San Diego Beer Blog

Whatever could go wrong, went absolutely horribly wrong. The Linkery’s entryway is full of their positive reviews and various awards they have received. This review will not be among them.

Somehow I knew that this night wasn’t going to be entirely enjoyable. Before heading to G’s house I had to make a pit-stop at the local ATM. I pull up to the machine, slip my card in, and press the “English” button. Then I wait, nothing happens. Hit “Cancel” nothing. “Spanish”, nada. The machine was completely locked up, thank you Diebold (and these idiots run our election?)!! After waiting for the system to timeout, the machine finally ejects my card. Onward to dinner…

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O’Briens Pub is our favorite place to grab some unique beers and excellent food. It’s not exactly a sports bar but they do show many soccer tournaments and Chargers games on their wide array of TVs. The large outdoor patio is the perfect spot to enjoy your food & beer while hanging out with your furry friends. Their massive bottle list and extensive tap selection boggles the mind.

Gretchen and I head here at least twice a month (sometimes more), our last visit was for the Chargers vs Packers game. The bar was about 60% full for the game with almost everyone cheering for the Chargers (minus Gretchen and some random old dude).

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After hearing about this new place via Liar’s Club, Matt and I finally got around to checking it out. Located at 4095 30th St in North Park, The Ritual Tavern is a pretty nice place. Actually, a lot nicer than I expected. It has two areas: a small bar area, with access to an outdoor patio, and a more formal “dining” room, complete with candles and white tablecloths. Pretty fancy schmancy for a tavern!

The beverage list is fairly expansive, including local brews, imported bottles, and even some wines. Read more »

The Mission Beach Liars’ Club is no more, check out the new Alpine location: Liars’ Club Alpine Tavern and Grill.

The Liars’ Club is one of San Diego’s premier beer related establishments. Located in Mission Beach about 100 yards from the Pacific Ocean it is the perfect place to enjoy a couple of beers and some delicious food while wandering around the beach or before a show.

On this particular Friday night Jorge and I were going to Canes (wow, that place sucks) for a Wolf Parade & Holy Fuck event.

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The WTF crew had an unexpected surprise last night. Hamiltons Tavern is one badass bar! With a beer selection that boggles the mind, it was hard to even choose what to try. I finally decided to have a bottle of Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout. I have to say it was delicious. I followed that up with a Lightning Thunderwizen. Matt had an Alesmith IPA, Racer 5 IIPA, Alesmith Speedway Stout respectively. Overall the atmosphere of Hamiltons was awesome, with just a *bit* of a hipster vibe that was easy to deal with.

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Great Success! After the issues that plagued their 8th anniversary celebration I haven’t returned to this Stone annual event. Time heals all wounds and I’m very happy to announce that Stone had a fantastic event. There was no line longer than 3 people and most of the breweries were on point. The free beer on the bus was an added bonus.

Jorge, Rhawnie, Gretchen and I joined up with 50 of our closest friends at O’Briens bright and early Saturday morning. After 30 minutes of Tom calling the laggers we were off on our great adventure.

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I’ve had some terrible beers in my life(Miller Chill, I’m looking at you)

This is most definitely top ten. Overly flavored with cherry, my mouth was assaulted by sweetness. Primarily a summer brew, this beer should be relegated to emergency only situation. Now, I normally dig Sam Adams. They have an awesome Summer Ale(which I might still have time to get), but it seems that whoever is in charge of this monstrosity has asbestos taste buds. That is all.