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Web Update 9/15
We tapped our double bock Octoberfest party beers on the 14th with Spaten Optimator, Weihenstephan Korbinian, TJ Bufadora, Lightning Fulminator and San Diego Brewing Consecrator all making it on tap by the end of the evening.  It was a night of big MALTY beers at O’Brien’s for once. All 5 bock beers are still on tap and will [...]
Euro 2008, USA v. Brazil and EPL!
Hello Soccer Fans, Euro 2008 qualifying is upon this week. There are some really good matches that will be available between the three soccer networks. The two England matches, however, will only be available on a several day delay on Fox Soccer. Some of the games are on quite early, but I can tape them. [...]
Anniversaries, Casks and Football!
Greetings Fellow Beer Lovers!It is time to get you up to date on happenings at the pub. Tonight (Thursday the 6th), we celebrate the first of our 11th anniversaries this weekend. Coronado Brewing Company turns 11 this weekend and we will toast them with a cask of Idiot IPA – which is now available in [...]
Bears, Idiots, Stones and Flashes at O'Brien's…
Hello Beer Lovers, I was really going to try and keep this short, but if it gets a little long its only because there are too many good beer events to give mention too. We have a bunch of new stuff on tap this week. Smithwick’s Irish Red – brewed by Guinness, and Alpine’s McIllheney’s [...]
Stone Bus, Avery and Casks!
Hello Beer Fans, There is a lot to cover this week – as always it seems there is just too much good beer. But first I am happy to announce that we will be doing a bus up to the Stone Anniversary Party for the first session. The cost of the bus will be $25 [...]
Wipeout, Ommegeddon and Birthday Week!
Greetings Good Beer Fans! There is, as usual, much good beer news to report. Tonight (Thursday the 2nd) we have a cask of Wipeout IPA from Jeff Bagby at Pizza Port Carlsbad at 5 pm. We also have the special treat of a keg of Pizza Port San Clemente’s El Camino IPA on tap. We [...]
X-Mas in July, Belgians and Casks!
Hello Beer Fanatics! We’ve got a lot of new beer on tap right now at the pub. A busy weekend that included a two-bus pub crawl from Churchill’s in San Marcos helped clean us out of quite a good bit of beer. New to the line up is AleSmith Summer YuleSmith, Ballast Point Dorado Double [...]
Good Beer at O'Brien's!
Hello Beer Fans! I hope that everyone had a good 4th of July holiday. We spent the day watching movies and enjoy a drink or two at home. We have some great beers on tap right now at the pub. I just tapped a keg of the Ballast Point Piper Scottish Ale which is a [...]
Closed on the 4th of July
O’Brien’s will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th in honor of our nation’s birthday. I will be sending out an email after the holiday detailing all of the upcoming beer events. Normal hours on Tuesday the 3rd and Thursday the 5th – and I expect we will likely stay open a little later on the [...]
Lots of Great Beer at O'Brien's!
Hello Thirsty Beer Lovers, It is time for another update on the wonderful world of craft beer. I am sad to say that the Alpine Exponential Hoppiness is all gone. Thankfully though, there will be more on the way in the next couple of months and Alpine is making a batch of its Bad Boy [...]