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Casks, Carols and Epics!
Hello Winter Beer Fans! While the weather outside is far from frightful and most of us don’t have a delightful fire going, there is much to be joyous about as a beer fan. And while 2012, and the world as we know it, may end on Friday the 21st, I will write this newsletter in [...]
SDBW Continues!
Hello Beer Fans, We are in the thick of San Diego Beer Week and so far, so good. We have blown through a ton of great beer and we keep rolling tonight with beer from Avery and lots of casks. I also have some news on our Movember campaign for Team M’O’Brien’s and our upcoming [...]
San Diego Beer Week at O’Brien’s!
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 [...]
Pumkpin Beers, Halloween and SDBW!
Hello Beer Fans! I can’t promise that this email will be any shorter than the last one – there is a lot of good beer to talk about – but I am going to try. We have an awesome Oak Chip Aged Imperial Stout from Karl Strauss on cask this week, at least 5 different [...]
Wet Hop Festival This Weekend!
Hello Hop Fans! We host one of my favorite annual events this weekend, our 10th Wet Hop Festival. We will have 29 different beers to tap over the weekend with 26-27 expected on tap Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We get a little sneak peak tonight (Thursday) with a cask of Port Brewing’s High Tide IPA [...]
USA World Cup Qualifying!
Hello Soccer Fans! There is a ton of great World Cup Qualifying soccer coming up this next week. We get a full slate of games on Friday the 12th with more on the 16th. Spain, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Argentina and many more will be on TV over the two match days along [...]
Great Food, Beer and Fun at O’Brien’s!
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 [...]
Sierra, Breakfast and Pink Floyd!
Hello Beer Fans! Our Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner on Sunday was really fun and we tasted lots of great beer. The good news for you is that there is tons left over and we will be tapping it all week long. We have Sierra Nevada Flipside Double IPA on tap right now and it is [...]
Christmas in July and Sierra Nevada Week!
Hello Beer Fans! The next few weeks are shaping up to be a great time to be drinking beer at the pub. We start our annual Christmas in July this Friday, next week is Sierra Nevada Week at the pub and I am already tracking down a number of amazing specialty beers for my birthday [...]
US Olympic Soccer and Local Playoffs!
Hello Soccer Fans! It has already been an exciting summer for soccer with a great EURO 2012 tournament and the start of World Cup Qualifying. While the US didn’t get a win in Guatemala, it was a great time at the pub watching the game. Thanks to everyone who came out and cheered on our [...]