and on special, along with the [...]
Champions Leage, EPL and UEFA Cup!
Hello Soccer Fans! Euro 2008 Qualifying is over and England and Steve McClaren are out. Perhaps England get revenge on Croatia in its World Cup Qualifying group. The UEFA Champions League is in full swing this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. There are only 2 games next week and then most of the match day [...]
Closed Down Thursday and Friday
O’Brien’s Pub will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 22nd and 23rd for the Thanksgiving holiday. As a family owned business, it is important to us to allow our employees (and ourselves) to have this time with their friends and family. O’Brien’s will resume normal business hours on Saturday, November 24th when we will [...]
Ruination, Green Flash and Turkey Day!
Hello Beer Fans! I have a bunch of great new beers at the pub to tell you about including some fantastic new bottles. On tap we have the Stone 2007 Double Bastard (which we also have in the bottle). There is still some of the Hollister beers on tap from Santa Barbara – Hip Hop [...]
Strong Ale Festival VIP Update…
I just got word that there are only 42 VIP tickets left for the San Diego Strong Ale Festival on November 30th and December 1st at Pizza Port Carlsbad. The VIP session is from 1-4 pm on Friday and includes a limited number of tickets sold and some extra beers on tap that will not [...]
Weekend Update…
The Wet Hop Festival beers are finally giving way back to our regular line-up. We still have about 10 wet hop ales on tap and that number should decline slowly through this coming weekend. All of the 5 and 8 gallon kegs are gone, all the beers still on tap came in full 15 gallon [...]
Champions League Soccer!
Hello Football Fans! We have another full slate of UEFA Champions League matches this week. The domestic leagues will be in action this coming weekend and then off for the last round of EURO 2008 Qualifying. Setanta has not yet announced which qualifying matches it will show – when it does, I will post it [...]
Wet Hop Weekend!
Greetings Beer Lovers, We are finally getting around to our Wet Hop Festival this weekend. I have 27 kegs and casks to tap this year for your lupulin pleasure. The festival will take over many of our regular taps, but there will still be a few favorites on tap. The festival will run Friday, Saturday [...]