Happy Birthday Week to Stone! Here’s your 7-Day craft beer forecast.
Wednesday, August 17
3P – From Main Tap’s Facebook: “Hoppy Hand pump day!!! We’ll be tapping a cask of BA Dude DIPA from Oceanside Aleworks today @3pm! This hopmonster sat in Bourbon barrels for over a year and is ready to please your palette today! We’ve also just tapped a keg of Oceanside Alework’s American Strong ale to boot. $5 keep the OAW pint glass …. $4 refills all night! Cheers!”
3P – The Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens will have a keep the glass night especially for Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA.
4P – Green Flash Brewing Company will take over Olive Tree Market‘s tiny tasting room beginning at 4pm until 9pm. There will be nine different Green Flash beers available via bottle.
8P – Stone Late Night Movies will feature Anchorman. More info, click here.
Weekly Wednesday Events
1130A – Beer & Burger Wednesday’s @ La Valencia. Tonight, via their twitter: Tonight @ChefLanceR Bison Burger paired with Rogue Dead Guy Ale only $15 @LaValenciaHotel
5P – Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
$3 Pints @ La Jolla Brew House (7P), Breakwater Brewing Co. (5P)
Thursday, August 18
Afternoon – O’Brien’s will “start the weekend a little early” by tapping a cask of Firestone Walker Pale 31.
Weekly Thursday Events
$3 Pints @ All Pizza Port locations.
Friday, August 19
4P – Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens will tap a cask of Stone IPA w/ Julian Hops beginning at 4PM.
5P – The High Dive will host a Tiki Mug Release Party. What is a Tiki Mug, you ask? Essentially, it’s an ornate vessel for holding copious amounts of beer. So what? It was designed by Paul Elder, the man responsible for Ballast Point’s artwork. There will be 10 Ballast Point and 10 Port/Lost Abbey beers on draft. To seal the deal, High Dive will roast an entire pig. $16 for initial purchase of said Tiki mug, and $8 refills.
6P – As a preamble to the following day’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, Stone will host a 15th Anniversary Celebration Brewers Reception. Tickets are $75 dollars, and more information can be found here.
Weekly Friday Events
1130A – Progressive Cask at Blind Lady Ale House. Featured cask is unknown. $2 cask beers until 2PM, $3 beers until 3PM and so on until 5PM.
12P – Cask of Stone Brewing Co. Ruination @ Local Habit
5P – Firkin Friday at Hamilton’s will feature a cask of 5x Hopped Karl Strauss Tower 10 IPA. Yikes.
Saturday, August 20
830A – Lost Abbey/Port Brewing will host a feast of a breakfast prior to Stone’s 15th Anniversary Party. Located just down the freeway from CSU San Marcos, this is sure to get your body, mind, and spirit ready for the beer drinking that lays ahead. More info, here.
10A – Free homebrew workshop & BBQ @ Beverages4Less in Santee.
11A – Stone will hold its 15th Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival on the campus of San Marcos. This is easily the largest event of the weekend. For more information, click here.
Sunday, August 21
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Monday, August 22
5P – Every week during the summer MIHO Gastrotruck will provide food (BLAH’s kitchen is closed Mondays), while inside Blind Lady Ale House the taps will be pouring while the projector plays music videos and concerts from the depths of the BLAH record boxes. This weeks event can be viewed here : http://blindlady.blogspot.com/
Weekly Monday Events
$3 Local Pints w/ $1 Pulled Pork Sandwiches @ all Pizza Port locations.
$3 Local Pints @ Eleven & Toronado.
Tuesday, August 23
Weekly Tuesday Events
7P – Tap That Cask @ The Tipsy Crow Cask: TBA
Wednesday, August 24
Weekly Wednesday Events
1130A – Beer & Burger Wednesday’s @ La Valencia
5P – Beer-Centric Wednesdays @ Sessions Public
5P – $3 Pints @ Breakwater Brewing Co.