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Great IPAs, Green Flash and Birthday Week!

Hello Beer Fans!   The next few weeks will packed with great beers at the pub.  We still have some great Christmas Belgians on tap from this weekend.  Alpine Hoppy Birthday and Duet IPA are flowing and we will casks of both beers this Thursday.  Sculpin will be on tap and cask next week and [...]

New Belgium, Belgians and Casks!

Hello Beer Fans! We have a great line up of beers in July including quite rather a good number of Belgian and Belgian-style ales.  But don’t worry, there are lots of hops right around the corner as well.  And the World Cup is finally winding down.  There are only two matches left – both at [...]

Real Ale Festival This Weekend!!!

Hello Beer Fans! This weekend is the 13th San Diego Real Ale Festival at Pizza Port Carlsbad.  The festival will run from 4 pm to 11 pm on Friday, June 4th and from 11 am to 11 pm on Saturday June 5th.  We will have more than 45 cask conditioned ales on tap from Oregon, [...]

Massive Misfortune Befalls O'Brien's!

Well, maybe not in the way that you are thinking about it.  Thursday, April 1st we host the US draft launch for Malheur 10 and Malheur 12 at 5 pm.  The brewery name Malheur translates to “misfortune” – many Belgian brewers have names that are a play on words.  So we will have massive amounts [...]

It's Time for Christmas Ales!

Hello Holiday Beer Fans! The Chargers are 10-3, Old Rasputin XII is back in stock, Beer Chili is on the way and we’ll have Belgian Christmas ales on tap this weekend – it really is a time for joy!  As of tonight (12/16), we will start tapping some of our many winter warmers including Coronado [...]

Strong Ale Fest and Thanksgiving!

Hello Holiday Beer Fans!   The best beer and food holiday of the year is almost upon us.  Make sure you incorporate beer into your meal this Thanksgiving.  Cooking with beer is easy and adds great flavor – you can baste your bird in beer and make beer gravy (dark beers without too much roast [...]

Belgians, Beer Week and Casks!

Hello Happy Beer Week Beer Fans! San Diego Beer Week is in full swing!  We have already had some great events and we have plenty more coming up.  Tonight, Wednesday the 11th we have a Belgian Ale night and a special cask of Sierra Nevada Celebration at 5:30 pm!  We will have Het Anker Lucifer [...]

SD Beer Week Update!!!

Hello Beer Week Beer Freaks! Here is an update on the rest of our upcoming San Diego Beer Week Events.  We have added a cask of Sierra Nevada Celebration for Wednesday the 11th and we now have 5 IPAs from Bear Republic for Saturday night the 14th.  Tickets are still available for the Chefs Celebration [...]

SD Beer Week is Here!!!

Hello Happy Beer Week Fans!   Tomorrow, Friday the 6th kicks off the biggest 10 day beer bash this town has ever seen.  From the 6th to the 15th, pubs, breweries, restaurants and bottles shops all over the county will be celebrating San Diego’s amazing beer culture.  There are more than 200 scheduled events on [...]

Halloween and SD Beer Week!!!

Hoppy Halloween Beer Fans!   This Friday, October 30th is our big Halloween Costume Party at the pub.  Most of our decorations are up already and all of the bartenders will be in costume.  Everyone showing up in costume will get $1 off your first pint.  We’ll have some great beers on tap including AleSmith [...]

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