O'Brien's Pub – San Diego, CA

Hello Beer Fans!
O’Brien’s pub is celebrating its 18th Anniversary this month with two great events – Ballast Point Smoking Hot Beer Night and our annual Russian River TION weekend.  We also have some fantastic casks this month along with lots of new bottles on our list.  We finish off the month [...]

Hoppy New Year Beer Fans!
We are ending the year with a bang at the pub as we have just greatly expanded our bottle list.  Our annual New Year’s Eve-Eve Party will be Friday, December 30th.  We’ll then be closed for the 31st and the 1st, and then back open on Monday, January [...]

Hello Beer Fans,
The 15th Strong Ale Festival is this Friday and Saturday at Pizza Port Carlsbad with more than 75 beers over 8% alcohol.  The festival will run from 4 to 11 pm on Friday the 2nd and 11 am to 11 pm on Saturday the 3rd.  Beers from all over the [...]

Hello Beer Fans! Our 17th anniversary party last week was a ton of fun and the Nickel Bag double IPA turned out great.  We’ll be getting more kegs of it this week.  A couple of the wonderful Pizza Port beers are still on tap – For Peet’s Sake (coffee oatmeal brown ale), Where’s My Lightsaber [...]

Hello Beer Fans! This weekend we celebrate 17 years of great beer at O’Brien’s.  From the time that original owner Jim O’Brien opened in 1994, O’Brien’s has been a home for San Diego’s great beer.  The pub was the first account for many of the county’s breweries including the one we will feature this Friday, [...]

Hello Beer Fans! Lots of good stuff going on as we begin our 17th Anniversary celebrations.  This week we are having a special on all of our bottles – 10% off all bottles, 20% off all imports bought to-go and 20% off all large format bottles until Sunday the 16th.  We also have some amazing [...]

Hoppy New Year Beer Fans! 2011 is upon us with the optimism that a new year brings.  As with any year, 2010 had its ups and downs, but the one thing that stayed the same was that San Diego is a great place to drink beer.  The rest of the country has finally woken up [...]

Hello Strong Beer Fans!   This weekend the San Diego Strong Ale Festival is upon us at Pizza Port Carlsbad.  We’ll start the fun early with a great pre-party of strong ales on Thursday the 2nd.  Also on the 2nd we find out if the USA will host the 2022 World Cup with a special [...]

Hello San Diego Beer Fans! San Diego Beer Week is rolling along with great beer all over town.  The pub has been hopping with great crowds, though nothing like Friday’s Speedway Stout night, which I knew would be our busiest event.  Somehow, we managed to serve more than 2500 glasses of beer in just over [...]

Hello Beer Week Fans! San Diego Beer Week is almost upon us.  Nearly 350 beer events will be happening all over San Diego county from November 5th through the 14th.  The San Diego Brewers Guild Festival will be Saturday the 6th from 2-6 pm at Liberty Station with a special VIP session from 12-2 pm.  [...]