Lots to do this weekend. It’s moderately frightening for us, truth be told.
Friday, the 25th of March
Downtown Johnny Browns is doing ” a complete Pizza Port take over.” 21 Pizza Port beers will be on draft, and a cask of Mango Mongo Double IPA (never had this one, sounds amazing.) DTJB is also famous for giving away free, tasty food at things like this – so we’re looking forward to this one.
Up the hill in South Park, Hamilton’s will be doing a Firkin Friday w/ Jetty IPA on cask. Skidmark Brown and “a few select others” will be on draft.
Saturday, the 26th of March
We’re doing our March Madness Beer Tasting w/ Best Damn Beer Shop and Awesome Beer Drinkers at The Beer Co. in Downtown. This event has something for everyone. If you’re looking to try some crazy rare beers, go for the 4PM VIP Session w/ 55+ beers being poured. If you’re looking to try some of the deliciously improved Beer Co. offerings, the 6PM $25 General Session gets you 5 huge 10oz pours of any in house brew (Beer Co. just came out with DIPA, Tripel, and a Red Rye – they’re letting us throw our names on it for this eve: Best Damn Double IPA, Awesome Tripel, WC Red Rye). If you can somehow survive the VIP session intact and attend the general session, it’s a $15 to attend.
$60 VIP Session 4PM, tickets here (or at the door)
$25 General Session 6PM, tickets here (or at the door)
The San Diego Beer Club is also celebrating their 4th Anniversary on Saturday. This event starts at 12Pm and is ~7 hour pub crawl around downtown. There will be food, special discounts, trivia, prizes, and silly hats. For more info, click here.
KNB Wine Cellars is tapping their Sierra Nevada Beer Camp beers Saturday night @ their India Ink Night event. There have been rumors of a Black Rye IPA.
Sunday, the 27th of March
The Mission Valley Craft Beer Festival “Suds for Surgeries” is taking place at 12PM on Sunday. There will be at least 15 San Diego breweries pouring, and food from the likes of Stone Bistro & World Gardens, and O’Brien’s. Oh, don’t forget: unlimited beer & food with live music from local bands. Thankfully, there’s an attached hotel if things get too wild. Click here for more info and tickets.
Up in Escondido, Stone Brewing Co. is doing a Meet the Brewer event with Jean Van Roy of the Belgian brewery Cantillon. Classic Gueuze will be on draft. Click here for more info.
How do we know about all of this stuff? We look at the West Coaster Event Calendar, which is the best list of San Diego Craft Beer events in the known universe. It’s updated all the time, so if you were caught off guard by any of the weekend’s events, keep an eye on our calendar and it won’t happen again.