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Birthday Bash and Beer and Cheese!
Hello All, This week you can look forward to the birthday bash for Pat McIllhenney from Alpine Beer Company and Tyson Blake from San Diego Brewing Company. In their honor we are tapping casks of Exponential Hoppiness and Lagunitas Correction IPA – a new 7.2% IPA from the brewery that I have not yet even [...]
UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals!
Hello Footy Fans! It is a big week in Europe with the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. I will tape both games and they will automatically replay at 6 pm on Setanta. UEFA cup semi-finals start on Thursday. There are also some great league games in England [...]
Nor Cal, Birthdays and Cheese at O'Brien's!
Hello Beer Fans! Time for another great beer update from O’Brien’s. Tonight we are doing the first of our three Beer and Cheese pairings and there have been some last minute cancellations. If you are interested, the class is at 7 pm at Taste in Hillcrest – please call them at 619-683-2306 to reserve a [...]
Coral Farewell, Nor Cal Beers and Beer and Cheese in May!
Hello All, Just a quick web update until the new email comes out. Thursday the 23rd we are having a farewell party for Coral. She is moving on after 2 and half years at the pub. We will have a very special cask from Ballast Point – Reef Rye Brown Ale. This is the only keg [...]
Firestone, Nor Cal and Expo!
Hello Beer Fans! As always, there is a lot of great beer news to tell you about this week. The big happening in the industry is the nation wide one day theater release of the movie Beer Wars. It will be shown Thursday night, April 16th in several theaters around town including in Mission Valley. [...]
Easter and Beer and Cheese, part III
O’Brien’s Pub will be closed on Sunday, April 12th for Easter. We will resume normal hours on Monday, April 13th. We have added a third Beer and Cheese Pairing class since the first two are already sold out. The third class will be Sunday, May 3rd at O’Brien’s at 6:30 pm. Cost is $40 and [...]
Pizza Night, Casks and Lagunitas
Hello fellow Beer Lovers!  We have a great slate of events coming up at the pub in the next few weeks including Pizza Night, pint nights with Lagunitas and Firestone, Nor Cal brewery night, an Alpine birthday party and our Beer and Cheese pairings with Taste Cheese shop in Hillcrest. So, as usual, there [...]