NITRO FLIGHTS & FEEDING AMERICA SD

BALLAST POINT NITRO FLIGHTS
Friday, May 10th
BP beers are tasty, but imagine some of their best beers all served on Nitro. This should be a pretty awesome event. Flights will start Friday at lunch and go until their gone. Beers will be served flight only and NOT as full pours.

• Copper Nitro Ale BA RYE Victory At Sea Nitro
• Big Eye IPA Nitro
• Sculpin IPA Nitro
• Dorado IPA Nitro
• Sextant Stout Nitro
• Tongue Buckler Nitro Tongue Buckler Cask w/ Willamette hops

DRINKABOUT: FEEDING AMERICA SD BENEFIT
Wednesday, May 15th
Each stop will donate $1 from the sales of a designated beer/s. Right now there is a 2:1 matching program. So, every dollar provides 18 meals!!! We'll post a list of the benefit beers on the 15th. Choose from the list and help raise money. It's that easy.
www.FeedingAmericaSD.org



Hamilton's Tavern, Small Bar, Station Tavern and Burgers ,Ritual Tavern, Blind Lady Ale House, Tiger!Tiger!, Live Wire & Toronado San Diego

WIN THIS BIKE

Eat, drink and win a bike. 

Well, you're actually going to have to purchase some raffle tix, but it's almost that easy. 

 In honor of National Bike Month we are selling our BLAH Sharrow Ts while they last. 

We also have AutomaticBrewing Co Give Me 3 Witbier (named for senate bill 1464 - http://givemethree.squarespace.com/) and D.R.M.O. IPA (aka Don't Run Me Over). 

Oh, and we are also selling raffle tix to win a brand new Linus Roadster with all proceeds going to the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. 

Get on your bikes and ride.

MAY DAY MAY DAY

 

NOSE to TAIL

NOSE TO TAIL DINNER
Monday, April 29th at Tiger!Tiger!

Chefs Todd Renner and Sharon Wilson, of Blind Lady and Tiger!Tiger! respectively, bring you their take on Snout to Tail cooking. Utilizing many parts of the Berkshire Pig they bring you five courses, each carefully paired to a beer from our rotating line-up. The first course it a tray pass an after that we will sit communally at our large tables and eat a California-inspired meal family style. This is hearty one folks. Here is the menu, subject to change of course. Beers to be announced next week.

Nose to Tail Beer Dinner Menu Featuring Berkshire Pork

TRAY PASS :: Appetizers
House Made Sausage served with House Made Mustard, House Made Currywurst Corn Dogs served with House Made Ketchup, and BLT Triangles made with House Made Bacon And House Made Bread

Pork Cracklin's at Each Table

FIRST COURSE :: Appetizer
House Made Head Cheese Terrine with Lemon Verbena served with Crispy Pig Ear, Local Greens Salad garnished with Suzie's Radishes and Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette

SECOND COURSE :: Main
Wood Fired Porchetta with a House Made Rosemary "Agro dolce" Mustarda and served with House Made Lard Wood-Fired Spring Vegetables and Pigs Feet Baked Beans

THIRD COURSE :: Cheese
Fresh, House Made Goat Cheese with Lardo, Local Honey, Local Fruit and Smoked Paprika

FOURTH COURSE :: Dessert
Local Fruit Pie made with a House Made Lard and Butter crust and House Made Vanilla Gelato

Purchase Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/372985

THE BEER HUNTER RELEASE : WEDNESDAY

Join us on Wednesday, March 27th for the release of "The Beer Hunter," an Automatic Brewing Co / Pizza Port collaboration beer to celebrate the birthday of the late writer Michael Jackson. The beer is a Belgian Golden that drinks light, refreshing and comes in at about 5.5% abv. We'll also be showing three DVDs worth of his Beer Hunter series all night long on the BIG screen. See you after work. Cheers.

BLACK SUNDAY

starging at 11:30am

 

We'll have a SoCal Craft NITRO Flight with...
Eagle Rock - Solidarity Dark Mild
Hangar 24 - Small Stout
Monkey Paw - Down's Family Stout
Ballast Point - Sextant Stout
New English - Pacific Storm Stout
Automatic - Circa: Stout!

From the kitchen...

House-Made Corned Beef served with House-Made Saurkraut and Irish Potato Salad 

(Potato Salad will be available for sale individually and available vegan).

Vegan Irish Stew 

(Made with Vegan Sausage, Potatoes, Cabbage, Kale, Leeks, Green Garlic, and Beans).  

THAT FEELS GOOD!

Our PLINY the FUNDRAISER was a huge success this year and it sure feels good to click "donate" with $2,000 attached to it. That one morning of drinking beer with friends will help put books in children's hands all over the world. That's pretty awesome.

PLINY the FUNDRAISER & AUTOMATIC

BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE
• PLINY the FUNDRAISER @ BLAH
Sunday, March 10 at 11am
Just like last year we will pre-sale tickets for our PLINY the FUNDRAISER event via BPT and all profits will go to charity. At BLAH you will get BOTH a .25L glass of PLINY the YOUNGER & ELDER side by side for $15. Additional glasses will be available via raffle on Sunday with all proceeds going to charity. Tickets will go on sale at Brown Paper Tickets today, Friday, March 1st at 6pm via this LINK. This is a pre-sale only event. You can not just pop in for a PtY.

AUTOMATIC BREWING CO
• AUTOMATIC WHITE RIOT w/ DARK HORSE COFFEE
This Saturday, March 2nd at 11:30am at Blind Lady Ale House.
One keg on coffee starting at opening. Dark Horse roasted a custom blend for this one and it should be pretty awesome. By the glass and by the growler.
• IN THE FERMENTER
We've got an Oatmeal stout in the fermenter. Watch for a beer coming out for Black Sunday (aka St. Pats) and a new version of Chocolate Rain coming out for City Beat Festival of Beers. Also on the horizon:  a new pale ale and IPA, coming soon.
• THREE YEARS OF AUTOMATIC
April 20th will mark three years since our first in-house beer, Chocolate Rain, was served. Watch out for an Automatic party of sorts happening. More details coming soon.

ANNIVERSARY STUFF
We still have some BLAH 4th Anniversary shirts, hoodies and glasses available. Stop in and find out what bundle prices we've got going. We'll keep selling them for another week, or two, and then they're gone.

02/28/13 - BEER & SPECIALS

TODAY'S BOARD

Our beers change constantly because no beer owns a line at Blind Lady Ale House. We typically order one keg at a time and when it's gone we clean the line for the next one up. This assures you, the customer, an ever changing selection served through the cleanest/shortest lines possible.

Our Seasonal "Specials" change constantly, as well. We purchase through small/local sources and don't do business with any of the big boys who sell food a the lowest price and quality. Almost all of our produce is grown in San Diego County, with some coming from around Southern California. 

Our meats only come through sources where we know what's up. Our Chef picks sources he trusts and then crafts house-made sausage, chorizo, soyrizo, ciccioli, country pate, chicken liver pate and brats. Yep, they are all made in house from the best possible meats we can find.

We won't drop any names, but those big trucks you see dropping food off all over town don't stop in front of our place, and if they do, you can be sure it's not for us. We just won't do it.

Current Menu

UPDATED 2/26/2013
Our menu changes often due to seasonal changes and availability.
Everything is subject to change at any time.

DELIVERY
No, we DO NOT deliver.

BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE3416 ADAMS AVENUE
NORMAL HEIGHTS / SAN DIEGO, CALIF
619-255-2491

(WE DO NOT DELIVER)

4 YEARS IN A ROW

 

Just in time for our 4th Anniversary Celebration.

Draft Magazine "America's 100 Best Beer Bars".

That's 4 years in a row for BLAH. 

Year number 1 for Tiger!Tiger!

Nice.

Why does the beer & food taste some damn fresh at BLAH and T!T!?

Read all about it here. 

FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

BLAH 4th Anniversary details are coming together. Here's the rough schedule so far....

Mon, Jan 28 : Beer Dinner at Tiger!Tiger! w/ Chef Todd (BLAH) and Chef Sharon (T!T!)

Tue, Jan 29 : 4th anniversary beer release and merch release

Wed, Jan 30 : Blind Sour Challenge

Thu, Jan 31 : Canniversary event w/ koozies

Fri, Feb 01 : Progressive Casks

Sat, Feb 02 : Running w/ Capes

Sun, Feb 03 : Townie Ride, Anniversary Glass Giveaway & some football game

Times and details coming soon. As usual, everything is subject to change.

AUTOMATIC IN SAN FRANCISCO!

AutomaticBrewingCo will be at San Francisco Beer Week Feb 15-17th.

HERE'S THE PLAN, SO FAR....

At THE MONK'S KETTLE on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 15th from 2-5:30-ish.
1) White Riot
2) Quadracycle
3) Blactagon
4) White Riot on Coffee
http://www.monkskettle.com/

ALEMBIC on the 16th for happy hour from around 4-7pm.
1) Thank You Ma'am
2) Cape Townie
3) Quadracycle
4) Peel Sessions
http://www.alembicbar.com/

THE CELEBRATOR BEER NEWS 25th Anniv Party on the 17th.
Blactagon 3 Ways 1) Draught 2) Coffee 3) Coconut
http://www.celebrator.com/anniversary/2013/

Join this event and we'll keep updating it as details come in.
http://www.facebook.com/events/144694789023107/?fref=ts

4th BLAHnniversary

The Anniversary festivities
- and there ARE festivities -
will begin on Monday, January 28 and run through Sunday, February 3rd.

UPDATED Sunday, Jan 27th, 10:00am

The BLAH ANNIVERSARY AUTOMATIC BEER DINNER
Monday, January 28th, 6:30pm
This year's beer dinner will feature FOUR Automatic Beers. Those four beers will be served with an all Vegan meal. Tickets are $75 a person and include all four beers, the lovely meal and gratuity. You must pre-purchase tickets.
• UPDATE: We've slightly updated the menu and beer info is starting to trickle in... 

Chef Todd Renner - Blind Lady Ale House
Chef Sharon Wilson - Tiger!Tiger!
Master Brewer Lee Chase - Automatic Brewing Co.

FIRST COURSE - TRAY PASS
Fried Wontons with Savoy and Napa Cabbage Slaw and Satsuma Mandarins and a Kumquat Spring Roll.
Paired with
AUTOMATIC BREWING CO. PEEL SESSIONS w/ GINGER
Pale Ale Brewed with Orange Peels & Sea Salt, and "Dry-Hopped" w/ Fresh Ginger
Pour Size: .4L Stem
SECOND COURSE
Steamed Buns filled with Oyster Mushrooms and a Green Papaya Salad.
Paired with
AUTOMATIC BREWING CO. CAPE TOWNIE
Crisp American Pale Ale with Simcoe & Centennial Hops. Organic 2 row Barley Malt, 50 IBUs, with lots of Centennial Hops added to the Kettle at the Whirlpool Stage.
Pour Size: .4L Willi

THIRD COURSE
Red Rice, Wood-Fired Tofu, Sauteed Bok Choy and Shiitake Mushrooms, Wood Ear Mushrooms,
Roasted Kabocha Squash, Sweet and Tangy Coconut Sauce.
Paired with
AUTOMATIC BREWING CO. BLACTAGON
Black Ale made with Midnight Wheat (tm), a Black Wheat Malt (as opposed to Barley Malt) which adds a clean, light roasted character that comes across as Chocolate more than Roasty or Coffee-like.
Pour Size: .4L WILLI

DESSERT
Banana Upside Down Cake with Soy Sauce Caramel and Cashew and Sesame Sugar Tuilles
Paired with
AUTOMATIC BREWING CO. QUADRACYCLE
The Official Beer of Blind Lady's 4th Anniversary. Belgian Golden Ale, Brewed with Belgian Yeast which gives Fruity & Spicy Flavors. Centennial Hops add a Slightly Citrus Complexity to the Finish.
Pour Size: .25L
 

Purchase Tickets to the Beer Dinner on Brown Paper Tickets Now!
http://blahfourthannualbeerdinner.bpt.me/
Purchase Tickets to the Beer Dinner on Brown Paper Tickets Now!

Tuesday, January 29th, 5pm
AUTOMATIC BEER RELEASE
Automatic Brewing Co - Quadracycle Belgian StrongMore info TBA
• RARE BEER LUNCH DAY #1
Tuesday will kick off our Rare Beer Lunch Week. At 11:30 each week day this week we will tap a rare beer. Tuesday's beer is Firestone Reginald Brett. It's their double DBA with brett! This is a 13% abv beer so after lunch you may need a nap....

Wednesday, January 30th, 11:30 - close
BLIND SOUR CHALLENGE
Remember our Blind IPA Challenges? This will be kinda sorta like that but not. Instead we will have a flight of sours and it will be up to you to match the brewery with the tasty sour in your little glass.
I was thinking of the following 6 beers in the flight:
Cuvee Jacobins
Rodenbach
Echt kriek
Oud Beersel Framboise
St Louis  gueuze fond tradition
Beachwood Tart Simpson
• RARE BEER LUNCH DAY #2
Wednesday's rare lunch beer is the 16th Anniversary Ale from Firestone Walker. It scored a perfect 100 on Rate Beer. And an "Exceptional" on Beer Advocate.

Thursday, January 31st, 11:30am - close
CANNIVERSARY
We got a lot of Anniversary Koozies and we will be giving one away with each can until we run out.
Here's what we think we'll have:
Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Wittekerke White
Yoho Tokyo Black Porter
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
New Belgium Shift
HUB mix
Hangar 24 Helles
Hangar 24 Orange Wheat
Maui Big Swell
Oskar Deviant Dales
Avery Ellies
Avery Joes Pils
Ruhstaller
• RARE BEER LUNCH DAY #3
Today's rare beer will be the Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin Anniversary Beer. It's a big one, it's a rare one. Starts at 11:30.

Friday, February 1st, 11:30
PROGRESSIVE CASK DAY
It's our classic Progressive Keg Friday but amped up with CASKS! $2 till 2pm, $3 till 3pm and so on.
Saturday, February 2, 10am
THE SECOND ANNUAL CAPE RUN
Last year we had a wildly successful 5K Beer Run (inexplicably with capes!) This year we will repeat, but with a few tweaks. There will be THREE teams and they will be delineated by their color headbands, which you will receive if you PRE-SIGN-UP. (You will also receive and Anniversary Tee Shirt and FOUR beer tickets, if you sign up ahead of time.) Each team has a different map to the same four bars: Toronado, Livewire, Tiger! and BLAH. This way we will not overwhelm any one bar, and yet, we will. You will pass other teams along the way. You will drink a beer at each stop. You will return back to BLAH, in your headband and tee, a little juiced up and sweaty. And you will inexplicably wear a cape, if you remember to bring one. To participate if will cost you $44 - four bars, four beers, four years, plus the cool tee and sweatband!Purchase Tickets to the Cape Run on Brown Paper Tickets Now!
• RARE BEER LUNCH DAY #4 - the DOGFISH HEAD FLIGHT EDITION
Starting when we open at 11:30 am we will have a mini flight of Dogfish Head beers that include their Immort Ale (an English Strong Ale), Hellhound on My Ale (a superhopped ale) and Birra Etrusca (an "anceitn" ale). We will be serving these in our "Tiger!" flight glasses.


THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY TOWNIE RIDE
Sunday, February 3, 10am or TBD
We love bikes. We love riding them fast but we also love riding them leisurely through the streets of our wonderful neighborhoods. We are gathering at Blind Lady in the morning (time to be announced, but likely around 10am) to ride around as a group and enjoy that San Diego air.  And it costs nothing, no Brown Paper Tickets to buy because we are giving you nothing but camaraderie and community and that is free. This is also SUPERBOWL SUNDAY and what better way to start that day than with some fresh air and exercise?

Whew. Thanks for four great years. Here is to four more!

4th ANNIVERSARY

This January marks our 4th Anniversary. Keep your eyes out for a list of events being posted soon for the last week of the month. Think 4th Anniv beer release from Automatic Brewing Co, running with capes, 4th Anniv keeper glasses and a lot more. Cheers to 4 more years!

Last minute fundraiser...

Tomorrow (Sunday) BLAH will be donating 100% of the profits from the entire day to Sandy Hook Elementary School where the terrible shootings took place last week.

Heidi, one of our managers, grew up in Connecticut and her friend, Courtney Martin, has been a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School for ten years. Courtney was a true hero on Friday morning. She locked her classroom door and huddled with her children in a corner, keeping them calm and telling them she loved them. Courtney and her students were fortunately unharmed.

Sandy Hook Elementary School is relocating to a new school in Monroe, a nearby town. Courtney plans to prepare and decorate their new classroom for a fresh start. She wants to make the classroom a peaceful and calm place for her students as they begin the healing process.

To help Courtney and her third graders, BLAH will also be collecting gift cards to Office Depot, Target, Staples- places Courtney and the other teachers can purchase supplies for the new school. If you can, come on by BLAH Sunday (tomorrow.) We are open from 11:30am to midnight- and bring a card to include in our pack, or simply eat and have a beer.

Spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, by carrier pigeon, reindeer network, etc. With your help, we can directly help this teacher, her kids and this school.

And now here are our holiday hours for the next week-

Monday, Christmas Eve, CLOSED AT BOTH PLACES

Tuesday, Christmas, BLAH (Bar Only) will be OPEN at 5pm-10pm ish.
(Tiger will be closed.)

Monday, New Years Eve
            @BLAH: Belgian New Year Celebration at 3pm for the early birds; we will open at 11:30 am and close at 9pm. Go have fun somewhere else, like...
`           @TIGER: Time Zone Beer Fun, open from 6pm-1am. Starting at 8pm we will tap a $3 beer each hour to celebrate it's respective time zone.

Tuesday, New Years Day, CLOSED AT BOTH PLACES - Go for a bike ride!

12.21.12 - LA FIN DU MONDE

12.21.12 LA FIN DU MONDE
PAIRINGS EVENT & UNIBROUE FLIGHT

FLIGHTS
(Beers will be served in flights only, not by the glass)
• Blanche de Chambly - White Ale
• Blonde de Chambly - Saison
• Ephemere Apple - White ale w/apples
• Maudite - Strong Amber Ale
• Terrible - Abbey Style Strong Dark Ale
• Trois Pistoles - Abbey Style Dark Ale

PARINGS
Pairing will start at 3pm.
(All pairing beers will be available only as a pairing and will not be sold separately - except La Fin Du Monde)
• La Fin Du Monde
Paired with Fried Plantain Dumpling with a Sweet Curry Sauce, Kale Chips and Crispy Chicken Skins (available vegan without the chicken skins)
• Ephemere (Apple)
Paired with Mustard and Cheddar Whipped Potatoes, House-Made Bratwurst and a Apple, Sweet Onion and Corriander Compote (maybe available vegan)
• Trois Pistoles
Paired with Creamy Polenta, Beef Cheek and Tongue and a Raisin and Anise Jus
• Maudite
Paired with Brown Sugar Gelato with a Date Compote and a Salted Cashew Praline (maybe available vegan)

LA FIN DU MONDE
La Fin Du Monde will be on tap at BLAH for the first time ever and will be available as a pairing and by the glass. Finally.


NOTE: We will be open NYE 11:30am-9pm. Closed New Year's Day.

THE HOLIDAYS AT BLAH

It's going to be a wild a crazy Holiday Season at BLAH...

Saturday, December 15th
3rd ANNUAL WILL FERREL CRAFT BEER BUS
We will be closed during the day and open at 8pm.
WTF? Yep, we'll be closed for our 3rd annual Will Ferrell Craft Beer Bus. If you don't have tickets, you missed out. This will be an crazy night a bar hopping on a bus with Will Ferrell and 140 friends to raise money for Cancer for College. You can purchase growlers of Automatic Brewing Co Will Powered IPA at Tiger!Tiger! from 11:30am-3pm.

Sunday, December 16th
CRAFT & DRAFT
Shop, Eat & Drink local at our 1st (hopefully) annual crafty shopping day in the Hamm's Room. Check out our facebook event page for details. Watch out for the release of the 2012 BLAH Xmas Sweater T. We will also have one item from each vendor to raffle off with all proceeds going to the San Diego Food Bank. $1 per ticket or $20 for a wingspan.

Xmas Eve CLOSED
It's a Monday, so, sadly, we'll be closed.

Xmas Day BAR ONLY 5PM
We'll open the bar from 5pm-10pm. It's become a local tradition. Hang out with the family and then get the you-know-what out of there and join us for a well needed beer. Or. Bring the family and remember that a family that drinks together really enjoys their beer.

12.21.12 La Fin Du Monde (The End of the World)
To celebrate the end of the world we'll have flights of Unibroue beers starting at 11:30am.

'Twas the Flight Before Christmas

Saturday & Sunday (12/22-12/23) we'll serve flights of domestic holiday ales. List TBD.


New Years Eve
BELGIAN NYE CELEBRATION
It a Monday and we'll be open from 11:30am-9pm. Yep, we'll be wide open on a Monday with a bunch of Belgian beers, Belgian glass giveaways, Belgian treats and maybe some Belgian music--first we need to figure out what that is. And, anybody up for a Belgian Waffle Ride in the morning? It's a possibility.

New Years Day CLOSED
CLOSED FOR A DAY OF REST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lots more details on all of these events coming soon. Keep yer ears on.

HOLIDAY CRAFT + DRAFT

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

SDBW Continues

THURSDAY, NOV 8TH

Allagash Food Pairings w/ Chef Todd Renner 4pm-Gone
4pm ‘til we run out. Menu tba but each plate will have a price with and without beer pairing.
1) Fall Squash and Persimmon ravioli with shiitake cream sauce. Paired with Fluxus 2012
2) Roasted Sage Pork Loin with rainbow chard, baby carrots and apple compote. Paired with Hugh Malone 2012
3) Duck sausage with fall squash purée, Suzie's beets, cherry compote and crushed pistachio. Paired with Bourbon Aged Black
4) Chocolate Cake with herry compote paired with Curieux

FRIDAY, NOV 9TH

Progressive Kegs 11:30am-4pm
As usual, of Pete’s choosing.
2 til 2pm, $3 til 3pm, $4 til 4pm. Starts at 11:30am.

Combo Cismontane and Noble Flights 11:30am-All Day
Three beers from Cismontane, three from Noble Aleworks, available all day, $18
Cismontane
Session Saison
Buckwheat Oktoberfest
Nopal de Trigo
Noble Aleworks

Noble ESB

Noble Pistol Whip'd Pilsner and Schmutz

American Strong Ale

Guided Flight Tasting with Two Guys Named Evan 1-3pm
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at
http://blahtwoevansflighttasting.brownpapertickets.com/
Brewers Evan Weinberg (of Cismontane) & Evan Price (of Noble Aleworks) will be here to guide you through the flight with us, share insight on their beers, and hold a Q&A session. In the Hamm’s Room. 1-3pm, $22
Close the Hamm’s Room from opening so it’s ready at 1pm.From Cismontane, Evan Weinberg will be bringing their Session Saison, a traditional Belgian table beer (3.7%), their Buckwheat Oktoberfest, a German Amber Lager brewed with buckwheat, and the Nopal de Trigo, a white wheat beer infused with the juice of prickly pear and part of their native species collection (6%)
From Noble Aleworks, Evan Price will be bringing their Noble ESB (5.8%), their Noble Pistol Whip'd Pilsner and Schmutz, and American Strong Ale (10.2%).

SATURDAY NOV 10TH
Automatic Brew Co Flights 11:30am-All Day
Starting at 11:30 going all day, $20
Brown Metal (flight only)

Creepy Jackalope Irish Red (flight only)

Insider Belgian Insider Kumquat (flight only)

RYE P.A. (available by the glass)

OBAMA WINS Election Ale (available by the glass)

and one special beer more TBA!

Automatic Brew Co Flight tasting w/ Lee 11:30am-1:30pm

In Hamms Room at Noon, $25
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at
http://blahautomaticflight.brownpapertickets.com/

SUNDAY NOV 11th

Alpine Flights

For the 3rd year in a row we're closing out SDBW with flights of 6 Alpine beers all day.

3rd Annual Alpine Downhill Challenge 

It's on! The 3rd Annual Bike Ride from Alpine is a bike and beer event like no other. It ends with aa flight of Alpine beers and Pizza/Salad re-fueling at Blind Lady Ale House.

Spaces are limited. Preregister for this event at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/292476

This year, you have a choice of TWO OPTIONS: with bus or without bus. All food and beer noted below is included in the price. No growler-filling at Alpine-sorry.

Two Options:

1. Bus 'n Bike (aka The Alpine Downhill Challenge) $65
Leave BLAH on the bus with your bike at 9am, be chauffered to Alpine Brewing have one pint, check out the facility, and then ride your bike back. At the end of the ride, back at BLAH enjoy a Flight of Alpine's beers with Brewmaster and Owner Pat McIlhenny. Buffet of pizza and salad and Commemorative T-Shirt included!
Limited to 18 people.

2. Bike 'n Bike (aka The Alpine UP and DOWNhill Challenge, round trip roughly 60 miles) $50
Leave BLAH at 8am, ride your bike to Alpine Brewing, have one pint, check out the facility, and then ride back. At the end of the ride, back at BLAH enjoy a Flight of Alpine's beers with Brewmaster and Owner Pat McIlhenny. Buffet of pizza and salad and Commemorative T-Shirt included!
Limited to 20 people.

A Bus 'n Bus option does NOT exist. It was cancelled, due to LAME.

SDBW at BLAH

SDBW at BLAH is looking pretty crazy. Between the line up at BLAH and what we've got going on over at Tiger!Tiger!, we think you've got plenty to do over the 9 days that make up Beer Week.

We're super excited about having the very first Automatic Brewing Co SDBW event. Heck, it's going to be the very first Automatic flight.


Details are still coming in. So check back before the event date just in case.  EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. So, please check back here and/or our blog (http://blindlady.blogspot.com/) for updates/changes.


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IMPORTANT NOTE: Meet the Brewer events are limited. You can show up early to register or you can guarantee a spot by preregistering at Brown Paper Tickets.

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THURSDAY, NOV 1ST

Our Annual Blind IPA Challenge 11:30am-All Day
$18 a flight; starts at 11:30 am
Six IPAs served Side-By-Side in our Flight Board. The Brand Names will be given, but not in the order of the beers. Talented Palates will be tested to match the brand with the Beer. If you get them in the correct order, you will be entered to win $100 gift card to BLAH!  

Stone IPA

GreenFlash West Coast,

AleSmith IPA

Ballast Point Big Eye

Mission IPA

Societe Dandy

FRIDAY, NOV 2ND
The Blind IPA Challenge 11:30am-6pm
Missed your chance on Friday? Wanna try again. Part 2 through happy hour, ends at 6pm, $18 a flight

Progressive Kegs 11:30am-4pm
$2 til 2pm, $3 til 3pm, $4 til 4pm. Starts at 11:30am.

SATURDAY, NOV 3RD 

Bruery Flights 11:30am-All Day
$22 a flight - available all day.
There are two different flights; one is $22 and for the public; the second is $30 and only for the BPT event below. The Public Flight will need to go on Friday night. However, the BPT Brewmaster Flight will not.

Beers Include:

Humulus Lager - draft

Rugbrød - draft

Autumn Maple - draft

Loakal Red - draft

Golden Rings - draft

Mischief - draft

Bruery Flight Tasting w/ the Brewers
*Brown Paper Ticket Event:

In the Hamm’s Room at 12-2pm, $30
Limited to 30 participants
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/292404
The Bruery makes some amazing beers, mostly Belgian styles. They often use some odd ingredients and techniques. Hear what motivates the brewers, while tasting a flight of six of their beers. These beers are fairly rare, unique and delicious. Many of them can be quite strong as well—so be prepared. Hamm’s Room not available to the public
Brewer's Tasting Flight (prepay) $30

Beers Include:

Sans Pagaie - bottle

A Stein's Throw - bottle

Go Team! - bottle

Rueuze - bottle

BeRazzled - draft

Smoking Wood - draft

SUNDAY NOV, 4TH

Bottle Share with Bine and Vine 12-3pm
Noon-3pm in Hamm’s Room
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at 
$5 on Brown Paper Tickets, plus you must bring 1-2 bottles
Limited to 45 participants
http://blahbottleshare.brownpapertickets.com/
How Rare? The sky is the limit! You know that "ultra rare" bottle you have? Share it with someone who will love it. You know that Limited-Release beer YOU missed out on? Someone is willing to share their bottle with you. Reserve your spot with the $5 ticket. Then bring a bottle or two (yes, the limit is 2 bottles max) from your bottle cellar to Blind Lady on Sunday at Noon. You'll have a great time sharing one of your favorite beers with other beer lovers, and tasting the gems of up to 44 other people’s beer-cellars! The Hamm's Room at Blind Lady will be reserved for this Bottle Share event, and rinse water & glassware will be provided. Additionally, couple of rare kegs will be tapped by the Blind Lady during the event, so you will have a chance to taste a couple more elusive beers. Glassware will be provided. Hamm’s Room will be closed off for this event only,

MONDAY, NOV 5TH

@ BLIND LADY and TIGER!TIGER!
Closed.

TUESDAY, NOV 6TH

ELECTION DAY!

Automatic Brewing Co “White House” Red Ale Release! 11:30am-All Day
Automatic Election-Day Beer release based on the White House home-brew. Made with friend/brewer Tom Garcia, Head Brewer of OffBeat Brewing co. The beer costs $7 for a .5L; If you’re wearing your “I VOTED” sticker it’s $5. ABV 5.6%. We will put the Election results live on the big screen, no sound.

WEDNESDAY, NOV 7TH

Flights Of Societe Brewing 11:30am-All Day
$18
Flights of Societe beers all day.

Beers include :
Dandy

Apprentice

Everyman’s

Widow

Harlot

Butcher

Societe Brewing Flight Tasting w/ the Brewmaster 4:30-6:30pm
4:30-6:30pm In Hamm’s Room, $22
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at
http://blahsocieteflighttasting.brownpapertickets.com/
Come taste a flight of Societe's beer while the owner/brewer gives up the details & talks about the philosophy of quality. We will taste all six beers, ask questions and hear stories. Fun, intimate, educational, and inspiring. These talks are among our favorite events in Beer Week.

THURSDAY, NOV 8TH

Allagash Food Pairings w/ Chef Todd Renner 4pm-Gone
4pm ‘til we run out. Menu tba but each plate will have a price with and without beer pairing. Two plates, one dessert, each priced individually and paired with a beer.

FRIDAY, NOV 9TH

Progressive Kegs 11:30am-4pm
As usual, of Pete’s choosing.
2 til 2pm, $3 til 3pm, $4 til 4pm. Starts at 11:30am.

Combo Cismontane and Noble Flights 11:30am-All Day
Three beers from Cismontane, three from Noble Aleworks, available all day, $18
Guided Flight Tasting with Two Guys Named Evan 1-3pm
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at
http://blahtwoevansflighttasting.brownpapertickets.com/

SATURDAY NOV 10TH

Automatic Brew Co Flights 11:30am-All Day
Starting at 11:30 going all day, $20

Automatic Brew Co Flight tasting w/ Lee 11:30am-1:30pm

In Hamms Room at Noon, $25
Show up early and register at the bar or guarantee yourself a spot by preregistering at
http://blahautomaticflight.brownpapertickets.com/

SUNDAY NOV 11th

Alpine Flights

For the 3rd year in a row we're closing out SDBW with flights of 6 Alpine beers all day.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/292476

Getting ready....

 

The 3rd Annual Will Powered Craft Beer Bus is on it's way.

Get tickets while you can.

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BLAHktoberfest IS BACK!

 

This year we're starting the celebration one day early. Yep, starting on Friday we'll bust out 90 Limited Edition BLAHktoberfest Keeper Steins. Get one full of festbier for $18 and refill it all weekend (Friday-Sunday) for the ridiculous price of $8. That's over 33oz of festbier.

Also, this year we will be importing delicious German Brats all the way from North Park! Ok, so that's not really importing them, but they're probably the best Brats in town and their made in-house at Tiger!Tiger! and will be available (while supplies last) at BLAHktoberfest.

T-Shirt Hosen? Yes! They'll be back with a color change. 

Get in early because last year most sizes sold out fast!

YEP, WE'RE OPEN FOR LUNCH

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PARK(ing) DAY

For the fourth consecutive year, Sezio will celebrate PARK(ing) Day, an international take-over of parking spaces to promote more open area in our cities. Each space gets transformed into a unique park for the day, open for all to enjoy.

This year's park is made possible by the folks at NewGrass. Cruise out to 3416 Adams Avenue on Friday, September 21st between 12pm and 6pm. There will be beer specials all day, and some surprise performances throughout the day!


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BEER BEER BEER AT BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE & TIGER!TIGER!

Dear Jeff,

It's been too long. And now, like lickety-split, the big Adams Avenue Street Fair is upon us: it's THIS WEEKEND. If you hate crowds, it's a good weekend to stay away (or head to TIGER! TIGER!) But if you like beer tents and bands playing in the fresh outdoors and carnival rides, this is the place to be this Saturday and Sunday. And we will be open, with our air-conditioning pumping and our beer flowing. A few things to look for if you do come out this weekend: * Our own Automatic Stout 1 will be pouring at 1pm in the Adams Ave Beer Fest tent! You can pre-purchase tickets to that mini fest within the Street Fair at this website: AdamsBeerTaste.com * The Paladins are playing around the corner from us Saturday night. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper are playing the next. Let's party like it's 1998! Honestly, there are some fun, FUN bands playing, those aforementioned ones included. * Leave the car at home. Ride your bike, walk, take a public bus, but do not drive. There is no where to park and lots to drink. GROWLERS Something else we don't know if we mentioned yet: AUTOMATIC, our brewery, is now pumping out beer sorta, kinda, fairly regularly. And right now, as in today (and tomorrow and so on) we have GROWLERS for sale at both BLAH and TIGER!  For $21 you can get a growler filled of Stout 1 or our OkTIGERfest beer (at BLAH) and the latter at TIGER! If you already have one of our bigger growlers it will cost you just $16 for the re-fill. LUNCH at BLAH: BLAH Is open for lunch Tuesday - Sunday. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from the moment we open at 11:30 till 5 pm, we are offering a Margherita Pizza plus a Suzie's Mixed Green Salad for $10. This is awesome to share - get a couple of beers or sodas and you have yourself a fantastic weekday lunch for two. Or, go for the Caesar Salad and Margherita for $12. That is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 11:30 -5. You can do a quick lunch (if you're going back to work) or a leisurely one (if you're not.) Our regular weekly stuff: @ TIGER! every Tuesday you can get $3 beers (any of the pitcher-able beers) from 5-8pm @ TIGER! every day till 6 pm $8 steins (pitcher-able beers) @ TIGER! every Sunday is brunch with house-made doughnuts, chicken on a biscuit, biscuits and gravy & more. @ BLAH every Friday is Progressive Keg Day- $2 till 2pm, $3 till 3pm, $4 till 4pm. @ BLAH every day except Mondays- we now serve lunch! Hope to see you out and about this weekend, if not at one of our places, perhaps at El Cajon's awesome OKTOBERFEST? Don't forget to wear your Lederhosen Tees!

Cheers, Blind Lady Ale House and TIger!Tiger! Staff BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE 3416 ADAMS AVENUE NORMAL HEIGHTS, CALIF 92116 BLINDLADYALEHOUSE.COM BLIND LADY on FACEBOOK TIGER!TIGER! DRAUGHT BEER & SANDWICHES 3025 EL CAJON BOULEVARD NORTH PARK, CALIF 92104 TIGERTIGER.COM TIGER!TIGER! on FACEBOOK

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BLAH BLAH BLAH

Seen around BLAH

So, you've never been to Blind Lady Ale House? Here are some photos by our bartender Robert. Check them out and you'll get the idea. Click Here.

THIS WEEK/END

UPDATED HOURS

We've simplified things....finally!
We're now open
6 DAYS A WEEK
11:30AM-MIDNITE
Yep, lunch Tuesday-Sunday.

HORRIBLE MASCOTS, GREAT GAMES

EURO 2012
On the old school screen with full-sound.
Wed 11:45am Portugal vs Spain
Thurs 11:45am Germany vs Italy

FULL KITCHEN.
Yep, starting this week we'll be opening for Lunch on every day, but Monday.

BLAH & T!T! in the NY & LA Times

Looks like summer's about to hit and San Diego is on everyone's minds. Or is it beer that's on their minds? Either way, we love the press. Here's a link to the LA Times article "Southern California Close-Ups"

How are things on the East Coast? Looks like they might be sitting in their cubicles daydreaming about West Coast beers.  "If Hamiltons shuts out the bright Southern Californian light in classic pub style, the Blind Lady Ale House, in the Normal Heights neighborhood, invites it in with plenty of communal tables near its big plate-glass windows..." Check out the full NY Times article here "Beyond San Diego's Surf and Sun: Suds".

Memorial Day Week/end

Bike To Work Week

So much stuff going on, let's go day by day and start with TODAY-

:: wednesday ::

DrinkAbout is tonight. At TIGER! TIGER! we have a cask of Founders / Green Flash collab called Linchpin (a white ipa).

At BLAH we have a $5 margheritas (the pizza, duh), but you have to ask. It's a secret. Shhh. And only till 7pm.

FRIDAY

it's bike to work week and so we are giving 15% instead of our usual 10% if you ride your bike. and B2W culminates on friday with dealios on friday. At BLAH we up the discount to 20% and at TIGER!TIGER! we are serving up a $2.50 hangar 24 cask. But only if you wear your B2W t-shirt, or show your B2W schwag or flaunt your B2W check-in sticker. Otherwise, no $2.50 deal.

There is yet more fun stuff on Friday: Have you heard of Societe Brewing? You should. We'll have kegs of their Apprentice IPA & Harlot Belgian Extra at progressive pricing. $2-2pm, $3-3pm, $4-4pm. Starts at 11:30am on Friday at Tiger!Tiger!

At BLAH we've have progressive kegs starting at 11:30am. Random beers at a nice price. $2-2pm, $3-3pm, $4-4pm.


SATURDAY

At TIGER! TIGER! we are opening early, at 11 am, for the UEFA Finals! BAYERN MUNCHE vs CHELSEA. BIG screen with BIG sound.

Saturday is also Bike the Boulevard. If you go on it, you will are scheduled to stop at T!T! from 3-4. We will have Celis White for $3 for that hour to celebrate BTB.

At BLAH we will have a Founders Flight when we open at 11:30 am. Also we will have Lunchpin, that's a lunchtime offering of the Green Flash/Founders Linchpin - say that 5 times fast. Ha. Really, that just means we will have Linchpin on at lunchtime at BLAH, but it's so fun to say Lunchpin.


SUNDAY

The jam-packed weekend continues with the Festival o' fArts, we mean Arts, in North Park on Sunday. The beer garden is open 11-6 and Lee will be there with the latest Automatic Brewing creation. Thing Belgian wheat, tangerines, kumquats and maybe some other fresh and fruitiness thrown in at the last minute. Oh, and T!T! is just a short walk from the festival. Nice.

Also there is brunch and doughnuts at T!T! We have coffee now on sundays and we like to highlight / showcase different local coffee roasters, including our neighbors Calabria AND the new guy on the boulevard, the Coffee & Tea Collective, who are open for service as of Wednesday! Speaking of those doughnuts, people are talking 'bout them all over facebook. It's pretty darn flattering (to our sous Sharon Wilson, who makes 'em that is) and yeah, they're vegan. We only make them (for now) on sundays.

:: but wait, there is more ::

We are gonna open for lunches at BLAH for Summer, as in Tuesday-Sunday starting June 19. More info to come as we get closer. but now we have said it out loud so we have to do it!

We are giving away a bike, did you know that? Courtesy of the wonderful Adams Avenue Bikes - it's a LINUS Dutchi 3-speed. You can see one at both T!T! and BLAH! (look up) and you can buy raffle tickets at either place too and they are $1 or $20 wingspan and all the money goes to the SD County Bike Coalition. Win-win.

Cheers,
Blind Lady Ale House

WIN THIS BIKE

BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE
Pit Stop 6-9am
Open 11:30am-12am with bike discounts all day/night, bike movies and more.
Wear your Bike To Work shirt and save BIG! Shirt specials TBA
Win a Linus Dutchie and raise money for the SDCBC
(bike courtesy of Adams Avenue Bicycles).
Tickets on sale at BLAH and TIGER!TIGER!

TIGER!TIGER!
Pit Stop 6-9am
Open 11:30am-12am with bike discounts all day/night, bike movies and more.
Wear your Bike To Work shirt and save BIG! Shirt specials TBA
Win a Linus Dutchie and raise money for the SDCBC
(bike courtesy of Adams Avenue Bicycles).
Tickets on sale at BLAH and TIGER!TIGER!

CBC Events

For the CBC DrinkAbout we will have....

Victory Brewing Flights featuring:

• Helios
• St Boisterous
• Scarlett Fire
• Ranch Double IPA
• Baltic thunder
• Whirlwind Wit

Flights will start when we open at 5pm

Then it's Can Diego

We love cans. We love our friends. We love our friends that can their beer, so it's absolutely time we all get together.

After kicking off the Craft Brewers Conference, come join Team GRB, our dear beer friend Lee Chase and several of our favorite, hand-picked breweries who CAN at our very first CAN DIEGO event at Blind Lady Ale House!

Confirmed in attendance we have:

• Golden Road Brewing Co-founder Meg Gill and Brewmaster Jon Carpenter with cans of Point the Way IPA and Golden Road Hefeweizen

• Maui Brewing Company Founder Garrett Marrero with cans of Coconut Porter and La Perouse

• Avery Brewing Co. Owner & Brewmaster Adam Avery with cans of Joe's Pilsner and Ellie's Brown Ale

• Oskar Blues Head Brewer Dave Chichura, Marketing Director Chad Melis, and Beer Traffic Control Freak Jeremy Rudolf with cans of G'Knight Imperial Red Ale and Chaka, their epic Belgian Pale collaboration with Sun King http://beerstreetjournal.com/oskar-blues-sun-king-create-chaka/

• 21st Amendment Co-founder Shaun O'Sullivan and Sales Director Dave Wilson

•Tallgrass Brewing Co. from Kansas!

• Ska Brewing Co. plus more to come...

• JUST ADDED! Surly Brewing Co. from Minnesota!

Try some of the best canned brews in the nation and meet these great peeps to talk beer and cans from 9 PM - 12 AM at BLAH. There is no entry fee.

One night. One place. Many many cans. CAN you handle it?

 

CLOSED SATURDAY

WORK WITH US....

We are always interested in receiving resumes from thoughtful, skilled, optimistic cooks, chefs, runners, bartenders and managers who are curious about beer and inspired by scratch food. We are a hard-working and fun-loving team with benefit packages for full-time employees. Send your resume and a brief email telling us why you would want to work for us to clea@blindladyalehouse.com
with "Resume" in the subject.

CLOSED APRIL 14TH

WE WILL BE CLOSED

SATURDAY

APRIL 14TH

FOR A SPECIAL CHARITY EVENT

30 DAYS OF IPAS

To kick off a whole month of IPAs, we're gonna fool you. Yep, on April Fools Day we will hold another Blind IPA Challenge. We'll serve you 6 IPAs,  give you the names of them, and you try to tell us which is which. Think you can? Probably not. The winner will get a gift card to both BLAH and TIGER!TIGER! (If there are multiple winners the prizes will be split equally, but we're banking on the fact that non of y'all will get 'em all right!)

Then, it's 30 Days of IPAs. We'll tap a different IPA every day 'til May.

BLACK SATURDY

At last count we have 13+ Black Craft Beers to tap for St. Paddy's Day.

NITRO FLIGHT:
Monkey Paw Downs Family Irish Stout Nitro
Ballast Point Sextant Stout Nitro
Hangar 24 Chocolate Porter Nitro
Mother Earth Coffee Porter Nitro
Alpine Odins Raven Imperial Porter Nitro
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter Nitro

Also on tap, you can find everything from Black IPA to Black Lager (aka Schwarzbier)...and even Black Tea (iced tea from Halcyon Tea:) !

Oh, and don't miss our on the limited edition BLACK SATURDAY t-shirts. They're a total Black Sabbath rip-off and they're awesome. We printed just 10 dozen (120) shirts.

GUINNESS?
Not at BLAH or T!T! We're serving Black Craft Beers only. If you want a Guinness, head over to one of our Irish neighbors and get yourself a proper pint. Ould Sod has been called the best pint in town by most of our Irish friend. So, say "hi" and don't be surprised if you see us squeezed in the corner.

BTW, IT'S St. PaDDy's not PaTTy's Day.
http://paddynotpatty.com/

CITYBEAT BEER CLUB : BEER TASTING

San Diego CityBeat Beer Club 4th Anniversary

Blind Lady Ale House
San Diego, CA

San Diego CityBeat Beer Club - 4 Year Anniversary Beer Tasting
Monday, March 12, 2012
7pm - 11pm
$35

Three years in a row Blind Lady Ale House has been rated as one of Draft Magazines 100 Best Places in America to Drink Beer. So, it's fitting that San Diego's best Beer Club will celebrate it's 4th anniversary at BLAH to taste some of the best beers of San Diego and beyond.

Beer Tasting will include two flights of six 5 oz tasters (or 4 single beers) and the food tasting will include a buffet of Blind Lady pizzas. This will be a CityBeat Beer Club exclusive event and only 150 of Blind Lady patrons will be able to attend this one, so get your tickets before they are sold out. Last year this event sold out and was crazy fun. That's why we're doing it again.

ALESMITH FLIGHT:
Nautical Nut Brown
X
Little Devil
ESB
IPA
Horny Devil

FOPPY AS HUCK FLIGHT:
New English IPA
Drakes 1500
GreenFlash West Coast IPA
Cismontane Coulter IPA
Hangar 24 Columbus IPA
Port Mongo Double IPA

BELGIAN FLIGHT:
Ommegang Witte
Russian River Damnation
Duvel Single
Rodenbach Grand Cru (sour)
LaChouffe
Maredsous 10

*Beers are subject to change
Tickets Available HERE

3 YEARS IN A ROW

We're proud to announce that once again we're on Draft Magazine's list of "America's 100 Best Beer Bars." Maybe they've been in and sampled beers through one of the cleanest draft systems their gonna find out there. Cheers to the staff at Draft Mag and thanks for noticing.

3rd Anniversary Get Off Yer Ass Events

BLAH 3RD ANNIV TOWNIE RIDE

 

1ST ANNUAL 5K BEER FUN w/ CAPES

THREE YEARS OF BEING BLAH

THANKS FOR 3 BEERFULL YEARS.

Got any great shots? Email them to us at photos@blindladyalehouse.com

3rd Anniversary Week

 

Blind Lady Ale House Craft Pizza & Beer
Greetings! – Three years ago this week we served our very first beer: Hangar 24 Alt, to be exact. Yep, Blind Lady is officially three. ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRTS are on sale starting tonight!

BLAH’S 3RD ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND DETAILS ::

:: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 ::
>> HANGAR 24 was our first beer served so we are kicking off our weekend festivities with Hangar 24 Night and Glass Giveaway! Order Hangar 24 for just $2, and get a glass. Two per person, while supplies last. We open at 5!

:: THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 ::
>> CAN-A-PALOOZA for our THIRD CANNIVERSARY, with Koozie Giveaways! Craft beer cans are always fun, especially when you can hold it in a BLAH Koozie. We will give you a Koozie with the purchase of a can, while supplies last. What do we have in can? Maui, Oskar Blues, Avery, Golden Road, Caldera, New Belgium, Anderson Valley, and more…

:: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 ::
>> Drink along with 94.9! At 7pm the boys will be drinking the same beers you can get in a flight on their show, Rock and Roll Happy Hour. Yep, we will have a flight of hoppy beers on, starting at 11:30am.
>>Progressive Casks All Day! You know the drill, $2 till 2pm, $3 till 3pm and $4 till 4pm and $5 till 5pm! We will have casks of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Hangar 24 Pale Ale, Stone Double-Dry-Hopped IPA In that order, starting at 11:30 AM). From 5pm on it’s $6 bucks, if we make it that far.

:: SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 ::
>> Craft Beer Run: So this is how we are gonna do it. Show up at BLAH at 10am, give us $23.33. You get an Anniversary T-shirt and 4 Beers on the run! At 10:15 we will run to Small Bar, drink a beer, run to Tiger, drink a beer, run to Toronado, drink a beer, and then run back to BLAH to drink the new Automatic release! It’s 5 miles in all, at a pretty slow pace, particularly at the end. Lee suggested people wear capes. Just saying. Meet us at 10! You don’t have to carry money, you can leave your stuff at BLAH, and you can wear a cape! Finish the run (in under three hours) and we will throw in a Three-Year Anniversary Glass!
>> AUTOMATIC RELEASE of THREE SPEED BROWN, very limited. We will run out. Made with Treehouse Coffee’s Yirgacheffe and organic malts. We are tapping it at 11:30am (but Lee might show up a little later sweaty and in a cape.) No growler-fills or sales (except the ONE in the raffle prize!)

:: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 ::
>> Family Friendly Townie Ride Through Normal Heights. Meet up at BLAH at 10am. It will be an easy-going and back to BLAH in time for lunch.
>> It’s SOUR SUNDAY! Join us for a flight of amazing sours. Check this list out – Russian River Supplication, Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme, the brand new The Bruery Be-Razzled, Firestone Walker’s three year aged sour Aggrestic and Craftsman’s El Prieto Black Sour. Starts at 11:30 am.
>>Anniversary Glassware Giveaway @ 3pm. So Port just released their FNG Pale Ale, 5.5% and we decided that if you buy one of those, we will give you a glass. Starts at 3pm. That’s the only beer that will get you a glass. While supplies last.
Let’s re-cap: if you want one of our new Anniversary Glasses, you need to run or come on Sunday post 3pm and buy a Port FNG beer.

:: MONDAY, JANUARY 30 ::
>> BEER DINNER @ TIGER!TIGER!
There are about 10 tickets left to this dinner. Purchase them online at Brown Paper Tickets, here.And here is the Menu, subject to change.
First Course: Hitachino Nest White Ale
Mingle over a tray pass of Green Garlic-Yuzu Arancini with Lobster Stuffing and Bruschetta with Fuerte Avocado, Oro Blanco Grapefruit & Mint
Second Course: Automatic Three-Speed Brown
Sit for the Second Course of Scallops, Brussels Sprouts & Brown Butter
And if you’re Vegetarian or Vegan you will dine on a Mushroom Risotto
Third Course: Alpine Nelson
Wood-oven-fired Berkshire Pork Chop, Boulangere Potatoes, Suzie’s Farm Brocolini and a Kumquat-Ginger-Chili marmalade
If you’re Vegetarian or Vegan you will be dining on a similar dish to the above but with a House-Smoked Tofu in place of the meat.
Fourth Course: Straffe Hendrik Quadruple
Hooligan Cheese with Honeycomb, Crostini and Hazelnuts
If you are Vegan, you will be served a stinky cheese alternative in our house-made Durian Fruit Sorbet!
Fifth Course: The just about to be released Cuvee de Tomme!
Chocolate cherry semifredo with candied almonds.
And for the Vegans’ a delectable chocolate cake!
We’ve got just about ten tickets left. Buy yours here, now.

RAFFLE TIX: All Anniversary Weekend, starting tonight, we will be selling raffle tickets so you can win a big giant BLAH – TIGER!TIGER! Prize Package that includes sweatshirts, and t-shirts and the only growler fills of the new beer, plus glassware and a bicycle hat and more. It’s worth a few hundred bucks easily. And all proceeds from raffle sales are going to Seeds @ City, the urban farm at City College.

Super Bowl Sunday at BLAH? Meh.
But Tiger! Tiger! has been fitted with a big screen! So we will show it there. Great steins o’ beer + big TV = Swell.

BLAH HOURS
TUES-THURS 5pm-Midnite
FRI-SUN 11:30am-Midnite
TIGER!TIGER! HOURS
TUES-THURS 5pm-Midnite
FRI & SAT 11:30am-1am
SUN 11:30am-Midnite

Cheers,
Blind Lady Ale House and Tiger!Tiger! Staff

America's 100 Best Beer Bars, again.

Nice. Every year we've been open Blind Lady Ale House has been named to Draft Magazine's "America's 100 Best Beer Bars." We're especially proud because we are truly a Beer Bar—we don't serve spirits or beer cocktails and we have no desire to start. We love beer.