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Expo, Wet Hops and Cheese!
Hello Beer Fans! I have a ton of great beer news for you this week. First I have to tell you about AleSmith being named the Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival! The brewery won four medals at the GABF. Also well represented was Pizza Port Carlsbad and brewer [...]
AleSmith Brewery of the Year at GABF!!!
Hello All, I just looked at the results for the Great American Beer Festival in Denver and San Diego has done it again. AleSmith won four medals and was named Small Brewing Company of the Year – the same award that Port Brewing/Lost Abbey won at the World Beer Cup earlier this year. Pizza Port [...]
World Cup Qualifying at the Pub!
Hello Football Fans!  The second international break is already here and there are plenty of great qualifiers on tv. The USA plays Saturday at 4 pm against Cuba at RFK and Wednesday at Trinidad and Tobago at 5 pm. Both games will be on with the sound up and the TNT game will be [...]
3 Cask Thursday!
If you have seen the updated On Tap List then you already know that we will be tapping 3 cask beers from Alpine this Thursday, October 9th. O’Brien’s IPA, Duet IPA and Pure Hoppiness will all be on cask at 5 pm pouring through three beer engines. The O’Brien’s and Duet are just 5 gallon [...]
Casks, Brew Dog and Lost Abbey!
Hello Beer Fans! As you might expect from the month that spawned the world’s largest beer festival, October is full of good beer happenings here in San Diego. Of course the La Mesa and El Cajon Octoberfest celebrations will be going on this weekend with lots of German beer. But there will also be plenty [...]
Chargers, Elysian and High Tide!
Hello Good Beer Fans!  As usual, there is much to tell you about this week. Starting with tonight, Monday the 22nd, we will have the Chargers vs. Jets on Monday Night Football in HD on both the front and back tvs. The new satellite dish has been installed and we now get a full [...]
Hop Wallop, Alpine Casks and the Chargers
Hello Beer Lovers! It is time to get you caught up on all of the good beer news from O’Brien’s. I’ll start with tonight, Thursday the 11th, which is now Patriot Day. No matter the name, we will never forget (or forgive for that matter). We will tap a cask of Stone Pale Ale at [...]
Boulevard, Ommegang and Big Eye IPA!
Tonight, Friday the 5th, we feature the Smokestack Series of bottles from Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City, MO. Theese beers are brand new in town and they represent the top of the line beers from Boulevard. We will have Quadruple (excellent La Trappe-style Quad), Saison, Long Strange Tripel and Double Wide Double IPA. We will [...]
World Cup Qualifying!
Hello Soccer Fans! The first International break of the season is upon us and it is time for World Cup Qualifying. The USA plays its first game in Cuba in 61 years this weekend and then faces Trinidad and Tobago next week. There are a ton of games from Europe as well. Next weekend the [...]
The Bruery, The Bolts and Labor Day
Greetings Beer Lovers!  The end of summer for most, Labor Day, is almost upon us. However, for those of us who live here, Labor Day signifies the time that we get our city back from the tourists while the weather is still nice. And given how warm September and October usually are, it is [...]