FRIDAY 2 O'CLOCK CASK :: 30TH STREET

We just got confirmation for a cask of 30th St.

Beers Beers Beers and Bikes

THIS WEEK AT THE BLAH:
Tuesday: Saison Dupont on Tap
Wednesday: Pliny the Elder
Thursday: Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor
— Gold Cup: Opening the bar early for USA vs Hondurus @ 4pm (FSC ch.325) then Mexico vs Costa Rica 7pm (KBNT-17 Univision) followed by le Tour de France at 9pm.
Friday: Cask of Ballast Point Even Keel
Saturday: (and Sunday if supplies last): Ballast Point $12 Flights featuring Piper Down, Dorado, Black Marlin, Even Keel, Big Eye, and a Brandy Barrel Aged Navigator Doppelbock.
— Tour de France: Saturday's stage should be amazing.
Sunday: Urban Bike Ride - Everyone is welcome to sign up for this one. Meet at 4:00 at Velo Cult, ride leaves @ 4:30 sharp and will wander through uptown until arriving at the BLAH around 5:30. Then, drinking, eating and socializing! Maybe even watch the last stage of the Tour. This is put on by the Urban Bike and Social Club along with the San Diego Bicycle Coalition Social Crew. Get more info and sign up here. It's free.
— Tour de France: The last day!

10News.com A-List : Best Beer Selection

We've been nominated for "Best Beer Selection" in San Diego by 10News.com. Pretty cool!
We work super hard to make sure we have a tasty selection along with the cleanest lines possible to ensure they stay that way.
You can vote here.

Thanks for you support!

Meetup for Urban Bike and Social Club :: July 26th

This just in from our friend Jeremy:

Announcing a new Meetup for Urban Bike and Social Club!
What: Group party ride from from Velo Cult with social hour at Blind Lady Ale House!
When: July 26, 2009 4:00 PM
Where: Velo Cult 2220 Fern St, San Diego, CA 92104

Hello Bicycle Peeps,
So it seems like there are a few of you out there whom want to ride bikes, like to have fun, and want to meet new poeple just like I do. Well here is our second event:
On Sunday July the 26th Urban bike and social Club will be joining the San Diego Bicycle Coalition Social Crew for a group party ride from Velo Cult Bicycle in South Park 2220 Fern St 92104. The ride will leave promptly at 4:30pm and will tour through some of urban San Diegos coolest urban neighborhoods for about an hour. The ride will culminate at one of San Diegos best new craft beer and pizza joints The Blind Lady Ale House (Normal Heights area) for a few cold beverages and some socializing! Hope you can make it should be a really good time and a good crowd.
Hope to see you all there, and don't feel shy to bring a friend or two!
Learn more here:
Urban-Bike-and-Social-Club/calendar

Somtheing for every day of the week...

We've got something happening each day this week, check it out.

Tuesday: Hitachino Nest White
Wednesday: Green Flash Le Freak
Thursday: Alpine Duet
Friday: Cask-Conditioned Stone Levitation w/ Simcoe hops
Saturday: Cask-Conditioned Stone Ruination w/ Amarillo hops
Sunday: Project Mercy Fundraiser, see below!

Gold Cup July 18th & 19th

Quarter Final
18 July
Canada vs Honduras @ 2 : 00
United States vs Panama @ 5 : 00
19 July
Guadeloupe vs Costa Rica @ 1 : 00
Mexico vs Haiti @ 4 : 00

PROJECT MERCY :: JULY 19TH, 11:30am-MIDNITE

SUNDAY JULY 19TH, 11:30 AM - MIDNITE
PROJECT MERCY FUNDRAISER

On the Eastern edge of Tijuana lies an area of wide valleys and rolling hills. Spread through these hills are a number of colonias, shantytowns where the poorest of Mexican families bravely try to forge a better life for themselves and their children.
The cost of land and food is high and wages are low. The hills are dotted with flimsy shacks with dirt floors, no windows and leaking roofs. Children are at high risk of bronchial pneumonia and disease and bites from the vermin that crawl under the walls where they sleep.
Project Mercy builds basic but sturdy houses for these impoverished families. We purchase most building materials in Tijuana and bring together a wide spectrum of US volunteers and Mexican residents in a bi-national effort to overcome the precarious conditions that prevail.
In addition to house building, Project Mercy’s main activity, the project builds latrines, and supports a local non-profit daycare center. Project Mercy has recently built an auditorium for one school, a library building for another and has made repairs on school buildings. You may find more information by visiting the project’s web-site at www.projectmercy.net
Project Mercy has an overhead cost of under 10% of its total revenue.

FOR EVERY BEER SOLD WE WILL GIVE $1 TO PROJECT MERCY

YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT MERCY FUNDRAISER ON JULY 19
AT THE BLIND LADY ALEHOUSE WILL HELP TO PROVIDE FUNDS THAT
WILL BE USED DIRECTLY IN THE HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAM.

Crust Is a Canvas for Pizza’s New Wave :: New York Times

New York Times : July 7, 2009
Pizza connoisseurs bicker endlessly about where to find the best pies, and now they have more serious local contenders than ever to bicker about. Frank Bruni, The Times's chief restaurant critic, assesses eight of the notable artisanal pizzerias that have sprung up in recent years around New York City — a town obsessed with pizza. READ ARTICLE

Automatic Brewing Co. #1 :: ON TAP

We are happy to say that tonight we will be putting a keg of our first house beer back on tap, but it won't last long! So come and get it.
Automatic Brewing Co. #1
An organic belgian style single ale w/ ginger, coriander and American oak.

7/13/09 update:
That's the fastest we've sold any beer. Thanks for coming out and supporting us.

Gold Cup and Le Tour de France

We are doing our best to show Gold Cup games and nightly re-caps of Le Tour.
GOLD CUP:
For a complete Gold Cup schedule you can check ussoccer.com. Most of the games are on FSC and Univision, so we can put them on.
LE TOUR:
Our plan is to run the 9pm re-cap nightly. This way we can still air the Gold Cup games while presenting the more compact airing of all the legs.

AleSmith Weekend :: July 4th & 5th

JULY 4th & 5th
SAT & SUN 11:30am-MIDNITE

2008 Great american beer festival

“Small Brewing Company of the Year”

$12 gets you a flight of SIX–4oz samples
X (Extra Pale Ale, 5.5%)
Lil Devil (Belgian Single, 5.5%)
Nautical Nut Brown (Brown Ale, 5%)
YuleSmith Summer Release (Double IPA, 9.5%)
Horny Devil (Belgian Strong Ale, 11%)
Speedway Stout (Coffee Imperial Stout, 12.6%)

Tasting Notes:

"Keep the Glass" :: Tonight :: Thurs, July 2nd

This just in...
Thursday night BLAH will be featuring Green Flash Brewing Co.
Saison, West Coast IPA, Le Freak, and 30th St.
First 90 people to order one gets a keeper glass.
Show up early!