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Kern River, Urthel Visit and Cheese!
Hello Beer Lovers! Just a quick web update for now. Tonight, Wednesday the 7th we tap kegs of Kern River’s delicious J.O. (Just Outstanding) IPA and Citra Double IPA. Both beers are fantastic and neither one will likely make it to the end of the week. The good news though is that Kern River will [...]
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 [...]
Green Flash, Stouts and St. Paddy's Day!
Hello San Diego Beer Fans!  I am glad to back in sunny San Diego and the land of hoppy beers! Our European beer tour was fantastic with many great stops including Malheur, Rodenbach, Westvleteren, La Trappe/Konigshoeven and the tiny De Molen brewery in Holland. I even managed to carry back two new 3 liter [...]
Alpine Casks, Expo and Cheese Tastings!
Hello Great Beer Fans!  We have some great specials on Alpine beer this week along with some fantastic new bottles and up coming Beer and Cheese tastings in April. Tonight, Wednesday the 24th we will tap two different 5 gallon casks of Alpine’s tasty Token Imperial Porter – one with vanilla bean and one [...]
USA at 4 pm Wednedsay and Champions League!
Hello Soccer Fans!  The USA has two very different upcoming games the next two Wednesdays. First, this Wednesday afternoon, a nearly all MLS based roster plays El Salvador in Tampa. It is believed that there are 6-7 roster spots for the World Cup up for grabs and a good number of them could go [...]
North Coast, Barleywines and Monster Beers!
Hello Big Beer Fans! We have some fantastic big beers on tap and coming soon for this weekend. It starts tonight, Thursday the 11th, with a cask of Ballast Point Sea Monster Stout at 5 pm. This delicious, 10% alcohol Imperial Stout is already too easy to drink and cask conditioning can only make it [...]
Champions League, FA Cup and USA!
Hello Soccer Fans! There are some great games coming up in the next few weeks starting tomorrow with some fantastic EPL matches on Wednesday the 10th. The Champions League knockout stage begins next Tuesday and Wednesday and every game will be shown live. We get to see David Beckham versus his old team Manchester United, [...]
Russian River World Tour!
Hello Good Beer Fans! It has been a very fun month celebrating 16 years of great beer at O’Brien’s. And there is still plenty more great beer to come. Right now we have some great hoppy beers on tap including Coronado Idiot IPA, Green Flash Imperial IPA, the new Port Brewing Mongo double IPA, Alpine [...]
15 Alpine Beers on Friday!
Hello Good Beer Drinkers! This promises to be a great weekend in San Diego and at the pub. It starts Thursday the 14th with a cask of Coronado Idiot IPA at 5 pm. Then on Friday we have our massive 15 beer Alpine night. Saturday the divisional playoffs happen and we all get to be [...]
16 Years of Great Beer!
Hoppy 2010 Beer Fans! This month marks the 16th Anniversary of O’Brien’s Pub. It is a lot of years and a lot of great beers. I have fond memories of O’Brien’s as a patron, a brewer bringing down kegs and casks of Torrey Pines IPA and now as an owner for the last 7 years. [...]