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New Beers, Casks and Soccer!
Hello Beer Fans! Lots of great beer events to tell you about from Ritual Brewing, Golden Road, Firestone, Coronado, Sierra and Alpine this month. I have exclusive news on a charity auction for some Westvleteren 12 that was hand carried back from Belgium. The pub will be open for Father’s Day again this year on [...]
World Cup Qualifying and USA in San Diego!
Hello Football Fans! Big news this week as US Soccer officially announced the July 5th game at Qualcomm Stadium featuring the USA against Guatemala. This is the only tune up match for the Gold Cup and the US has a roster loaded with veterans including Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra. Read on for news about [...]
USA Friendlies and World Cup Qualifying
Hello Soccer Fans! We have a ton of upcoming USA matches, starting tonight at 5 pm with USA v. Belgium on ESPN. We will be having a viewing party at O’Brien’s with two special beers on tap – Gulden Draak representing Belgium and Iron Fire’s 6 Killer Stout on cask with vanilla bean and hazelnut [...]
Bear Republic, Iron Fire and Casks!
Hello Beer Fans! It has been a little while since our last email – I managed to break a bone in my hand playing goalie in a soccer game. So my typing skills have been greatly diminished, but the good beer news must flow, so here we go… This Weekend We will be tapping a [...]
O’Brien’s IPA, Dogfish and Monkey Paw!
Hello Beer Fans! As you might expect, there is just a ton of good beer info to tell you about. And news came out this week that craft beer in San Diego has a bigger economic impact than Comic-Con. You can read all about it here: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/24/tp-san-diego-beer-industry-study/. I’ve got news on festivals, a Pro-Am competition, [...]
EPL Title, Brazil and Champions Leageue Semi Finals!
Hello Soccer Fans! We are at the business end of the European football season and there are a lot of big games coming up. Monday the 22nd Manchester United might claim the Premier League title against Aston Villa at Old Tradford or conversely, with a win Aston Villa can guarantee relegation for QPR and Reading. [...]
Firestone, Meads and Societe!
Hello Beer Fans, We have some wonderful Firestone beers on tap right now including Velvet Merlin, 100% Oak Fermented Double Barrel Ale, Pivo Pilsner and the fantastically dark and hoppy Wookey Jack. We’ll have a few special treats to tap on Friday too. Tomorrow we have a very different version of Sculpin IPA to tap [...]
Champions League, EPL and USA U-17!
Hello Soccer Fans! There is a ton of mid-day soccer in the next two weeks in the UEFA Champions League and English Premier League with afternoon and evening games for the Concacaf Champions League and USA U-17 World Cup Qualifying. It all starts with a 3:30 pm game today, Sunday the 7th for the US [...]
Firestone, Belgians and Basketball!
Hello Beer Fans! All of the tell tale signs of Spring are upon us – long sunny days, the Final Four, Baseball and always in season is great beer (of which we have no shortage). We have an Outstanding beer coming tonight from Kern, a cask from Stone that we have never had before, a [...]
Champions League Quarterfinals!
Hello Soccer Fans! The quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League begin today with 2 games today and 2 games on Wednesday with return legs next Tuesday and Wednesday the 9th and the 10th. Today, Tuesday the 2nd we get a clash of the giants as Italian leaders Juventus take on league leading Bayern Munich in [...]