Here’s what’s coming up beer-wise in the next few days. These come straight from our Event Calendar; check back often as we update often!
Wednesday 5/11
5P – Lightning Brewery will be hosted at Urge Gastropub tonight. Head brewer Jim Crute will be present to mingle, and a special cask of barrel-aged Black Lightning Porter will be pouring. It’s also a Keep-the-Pint night!
5P – Aloha Happy Hour w/ Maui Brewing @ Small Bar – 5.00 Pints & 3.50 Refills of Mana Wheat, Big Swell IPA, Rye IPA, XPA
Weekly Wednesday Events
Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
$3 Local Pints @ Breakwater Brewing Co.
$3 Local Brews @ La Jolla Brew House
Thursday 5/12
2P – AleSmith taps a cask of their IPA tomorrow at 2pm. This deliciously hoppy IPA pairs well with cask conditioning! Pours will be $3.00 for 12oz.
6P – LoveLikeBeer Vegan Beer Night @ Sea Rocket Bistro. LLB is a new organization that puts out vegan food and craft beer events and this is their inaugural vegan beer pairing. For more info, click here.
Weekly Thursday Events
$3 Featured Pints @ All Pizza Port locations
Friday 5/13
11A – 3P – Progressive Cask @ BLAH. $2 beers from the cask 11A-2P, then $3 beers until 3PM. Thank you Jeff Reynolds for sending this in!
Saturday 5/14
11A – Port / Lost Abbey’s 5th Anniversary Celebration will take place in two sessions, one 11a-3p and the other 4p-8p. $15 admission for 8 tastings, food, and taster glass. For more information, click here. ALSO, this is the release date for the 2011 vintage of Older Viscosity, their American Dark Strong Ale aged in used bourbon barrels for a year. To celebrate they’ll be tapping this year’s release as well as previous vintages in the tasting room. $15 for a 375ml bottle.
12P-3P – Home Brews & Gardens will be hosting an All-Grain Brewing Class. Straight from the facebook event page: “We will show you how to build your own mash-tun, walk you through mashing and sparging and teach you how to brew a batch from start to finish! This is a perfect class for beginners or those who want to make the transition from extract to all grain brewing.” No price is mentioned but the classes are generally $15. If you were lucky enough to grab one of the Groupons yesterday, this is your first chance to use it!
2P – Karl Strauss’ 8th Annual Beach to Brewery Beer + Music Fest. Taking place at Karl’s main brewery location in eastern PB, this concert / beer festival hybrid will host 4 local bands and 22 beers. $25 pre-sale or $30 at the door gets you 5 tasters, access to brewery tours, and a cool taster glass. 5 additional tasters are $10, and full pours are $5 each. For more info and tickets, click here.
5P – Second Saturday with Stone Brewing Co. @ Hamilton’s will host some rare Stone brews alongside free food. Seldom-seen Stone beers will include wine barrel aged Camino Unreal on cask, Crime, Punishment, 2010 IRS, double dry hopped Stone IPA (Centennial and Chinook), double dry hopped Stone Sublimely Self-Righetous Ale (Citra and Crystal) AND THERE IS MORE. If you want to take part of the free feast offered, we recommend getting there EARLY.
Sunday 5/15
11A – 6P – North Park Festival of Arts Craft Beer Block. Tickets available online: $25 in advance ($30 cash at the door) for 10 tastes. Participating vendors: Airdale, Automatic, Ballast Point, Live Wire, Coronado, BLAH, Green Flash, Karl Strauss, La Jolla Brew House, Lagunitas, Left Coast, Toronado, Trumer Pils, Lightning, The Lost Abbey, Mother Earth, Manzanita, New English, Oggi’s, Palm, Pizza Port, Pyramid, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Stone, TapHunter, and us!
Monday 5/16
6P – BLAH will be screening Lunch Line in coordination with Slow Food Urban San Diego as part of their Monday Night Movies w/ MIHO Gastrotruck. The screening starts at 7 and the ‘truck will be outside from 6-8P; bar closes at 11P. Admission is free, and Vanessa Zajfen, farm-to-school director for San Diego Unified, will host a casual Q&A after the screening. More info here.
Weekly Events
$3 Pints @ Eleven
$3 Local Pints & $1 Pulled Pork Sandwiches @ All Pizza Port locations
$3 Local Pints @ Toronado
Tuesday 5/17
7P – Chicks for Beer @ The High Dive presents Lost Abbey and their great belgium-inspired beers. Beer tasters will be paired with great food, amazing dessert, along with a fun social Beer 101 by the brewery. $25 in advance or at the door $30. Each ticket will entitle you to 5+ generous tasters, one drink of your choice, and food pairings. For more info, click here.