O'Brien's Pub – San Diego, CA

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 [...]

Hello Everyone! Here is the complete winners list from the 2007 San Diego County Fair Craft Brewers Competition.  San Diego breweries did very well.  Breweries from 10 states and 3 countries won medals. The Fair will be serving beers from the competition every Saturday from 12-5 pm in the Paddock Area near the Race Track.  Look [...]

Hello Beer Lovers! As many of you probably already suspected, the next ten days at the pub will be filled with some great beer events.  All this week we are tapping fresh casks of beers poured at the Real Ale Festival this past weekend.  The festival was a great time and for once there was [...]

Hello Happy Beer Lovers! I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.  Our Trappist Night on Friday was a huge success and we still have all of the Koningshoeven products available including the Quadrupel on tap (now on our third keg) and the Dubbel and Tripel in bottles – the Chimay Tripel is [...]

Hello Beer Fans! We have some great events coming up in the next few weeks – including some great beer festivals around town.  I have had an influx of cool beer glasses lately, so we have lots of glassware specials over the next week.  Right now at the pub we have some kegs on tap [...]

Hello Good Beer Fans! It has been a busy time in the world of good beer.  This past weekend saw the Southern California Homebrewers Festival in Temecula and the Boonville Beer Festival up north.  The homebrew festival was great as always – the weather was perfect and the beer was as good as it has [...]

Hello Good Beer Fans! Yet again, there is just too much good beer to write about.  The upside is that you will be able to enjoy even more world class beer at the pub in the coming weeks. The big news of course is our 5 batch vertical tasting of Alpine’s Exponential Hoppiness.  We have [...]

Greetings Fellow Beer Lovers! A quick note to let you know that our Beer and Cheese Tasting for Sunday, April 29th at O’Brien’s is SOLD OUT.  However, if you would like to attend, there is still some space left for the first class this Wednesday, April 11th at Taste Artisan Cheese and Gourmet Shop in [...]

Good Morning Good Beer Fans! I have to confess that I am drinking tea (English Breakfast with cream, no sugar), not beer while writing today’s email.  So I won’t be able to tease you during the email. Spots for our Beer and Cheese tastings with Taste Artisan Cheese and Gourmet Shop are filling up quickly.  [...]

Hello Good Beer Fans! First off I just want to say how great it was to see so many pub patrons at the Belgian Beer Party this past weekend at Pizza Port.  Thanks to everyone who braved the line and the crowds.  More than 200 cases and 20 kegs were consumed in the 12 hours [...]