O'Brien's Pub – San Diego, CA

Hello Beer Week Fans! The 10 day madness that is San Diego Beer Week is almost upon us.  As usual we have a ton of events going on featuring some of the best beer in the country.  If you are like me and you get emails from some of the other local beer bars, you [...]

Hello Good Beer Fans! A hopefully quick update this week on upcoming events this weekend along with news on our next pub trip to London and Belgium in December to taste amazing Christmas beers.  We have restocked our O’Brien’s pint glasses for sale and added a few new ones including “I Always Get a Hoppy [...]

Hello Beer Fans! Lots of good stuff going on as we begin our 17th Anniversary celebrations.  This week we are having a special on all of our bottles – 10% off all bottles, 20% off all imports bought to-go and 20% off all large format bottles until Sunday the 16th.  We also have some amazing [...]

Hoppy New Year Beer Fans! 2011 is upon us with the optimism that a new year brings.  As with any year, 2010 had its ups and downs, but the one thing that stayed the same was that San Diego is a great place to drink beer.  The rest of the country has finally woken up [...]

Hello Beer Fans! San Diego Beer Week was a huge success all over town.  Thank you to the many people who showed up and made our events so much fun and to all of the brewers who made a special trip to come by the pub.  The food was great and there was way too [...]

Hello San Diego Beer Fans! San Diego Beer Week is rolling along with great beer all over town.  The pub has been hopping with great crowds, though nothing like Friday’s Speedway Stout night, which I knew would be our busiest event.  Somehow, we managed to serve more than 2500 glasses of beer in just over [...]

Hello Beer Week Fans! San Diego Beer Week is almost upon us.  Nearly 350 beer events will be happening all over San Diego county from November 5th through the 14th.  The San Diego Brewers Guild Festival will be Saturday the 6th from 2-6 pm at Liberty Station with a special VIP session from 12-2 pm.  [...]

Hello Beer Fans! Halloween weekend is almost here.  We will have our annual costume party on Friday, October 29th as we celebrate Sierra Nevada’s 30th Anniversary.  Our themed fun starts tonight with a cask of AleSmith Evil Dead Red at 5 pm.  We’ll also have Shipyard’s Smashed Pumpkin on tap for the weekend.  Read on [...]

Hello Hoppy Beer Fans! One of my favorite weekends of the year is upon us – our annual Wet Hop Beer Festival.  Every year we pay tribute to the hop harvest by serving beers brewed with wet, fresh off the vine hops.  These special wet hop harvest ales can only be brewed once a year [...]

Hello Web Beer Fans! Just a web update this week.  The Wet Hop Fest is shaping up to have around 25 beers next weekend, October 22nd-24th.  This weekend we have our Ballast Point Lager Fest with 7 different lagers on tap including Brandy Barrel Aged Navigator Double Bock.  For Saturday we have another special treat [...]