NEW YEAR'S EVE AT BLAH

2ND ANNUAL BELGIAN NEW YEAR'S  This is for you early birds, you folks with kids, you Belgian beer afficianados. We will start at 11:30 am with Belgian glass giveaways (till we run out!) And then we will celebrate Belgian New Years at 3 pm with frites, Belgian chocolate cake and lots of Belgian beers. It's a party all day long, no need to stay up till our midnight.  We will close BLAH at 10pm. BLAH WILL BE OPEN AT 11:30AM ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT BLAH

2ND ANNUAL BELGIAN NEW YEAR'S  This is for you early birds, you folks with kids, you Belgian beer afficianados. We will start at 11:30 am with Belgian glass giveaways (till we run out!) And then we will celebrate Belgian New Years at 3 pm with frites, Belgian chocolate cake and lots of Belgian beers. It's a party all day long, no need to stay up till our midnight.  We will close BLAH at 10pm.

This Weekend at BLAH

FRIDAY @ BLAH Ballast Point's Candy Cane Victory at Sea Cask will tap at 11:30 as our PROGRESSIVE CASK ($2 till 2pm, $3 till 3pm.) SATURDAY@ BLAH - Christmas Eve No parties to go to? Well don't cook! Come on down, we are open for lunch and dinner till 10 pm (kitchen will close @ 9pm.) SUNDAY @ BLAH - Christmas So this is Christmas! And we are opening the bar at 5 pm, it's become tradition. No food, but a great place to come once the sun goes down and the family has gotten to you. Bring your unwanted Christmas gifts and swap 'em with other patrons!

3rd Annual Swater T's will be available Tuesday

Tiger!Tiger!, BLAH and the Holidays

 Can you even believe tomorrow is December? We cannot.
But that's what the calendar man tells us. We have loads going on this month, let's get started, shall we? First up, the new place-

TIGER! TIGER!  

DRAUGHT BEER & SANDWICHES
3025 El Cajon Boulevard, just 3 doors east of 30th.
tigertigertavern.com

Have you been yet? Tiger! sports the same hours as BLAH-- Tuesday-Thursday we open at 5pm and close at Midnight (kitchen closes at 10) and on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, we open at 11:30 am and close again at Midnight with the kitchen closing at 10pm. Closed on Mondays.
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The food? Well there is this giant wood fired oven in the middle of the room and with it, we make bread (all of of it in-house, fresh, daily) and oysters and a few other delicious things. The primary menu is Sandwiches- our take on the Bahn Mi, a Ham & Cheese with Egg and Bechamella, a Fried Polenta sandwich and more. Plus, raw and wood-fired oysters, soups and oh, some beer. We are leaning heavy on the drinkable beers, like the ones that maybe come in giant steins? Yes, we serve giant steins of session beers on Friday, Saturday & Sunday days for just $8 till 5pm.
That's one full liter of beer in a big fun glass for only $8.
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This Thursday we are tapping Alesmith's Winter Yulesmith at Tiger! and calling it out here because it's delicious. And seasonal. And perfect for the slightly cooler temperatures coming our way tomorrow.
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Every Friday until the end of the year we've got a glass giveaway at 11:30 am. Up this week? The gorgeous .4 liter tulip from Allagash, which will come to you for no charge with the purchase of an Allagash White (and maybe their Dubbel.)
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And on Sunday, we are doing this vaguely late brunch-y thing by adding DOUGHNUTS to our menu, Sunday mornings only. These are yummy sugar-spice donuts (and tasty vegan ones as well) and we will have on hand a coffee beer of our choosing to compliment the sweet treats.
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Have you seen the logo? We have just a few t-shirts and a couple hats left until the next time we decide to print them. They make fashionable holiday presents. 
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Finally, we never really officially announced our opening so stay tuned for some Grand Opening Hoo-Haa on December 16th, 17th and 18th. More to come...


BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE

This Friday's Progressive Cask is none other than Hangar 24s Pale Ale, a delicious drinker that we are quite fond of.  That's $2 till 2pm (we open at 11:30) and $3 till 3pm or until we run out.
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This Saturday we are gonna have at least one and maybe even two Allagash Flights over at BLAH. Which beers you may be wondering? Pretty much ALL of them. We have got limited quantities of most of their beers and will be serving them flight only on Saturday, from 11:30 am until we run out. Lunch anyone?
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Last time we checked BLAH had Russian River's Damnation Batch 23 on, as well as the Bruery's 4 Calling Birds and Mission's Dark Seas, plus a whole host of other great beers. Have you tried any or all of those yet?
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On December 10th Adams Avenue is having a holiday soiree of sorts - businesses up and down the street are lighting their lights and showcasing what's special about the holidays. We are gonna have ourselves a little TRUNK SHOW in the Hamm's Room from 3-8pm with a handful of crafty vendors, plus, our back stock of T-SHIRTS and a few other goodies. And we may, although we promise no one nothing just yet, have the new 2011 SWEATER TEE in that day, as well. More on that next week...


::: HOLIDAY HOURS :::

Christmas Eve
BLAH & T!T! :: BOTH OPEN, but will be closing early.
Hours are 11:30am-10pm

Christmas Day
T!T! :: Closed.
BLAH :: OPEN at 5pm for evening drinking only (no food!)
*We are a great place to go after the family thing for a drink and some socializing.

New Years Eve
T!T! :: Open from 11:30 am to LATE - yep, we are keeping it open til ???!
BLAH :: Celebrating (again) Belgian New Years - we will open at 11:30am for lunch and then at 3:00 pm PST when the native Belgians will be celebrating their New Years turnover, we will be tooting our horns and screaming Happy Day! And we will have a lot of Belgian beer on to celebrate.  If you have a young family and want to celebrate New Years but don't want the kids staying up till Midnight, this is the perfect time and place to bring 'em and celebrate. And then, and please take note, we are closing the kitchen at 9 pm and the whole place at 10 pm (last call at 9:15 pm) on New Years' Eve so that our employees can actually celebrate elsewhere. You can come hang out beforehand here, eat and drink and be merry and then celebrate the turning of the clock elsewhere!

New Years Day
T!T! :: Closed
BLAH :: Open normal hours, 11:30 am - Midnight

And that's it for now, but New Years will be here before we know it and then it's 2012. Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting us, truly.

Friday Cask is H24 Pale Ale

The SchWINer is...

 

Congrats to Ami and her new Nancy SchWIN. 

And thanks to Andrew at Adams Avenue Bicycles for donating Nancy.

We'll count up the donations and get them to Bicycles Del Pueblo. Check them out at the City Heights Farmers' Market every Saturday morning.

BLAH vs SDBW

We're going all in this year....

Thursday, November 

LOST ABBEY & PORT BREWING RARE BEER FLIGHT-TASTING

WITH BREWMASTER TOMME ARTHUR

The Hamm’s Room will be saved for the Flight Tasting from 5-7pm. Tasting will start at 5:30. Flights will be available all night long, but the Flight tasting is for the first 40 or so people who want to join in with Tomme and whom comfortably fit in the Hamm’s Room. No flight beers (below) are available individually.

BEERS: (Beers are in correct Flight Order)

Port Brewing Bourbon Santa's Little Helper - Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 10%abv

Lost Abbey Ad Lib – a blend of Bourbon Barrel Aged Midnight Expression, Bourbon Barrel Aged Judgment Day and Rye Barrel aged Serpent’s Stout 10%abv

Lost Abbey Lost & Found - Modeled after the great Trappist and Monastic beers, richly deep garnet color, Malts, raisins and a fantastic yeast strain working in harmony produce a beer of amazing complexity and depth, 7.5%abv

Port Brewing Fallbrook Estate Ale – An American Pale made entirely of Hops grown in Northern SD County 5.5%abv

Port Brewing Packaging Line Pale – Limited American Pale Ale with citrus-y brightness, 5.5%abv

Lost Abbey Road to Helles 5.2%

Flight Cost: $18; $22 for Flight with Meet the Brewer Talk in Hamm’s Room

Friday, November 4

PROGRESSIVE CASK

LIVE-SHORT PRINTING with STRONG PRINTING

CARLSBAD PIZZA PORT TASTING WITH BREWER JEFF BAGBY

Three events in one day.

1. Progressive Cask – This is our classic $2 till 2:00; $3 till 3:00, and so on. Starts at 11:30. BEER: Green Flash Hop Head Red Cask

2. Live T-Shirt Printing - Ultra-Limited Edition SDBW Tee-Shirt, printed on-site, just for you! This will start around 2-ish. Andrew from Strong will be at Tiger! Tiger! after dinner doing a different graphic for the other side of the Tee.

3. Jeff Bagby will be there at 12:30 for the Meet The Brewer event in the Hamm’s Room. We will keep the Hamm’s Room free for this event until 2:30 with the divider. Flight Beers are NOT for sale individually.

Beers: (This is the correct Flight Order)

Poor Mans IPA – Double Imperial IPA, GABF Best in Show 9%abv

Hakuna Ma Tatas – Pink IPA brewed to benefit Breast Cancer Research 7.5%abv

Sharkbite Red – Red Ale with Centennial and Cascade Hops, 6.%

Whipper Snapper – Chinook Fresh Hop Pale Ale 5.6%abv

Port Truck Stout – Dry Irish style Stout, 4.5%

High Maintenance Blonde – Golden Blonde Ale, 5.3%abv

Flight Price: $16; $20 for Flight with Meet the Brewer Talk in Hamm’s Room

Saturday, November 5

PROGRESSIVE CASK DAY

During the day we are doing our classic Progressive Casks, but we are gonna keep them a coming with one after the other. $2 till 2, $3 till 3:00, $4 till 4:00 and $5 till 5.

BEERS: Hangar 24 IPA & Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin

Sunday, November 6 

MOTHER EARTH FLIGHT TASTING WITH THE BREWERS

Hamm’s Room is saved for Brewer Tasting till 2:30. Event starts at 12:30. Brewers Dan and Cameron will be walking the folks through their beers. Mother Earth is out of Vista, started in 2008, they went bigger (and added a home brew store) in 2010. We are showcasing some of their wackiest beers, including one they made in collaboration with Automatic Brewing Co.

BEERS:

Wet Hop Dream - Super Wet Hopped Ale, 6%abv

Collaboration with Automatic Brewing Co Coffee IPA 

California Creamin’ - Nitrogen-dispensed Cream Ale with Vanilla Beans, 5.2%abv

Mother’s Milk - Chocolate-Vanilla Cream Ale

Pep In Your Step - Porter with Habanero

Vanilla Storm - Imperial Porter with Coffee and Vanilla

Flight Cost: $16; $20 for Flight with Meet the Brewer Talk in Hamm’s Room

Monday, November 7

BEER CRAZE:

DANCE CRAZE ON THE BIG SCREEN + SKA BREWING BEER + MIHO

It’s the 30^th Anniversary of the famous Ska Movie, Dance Craze. It will go on the big screen @ 8 pm. MIHO will be outside from 6-9pm.

Doors open @5pm

Tuesday, November 8

BLIND IPA FLIGHT CHALLENGE

This is our classic Challenge. Guess them all right and you will win $100. Of course, no one has ever gotten them all right. We will give smaller GC to the winner who gets the most right as long as it’s more than 3.

Flight Cost: $16

Wednesday, November 9

OB PIZZA PORT FLIGHT TASTING WITH BREWER YIGA

 Hamm’s Room is saved for Brewer Tasting till 7PM. GABF Small Brewery and Brewmaster of the Year 2011!

BEERS:

Citra Fresh Hop Amber Ale, 6.2%abv

Monkey Tail Chinook Fresh Hop Pale Ale, 5.3%abv

Rhino Chaser Imperial Red—it’s been on, see list

Where is my Light Saber Stout — Irish Dry on Nitro —it’s been on, see list

Z-Man Stout (I should have this transferred by then), 7.2%abv

ABLE American Stout- Imperial Stout, 8.2%abv — A.B.L.E stands for Achievement Beyond Life’s Experiences and is a tribute/ benefit beer for our friend Brit Antrim who was recently paralyzed in a workplace accident.

Flight Cost: $16; $20 for the flight tasting in the Hamm’s Room

Thursday, November 10

HOPPY GREEN FLASH FLIGHT TASTING WITH BREWER CHUCK SILVA

Chuck Silva will guide out group through the hoppiest of the Green Flash beers. Th Hamm’s Room is saved for Flight Tasting until 7pm. Event starts at 5:30

BEERS: TBA

Flight Cost: $16; $20 for the guided flight in the Hamm’s Room

Friday, November 11

THE BRUERY FLIGHT TASTING WITH BREWER PATRICK RUE

And PROGRESSIVE CASK

Hamm’s Room is saved for Flight Tasting until 2:30. Event starts at 12:30. The Bruery is bringing some crazy bers.  Classic Progressive Cask rules - $2 till 2:00; $3 till $3 and so on. It’s 11/11/11.

CASK: Hangar 24 IPA

BEERS:

Burly Gourd - Milk stout brewed with pumpkins, pumpkin pie spices and cedar, 6.66%

Oude Tart - Flemish Red, 7.5%

Loakal Red - Hoppy oak-aged red ale, 6.9%

Birra Basta - Biere de Garde with roasted zucchini, lemon peel, fennel seed and cedar, 8.5%

Snicklefritz - Belgian-style golden strong ale with juniper, cardamom, coriander, ginger,  and four kinds of citrus zest and oak, 10%

4 Calling Birds -  This year's winter seasonal, spiced dark strong ale, 11%

Flight Cost: $18; $22 for the guided flight in the Hamm’s Room

Saturday, November 12

Progressive Cask

TBA

Classic Progressive Cask rules - $2 till 2:00; $3 till $3 and so on.

Cask: Alesmith Yulesmith

Beers: TBA

Sunday, November 13

ALPINE FLIGHTS ALL DAY & NIGHT 
Flight Price: $16

BEERS:

TBA
Alpine Downhill Challenge

First look at SDBW schedule....

 

More info coming soon. Calm.

Duvel Art Glass Night

 

We are gonna take a big breather before Beer Week begins and kick back with a Duvel in one of THREE crazy-cool glasses this Wednesday, October 26th.

They were designed by three different artists: Dutch artist Parra, the Belgian graphic artist Denis Meyers, and the designer duo Elley Kishimoto. $12 bucks gets you one glass PLUS an 11.2 oz. bottle of Duvel. We've seen these glasses going for as much as $20 each on eBay. The whole thing starts at 5 pm tomorrow (that's tonight if you're reading this on Wednesday!)

Then Sunday we are part of another great event: The KEEP A BREAST DRINKABOUT. Yep, this Sunday, October 30th, from 1-5pm the Drinkabout buses will be running between all the bars and each bar is giving $1 for every beer YOU buy during those hours to Keep A Breast, the truly terrific breast cancer awareness and education charity. Since it's the day before Halloween, we say DRESS UP!

Then Halloween is Monday. We are closed. Because it's Monday, not because it's Halloween.

And then SD Beer Week (which really, is a total misnomer, the things lasts ELEVEN days) begins on Thursday, November 3rd with a Lost Abbey night at BLAH. Friday will feature live t-shirt printing and our progressive cask (but with an extra special cask) AND Jeff Bagby from Pizza Port and a showcase of his beers. Saturday the 5th is the SD Brewer's Guild Fest at Liberty Station, but if that ain't your thing, we will be carrying the Friday tradition of progressive cask on over to Saturday. Sunday the 6th is Mother Earth Day-- we have six crazy beers from this small Vista brewery including one collaboration with Automatic that does involve coffee and a crazy hoppy IPA made with 11 pounds per barrel of hops.

Then on Monday, when we are usually closed, we are having a SKA(H) Night at BLAH with SKA brewing, the 30th anniversary of Dance Craze on the big screen and Miho out front.

Tuesday we begin again with a Blind IPA Challenge. Wednesday the 9th features beers from Pizza Port OB with brewer Yiga Miyashiro standing by to answer questions. Thursday the 10th we will have Chuck Silva here from Green Flash showcasing his hoppiest beers. Friday will be 11/11/11 and we will have Patrick Rue from The Bruery here, as well as a Progressive Cask. Saturday is all about Craftsman Brewing from Pasadena and Sunday, the day to rest, with a flight of Alpine beers.

This is all subject to change (and probably will, a little.) More details to come over the next week and a half. Check our Facebook site for the most recent updates and be sure to check your inbox next week when we do the real announcement. That's all folks. Hope to see you out and about soon.
Cheers,
Blind Lady Ale House Staff

Oktober

Friday Lunch Cask is Green Flash 30th Street.

Then...

BLAHktober fest is coming on the 15th & 16th.

German Sausage Plate, Weinerschnitzle, Veganschnitzle and more.

1L Keeper Steins w/ German Bier $15. $8 refills.

Starts at 11:30am Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend!

Friday Lunch Cask: FireStone Union Jack
$2 til 2pm. $3 til 3pm. Starts at 11:30am.

The Adams Avenue Street Fair is this weekend and the line-up is actually AWESOME. We are so pleasantly shocked, we can't even tell you. It is mayhem around these parts during this weekend, but fun, air-conditioned (inside BLAH, and we got it tuned up so it's working better now) mayhem. Bands making an appearance include (but are not limited to) Dengue Fever, a weird Beat Farmersreunion, El Vez, Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanza, Arthur Adams, Cedric Burnside Project, local faves The Creepy Creeps, The Bedbreakers,Black Hondo, The Amandas and more!


Today's cask is Firestone Walker's Union Jack. It will be on at 11:30am and cost $2 till 2:00, unless we run out. That's what we call the Progressive Cask. Because if it lasts beyond 2:00 then it's $3, until 3:00. And so on.

And then tomorrow our little Avenue transforms into a crazy music, craft, junk fair known as Adams Avenue Street Fair. This is what we suggest:

Stroll the Ave, grab some coffee, peruse the hippie jewelry and make sure you're front and center for the Bedbreakers at noon. Stay for the Amandas and then grab a beer and pizza in the air-conditioned comfort of Blind Lady. Head back out to see Black Hondo at 5:30 and then Dengue Fever at 7:30. If you can slip over to see El Vez in between for a bit, all the better. Try to catch the end of Mr. Bongo before heading back to BLAH for more food and/or beer.

On Sunday, take your time getting in, but make it to the Creepy Creeps at 2:45. This should be interesting -- watching them in midday sunshine -- and you maybe need a beer before, or after... or both. After that, your day just might be over. But if it's not, hit up either the Blues stage or the Worldbeat stage for some pleasant sounds. Oh, and the Beat Farmers play at 4:30.






Read all about the Street Fair turning 30 in the UT. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/22/adams-ave-street-fair-turns-30-bang/

Remember there is no parking on Adams after midnight tonight. And parking will be scarce tomorrow and Sunday, so ride. your. bike. We will give you 10% off if you do, as always.

One last thing: City Beat's "best of" issue is coming out and you could vote for us, 
if you were so inclined:
http://survey-sdcitybeat.wehaaserver.com


But hey, totally up to you. And that's all folks.

PROGRESSIVE KEG : FRIDAY, SEPT 16

PROGRESSIVE KEG? We just tapped the cask of H24 2xIPA and it's not ready to be served. So, instead of serving it today we're gonna save it and do a Progressive Keg of Green Flash 30th St. That's right, get a full .5L of 30th for $2 til 2pm, $3 til 3pm and $4 til it's gone. Starts at 11:30am.

Looking Ahead

This Friday's Lunch Cask will be AleSmith IPA. Get here early. Cask starts at 11:30am and will be $2 til 2pm and then $3 til 3pm—if it lasts that long.

This Saturday Tumbleweeds Odd Shop opens up down the Avenue from us. Check out their event page and maybe we'll see you there.

DrinkAbout is on the 21st this month and it might just include a special stop. More info soon.

Bike the Boulevard is on the 17th.

The Adams Avenue Street Fair is the 24th and 25th of September and the line-up is actually AWESOME. We are so pleasantly shocked, we can't even tell you. It is mayhem around these parts during this weekend, but fun, air-conditioned (inside BLAH, and we got it tuned up so it's working better now) mayhem. Bands making an appearance include (but are not limited to) Dengue Fever, a weird Beat Farmers reunion, El Vez, Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanza, Arthur Adams, Cedric Burnside Project, local faves The Creepy Creeps, The Bedbreakers, Black Hondo, The Amandas and more!

BLAHKTOBERFEST is coming.

Win a Bike! Get a Glass! Drink Beer!

Oops, wrong order. Should be: Drink a beer, (potentially) get a glass, (maybe) win a bike!

In honor of Labor Day weekend, which is fast approaching, we are honoring the hardest working beer in the business: LAGERS. (The working man's beer, sort of. It's a stretch, but roll with it.) This is how we are honoring: we are serving them up in fancy glasses that we will give away to the first lucky people to visit during those times (give us a minute) and we are giving away, as in a RAFFLE (or we think the legal term is OPPORTUNITY DRAW) to win a very cool TRUMER PILS URBAN CRUISER (with seven speeds!) As in a bike! It's hanging in BLAH right now! This is a lot of exclamation points!

So starting this evening, you can get a raffle ticket (nee, opportunity draw ticket) for $1 or your wingspan worth of tickets for a $20. The draw will go all the way to the end o' Sunday night when we pick a ticket from the box and voila! That lucky person will get the bike. You need not be present to win.

But wait! There is more!

On Friday we will open with our classic $2 progressive cask (this week's cask is Sierra's Cask-Aid, get it? Cascade hops, it's a cask, we are full of puns around here) and then at 5pm we will break out the first GLASS GIVEAWAY of the weekend. What will it be? Trumer Pils, of course. And with each purchase of a Trumer, you get 2 tickets for the raffle. And the first 90 people or so get to keep the glass.

Then on Saturday, we open with ANOTHER GLASS GIVEAWAY. The beer? Avery Joe's Pils. We have a limited supply of Avery glasses to give away right at 11:30 am when we open, per person please, as supplies last, and no, you don't get a free raffle ticket with that beer. That's a mouthful. But wait, there is even more...

On Sunday we will have our final GLASS GIVEAWAY of the holiday weekend: Prima Pils from Victory. Same rules apply, one per, as supplies last. We open at 11:30 and that's when we bring out the glasses.

Then on Monday, when we said we'd be open and showing some cool movie, well, we lied. We decided to close. So enjoy your Monday Labor Day celebrations... elsewhere.

Bye bye, August... Hello, September. 

$2 HANGAR 24 CASK : THE ENGLISH BEAT

Tonight we tap our keg of Alpine's delicious Exponential Hoppiness! Come one, come all. This is a tasty beer and particularly delicious on our clean, short beer lines. We open at 5pm!

Then tomorrow, Wednesday, August 10, it's USA vs. Mexico!
Soccer, of course. We think this international friendly starts at 6pm. It will be on. 

Friday's Progressive Cask: Hangar 24 Amarillo Pale Ale
$2 till 2pm!

Saturday is Aventinus Day-we will have their Eisbock and Weizenstarkbier. We have a couple dozen giant gorgeous glasses to give away for the latter. First come and buy, first get, and when they are gone, they are gone. We open at Saturday 11:30 in the morning.

Music Movie Miho Monday: English Beat Live at Rockpalast, circa 1980!
With the sound on loud.  Mondays are super fun- our kitchen is closed, but Miho GastroTruck is parked outside serving their delicious food. Our bar is open and friendly. This is a great night to come out early. FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Hops, The Jam, $2 Cask and Eggplant!

Hop Lovers Unite!
Thursday August 4th is IPA Day!
A beer blogger has deemed it so and plenty of people are jumping on the train because, well, why the heck not? We will have plenty of them on from Pliny to Ranger to maybe a few offerings from FirestoneWalker and beyond. Perhaps even a flight (watch Facebook for up to the minute updates.)
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Friday's Progressive Cask: Firestone Walker Pale 31
$2 till 2pm!

And then next Monday (Aug 8)... scooter on over...
Music Movie Miho Monday: The Jam
We've got live concert footage of The Jam as well as their music video collection. All with the sound on loud.  Mondays are super fun- our kitchen is closed, but Miho GastroTruck is parked outside serving their delicious food. Our bar is open and friendly. 
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

August 15th will be an all SKA night.

Then on Wednesday, August 10, it's USA vs. Mexico!
Soccer, of course. We think this international friendly starts at 6pm. It will be on.

In Food News...
Eggplant is being smoked in house for a pizza, Chino corn is being roasted for another pizza, tomatoes are in all their glory on the Caprese, and the Padrons from Suzie's haven't quite hit their hottest yet. Yep, it's Summer! Enjoy it... 

...but drink and drive responsibly. Just as a final note, a business, a tree and one of our beloved employees were all hit by a drunk driver this week. That's three different drunk drivers on Adams Ave. Barberside is reopened for business, the tree not so much, and our employee, who was on his bike, will heal up in a few weeks-all bad, but it all could have been so much worse.  Beer is great, we ascribe to that tenet wholeheartedly, but when you drink it (and other libations we don't trade in), you got to not drive.

MIHO MUSIC MONDAY with WHITE STRIPES

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
The White Stripes
"Under Great White Northern Lights"
MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST
DOORS OPEN AT 5PM

LAST TIME WE SHOWED THIS ONE OVER 200 PEOPLE SHOWED UP!

THE FILM:
In the summer of 2007, shortly after the release of their 6th album Icky Thump, The White Stripes headed north of their hometown of Detroit to embark on an ambitious journey across ...Canada. The plan was to play a show in every province and territory in Canada, from B.C. to Newfoundland to Nunavut. “Having never done a tour of Canada, Meg and I thought it was high time to go whole hog…from the ocean to the permafrost” says Jack White. “We wanted to play out of the way towns that don’t usually get shows…the shows are better, it’s better for the people, it’s a better experience, it’s way more unique, something interesting is going to happen…hopefully.”

THE TRAILER:
http://www.youtube.com/wat​ch?v=eYGt3i1DjFA&feature=f​vwrel

WHITE STRIPE FLIGHTS

RED
1) Framboise
2) Echt Kriek
WHITE
3) Allagash White
4) Taps Belgian White
BLACK
5) H24 Rye IPA
6) Maui Imperial Coconut Stout

FACEBOOK EVENT
CLICK HERE

(Bar only. Food available by MIHO from 6-8pm)

Doors open at 5pm
DVD starts at 8pm
MIHO will be here from 6-8pm

This Week at BLAH

BACK IN BLACK
Monday, July 25TH, 5pm-Close
As part of our "BLAH'S MIHO MUSIC MONDAYS," we are celebrating the 31st Anniversary of AC/DC's Back in Black and will be featuring Back in Black IPA Flights, AC/DC "Family Jewels" DVD at 8pm and more.

LOVELIKEBEER DINNER
Tuesday, July 26th, 5-10pm
Chef Aaron LaMonica will cook a multi-course pairings meal. And get this, he's gonna do it all vegan! That's right! His vegan options at our standard beer dinners have been so well received that we're getting together with LOVELIKEBEER to do a special vegan beer pairings night. Menu details will be posted soon.
• Exclusive, one-night-only menu featuring creative vegan dishes
• Artful beer pairings for each dish
• Special release from Automatic Brewing Company
• No cover charge, no prix fixe menu, come/go/order as you please
• 15% of sales benefit San Diego Animal Rescue
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

FRIDAY LUNCH CASK
Starting at 11:30am. $2 til 2pm.
Friday, July 29th Stone IPA w/ Admiral Hops
Upcoming casks: Firstone Walker Pale 31, GreenFlash 30th St., New English Troopers Tipple....

What's happening?

FRIDAY LUNCH CASK
$2 til 2pm, $3 til 3pm
This week's cask is Stone Ruination w/ Simcoe Hops
Starts at 11:30am.
(Next week will be a double dry hopped IPA from Hangar 24)

BEERS FOR BOOKS
Sunday, July 17th, 11:30am-Close
15% of the days sales will be donated to Room to Read.
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
Sunday, July 17th, 10:30am
The US Women's Soccer team has made it to the World Cup Final for the first time since 1999. We're going to open our doors at 10:30am to get ready for an 11:00am kickoff. On the BIG screen with sound!

BLAH'S MIHO MUSIC MONDAYS
During the summer we're opening (kinda) on Mondays. The bar will be open, MIHO Gastrotruck will be here and we will feature a different music DVD each week.
Doors Open at 5pm
MIHO Gastrotruck from 6pm-8:30pm
DVD at 8pm
Check us out on facebook for featured music info.
7/18 Wilco "Ashes of American Flag"
7/25 AC/DC "Family Jewels"
Check out the facebook event page for more info and film trailers...
FACEBOOK EVENT

TOUR DE FRANCE
EVERY NIGHT @ 9:00PM
These are the big stages WE are looking forward to:
First Hills - Thursday, July 14
Summit Finish - Friday, July 15
Highest Finish in Tour History - Thursday, July 21
The Infamous Alpe-da Huez - Friday, July 22
Individual Time Trial - ouch - Saturday, July 23
Paris Champs-Elysses - Sunday, July 24

DrinkAbout
Wednesday, July 20th, 7-11pm
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BELGIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Thursday, July 21st
Lots of Belgian beers and Frites.
Rough beer list: Ommegang Aphrodite (Brewed for Independence Day), Duvel single, La Chouffe, Hennepin, Foret, Avec Les Bons Voeux, Chimay, Houblon Chouffe and more

BACK IN BLACK
Monday, July 25TH, 5pm-Close
As part of our "BLAH'S MIHO MUSIC MONDAYS," we are celebrating the 31st Anniversary of AC/DC's Back in Black and will be featuring Back in Black IPA Flights, AC/DC "Family Jewels" DVD at 8pm and more.

LOVELIKEBEER DINNER
Tuesday, July 26th, 5-10pm
Chef Aaron LaMonica will cook a multi-course pairings meal. And get this, he's gonna do it all vegan! That's right! His vegan options at our standard beer dinners have been so well received that we're getting together with LOVELIKEBEER to do a special vegan beer pairings night. Menu details will be posted soon.
• Exclusive, one-night-only menu featuring creative vegan dishes
• Artful beer pairings for each dish
• Special release from Automatic Brewing Company
• No cover charge, no prix fixe menu, come/go/order as you please
• 15% of sales benefit San Diego Animal Rescue
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Beers for Books at BLAH

Blind Lady Ale House is hosting the next Beers for Books event on Sunday, July 17th from 11:30AM to midnight! For each beer or menu item you buy, Blind Lady Ale House will donate 15% of the proceeds to Room to Read to support children's education! The more beers you buy, the more books you will donate through Room to Read.

In addition, we will have great raffle prizes in the afternoon. Come and enjoy a beer with the Room to Read volunteers, and support children's education and literacy!

More info on the Facebook Event Page

MIHO MUSIC MONDAYS

Starting on Monday, July 11th we will be teaming up with MIHO Gatstrotruck to present MIHO MUSIC MONDAYS. Every Monday night through the summer we will feature a different classic concert film. This weeks feature will be the Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense." Classic!

(Bar only. Food available by MIHO from 6-8pm)

Doors open at 5pm
Movies starts at 8pm
MIHO will be here from 6-8pm

Facebook Event Page

CityBeat Beer Club 3rd Year Anniversary

San Diego CityBeat Beer Club - 3 Year Anniversary Beer Tasting

Monday, June 20, 2011
7pm - 11pm
$35 BUY TICKETS

Two 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 3rd anniversary at BLAH tasting 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 our members will be able to attend this one, so get your tickets before they are sold out.

BEER LIST UPDATE: 

The Hop Head Flight:
Stone IPA
Lagunitas IPA
Ballast Point IPA
Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA
Green Flash WestCoast IPA
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

The Fade-to-Black Flight:
New Belgium Mothership Wit
Victory Prima Pils
Alpine Nelson IPA
Maui Coconut Porter
New English Special Brown Ale
AleSmith Speedway Coffee Imperial Stout

The Funky "Belgian" Flight:
Craftsman Biere de Blanco
Greenflash Summer Saison
Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial Belgian Strong Ale
Ommegang Hennepin Saison
New Belgium La Folie Sour Brown Ale
Russian River Consecration  Barrel-aged w/ Currants, Sour Ale

FATHERS DAY BLIND IPA CHALLENGE

FATHER'S DAY BLIND IPA CHALLENGE
Sunday, June 19th is Father's Day and that is the event wherein we serve you a flight of IPAs and you tell us which are which. It's harder than it appears!  You may win a prize! We are a great place to bring Dad, but you already knew that. We may also have Bloody Beers... maybe. USA should be in the Quarter-Final of the Gold cup at NOON. Keep yer fingers crossed.

Automatic, SOURminiFEST, Gold Cup Soccer

AUTOMATIC CASKoDAY

Starting on Tuesday the 14th, and continuing each day until Saturday, we will tap one new cask of the new Automatic Tanzanian Devil. This is a coffee mild made with Tanzanian beans roasted by locals The West Bean. It's only 3.6% alcohol. We will be serving this on the beer engine only! And NO growlers... just .4 pours for $5.50 until it's all gone. Yep, that's every day when they doors open until it's gone. Tuesday at 5pm, Wednesday at 11:30am, Thursday at 5pm, Friday at 11:30am (it'll be the progressive cask) and one last time Saturday at 11:30am.

WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME SOURminiFEST
Wednesday, June 15th we will open for lunch at 11:30 am and feature a mini sour fest! The beers are as follows... 

• Lost Abbey Red Poppy

• Russian River Supplication

• Russian River Consecration

• Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial

• Rodenbach Grand Cru

• Dogfish Head Festina Peche

• New Belgium La Folie

• New Belgium Le Terrior

Plus maybe a few more. We'll be serving flights of some of these beers as well as full-servings of each individual beer. Admission is of course free and participation is optional...our regular beer menu is available.

The National Homebrewer's Conference is sponsoring a 30th Street Bus that day and they still have tickets available to the public. Interested? Go to this link and scroll down about half way down the page for more info.

DRINKABOUT
Drinkabout is also the same day as our sour mini fest! Woo hoo!

FATHER'S DAY BLIND IPA CHALLENGE
Sunday, June 19th is Father's Day and that is the event wherein we serve you a flight of IPAs and you tell us which are which. It's harder than it appears!  You may win a prize! We are a great place to bring Dad, but you already knew that. We may also have Bloody Beers... maybe. USA should be in the Quarter-Final of the Gold cup at 2:30pm. Keep yer fingers crossed.

CITY BEAT 3rd ANNIVERSARY BEER CLUB
And finally we are hosting City Beat's Beer Club's 3rd Anniversary party on Monday, June 20th. Indulge in two flights of six five oz. tasters and a buffet of pizza alongside fellow CB Beer Folk. Tickets are limited and you can buy yours here.  No, you don't have to be a CB Beer Club member to attend. You just need to love beer.

GOLD CUP 2011 at BLAH

We will be showing the following games on the big screen:
USA vs GUADELOUPE June 14, Tues @ 6pmQUATER-FINALS June 18, Sat @ TBA
QUATER-FINALS June 19, Sun @ 2:30pm (Father's Day)

SEMI-FINALS  June 22 @ 6:30pm
FINAL June 25, Sat @ 5:30pm

Gold Cup, Gnomegang, MIHO

 So much going on... let's dive right in.

GOLD CUP 2011 at BLAH
We will be showing the following games on the big screen:

USA vs CANADA June 7, Tues @ 5pm  (WIN)
USA vs PANAMA June 11, Sat @ 5pm
USA vs GUADELOUPE June 14, Tues @ 6pm
QUATER-FINALS June 18, Sat @ TBA
QUATER-FINALS June 19, Sun @ 2:30pm
SEMI-FINALS  June 22 @ 6:30pm
FINAL June 25, Sat @ 5:30pm

HANGAR 24 FRIDAY
This Friday, June 10 starting at 11:30am the Progressive Cask ($2 til 2pm, $3-3pm, etc.) will be Bloody Double IPA Cask from Hangar 24 (brewed with blood oranges)  + we will have H24 Flights. This is one of our favorites breweries, come see why with a sampling of their most popular beers. 

Oh, and Chef Aaron LaMonica will be at the Lodge for the Beer Hall event, which is the SD Beer preview.

GNOME-E-GANG!
On Saturday, June 11, starting at 11:30 am, we will have the new Ommegang & La Chouffe collaboration with a limited amount of keeper glasses. It's a Belgian style strong that comes in at 9.5% and fermented with Chouffe yeast in the primary and finished with Ommegang yeast. We will also have a few of their other beers on as well.

MIHO MONDAY is BACK
But just this (MIHO) Monday, June 13 because it's a Kick Off of their 1-year anniversary and the 1st 50 MIHO customers get a keeper pint! So to be clear, our kitchen will be closed, MIHO will be parked out front and our bar will be open open open.

This Weekend at BLAH

GOLD CUP 2011 at BLAH

WE WILL BE SHOWING THE FOLLOWING GAMES:
MEXICO vs EL SALVADOR June 5, Sun @ 5PM
USA vs CANADA June 7, Tues @ 5pm
USA vs PANAMA June 11, Sat @ 5pm
USA vs GUADELOUPE June 14, Tues @ 6pm
QUATER-FINALS June 18 @ TBA
QUATER-FINALS June 19 @ TBA
SEMI-FINALS  June 22 @ TBA
FINAL June 25, Saturday @ 6pm

This Friday & Saturday

 

THURSDAY 

9/49 Random Act w/ Automatic Brewing Co Insider Belgian Cream Ale. Beer will be available by the glass an in growlers while supplies last.

FRIDAY 

Cask is Stone Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla Bean

$2 til 2pm $3 til 3pm starts at 11:30am

SATURDAY 

UEFA Champions League Final doors open at 10:30am

Bruery Flights start at 2pm

SUNDAY

Pints for Prostates DrinkAbout bus from 1-5pm

Grand Teton Flights all day. 

Thanks to TapHunter for the write up...

TapHunter.com’s American Craft Beer Week blogging series continues with an in-depth look at brewer Lee Chase’s efforts to raise the beer bar (part 1 and 2 here). Above: Chase writing up his beer offering for the first in a series of coffee beers by Automatic Brewing. More on Chase’s coffee series and what we can expect to drink by summer time, below.

 
Artisan pizza pies from Blind Lady Ale House decorate the cover of this month’s San Diego Magazine, the perfect snack to accompany Candace Woo’s Critic’s Pick for ‘Best Craft Beer Selection’ in town. BLAH’s curated selection of craft beers from around the world to those small batches made in-house represent brewer Lee Chase’s dedication to quality, a relevant concern as San Diego breweries and pubs grow in numbers. Curious to find out more on Chase’s quest to raise the beer bar, TapHunter.com asked a few questions exploring BLAH’s involvement with the Honest Pint Project, the quest for clean beer, and an expansion for Automatic Brewing Company debuting this summer.
TapHunter: What did you learn at Stone Brewing Company that you still put to use and think about in your endeavors at Blind Lady and/or Automatic Brewing Co?
Chase: Undoubtedly, I learned a ton from my years working at Stone: We grew the brewery from 0-55,000 barrels of beer per year over the 9+ years I was there. However, a lot of that growth was applying what I’d learned from studying Malting & Brewing Science at UC Davis. Read More...

Monday Movies with MIHO

MAY 23

PEDAL-DRIVEN 

w/ BRING THE RIDING TO THE PEOPLE
DOORS OPEN: 6PM • SCREENING: 7PM
MIHO Gastrotruck: 6-8PM
BAR CLOSES: 11PM  

Non-profit documentary explores conflict surrounding mountain bikers on public lands.

The one hour documentary examines the long-standing confrontation between mountain bikers and federal land management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service over bikers’ rights and access to public lands. “Our primary theme here revolves around sustainability,” said writer/director Jamie Howell. “Mountain biking is exploding around the world. We will have to find new, cooperative approaches that both allow it as a legitimate use and manage it in a way that prevents the destruction of our precious and limited natural spaces.”
We will also be showing the short film "Bring the Riding to the People"
www.bringtheriding.elasticlab.com

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MAY 30   

We will be CLOSED on Memorial Day!!!!!!!

Cinco de Mammas Day Weekend

It's the 5th of June and we're business as usual. Oh, but we do have the best House Made Chorizo and Soyrizo Pizzas in town.

This Friday's cask is Firestone Walker's Pale 31. Should be delicious on cask. We open for lunch at 11:30 and the cask will be $2 'til 2pm, then $3 'til 3pm (if it lasts that long).

This Saturday night is Night on Adams. There will be bands, art, music, drink specials and all sorts of things happening on Adams. Check out the Facebook Event Page or OnAdams.com for more info.

To keep up on all of our event, make sure to click here to sign up for our email list.

Oh, and Sunday is Mother's Day. While everywhere else will be offering expensive brunches and booked with reservations, Blind Lady will be open doing our normal thing. 'Cuz not all momma's want champagne and roses and chocolates. Some just want pizza & beer and to not have to clean up.

ART AT BLAH : THIS MONDAY

International Rescue Committee Beer Tasting

SOLD OUT

The International Rescue Committee Beer Tasting Benefit for Japan
Monday, April 25, 2011
6pm - 11pm
$35
Beer Tasting will include two flights (or four beers) and the food tasting will include nibbles and noshes galore. You see, we've called on our friends to donate beer and food and so far so great. There are terrific raffle prizes and we will unveil the all-new Automatic Quartz Japan IPA which was made by Lee and Cy Henley of Alpine, from brewing materials donated by Alpine Brewery and Home Brew Mart. A little about that beer: 7% alcohol, made with 12% rice in the grist and Nelson hops. Cy and Lee intended to put ginger in the beer but found the hops character just too impressive.All monies from tickets and raffles will go to International Relief Committee's fund for Japan. For more info on IRC check out their website here.

Tickets are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets. We will release more great information as it comes in but get your tickets now, we are selling only 150 tickets. Should be  great time for an even greater cause.

SOLD OUT

UPDATE 4/22

RAFFLE PRIZES
Slow Food Porchetta Dinner Tix
Clem's Bottle House box of beers
$50 Neighborhood Bar
$50 Craft and Commerce
AleSmith 5 22oz bottles, t-shirts, pub glasses
Cantina Mayahuel $50, t-shirt, glass
Spy Optic 3 pair sunglasses
Lost Abbey 3 bottles, 2 glasses
B Well Acupuncture Tx
Air Condition Lounge GC
$100 TUK
$25 Adams Ave bookstore
$25 Kensington Pet Supply
Mariposa gift cards
$25 Proprietor's Reserve
Pizza Port $50, shirt, cookbook, mug
CalCoast Bike GC
Sea Rocket GC
Pet Me Please
AA Bikes GC
Kensington Cafe GC
Niko's Market Belgian Beers
Ponce's GC
Pilgrimage of the Heart GC
Hamilton's Tavern Gift Pack
Dirty Dog Pet Wash GC
El Zarape GC?
Bruery Black Tuesday 750ml
Random Rare/Interesting/Tasty Bottles

BEER
alpine nelson and captain stout
pizza port carlsbad chronic and jetty ipa
new english why not wheat and brewers special brown and troopers tipple ipa
alesmith lil devil and old numbskull
green flash 30th st and double stout
lost abbey devotion and red barn
coronado orange ave wit and india ipa
mission blond and hefe
ballast point double dorado and sea monster stout
automatic quartz japan ipa
craftsman 4 cylinder and cabernale

UPCOMING
Friday Lunch Cask - $2 Cask Beer Starting at 11:30
Dining Out For Life - Thursday, April 28th
Maui Meet The Brewer - Friday, April 29th
Month of Mondays in May - Bar open every Monday in May - Details coming soon.
Carnivores + Destructores - Monday, May 2nd
Night on Adams - Saturday, May 7th
Pints for Prostates DrinkAbout - Sunday, May 29, 1pm - 5pm

SOLD OUT

Yep, That's Right!

It's a BIG BIKE WEEKEND - the Custom Bike Show and the Gran Fondo are both in town - and you know we love bikes. Bring your proof of entry to either event and get a special $3 beer o' the day and a $5 Margherita pizza! Carb load!

And as always we've got the awesome SD Bike Commuters Discount - show up on your bike and get 10% off. But this week only, we are upping it to 15% off for the whole weekend.

Paris Roubaix is one of the most prestigious races in cycling. Winning it has changed the lives of many cyclists. Watch  The Hell of the North  Sunday @ 4pm at BLAH! Ride your bike and save 15% on food and drink.

Friday's PROGRESSIVE CASK is Firestone's Union Jack. From 11:30am until 2pm, the cask of the day will be just $2. Then $3 'til 3pm and so on. But we will confess, last week's was kaput before pretty quick. And of course, there is lunch! Next week is Tax Day and so we are having a W2 dollar cask special. More to come.

There was only ONE person (who doesn't work here) that got all 6 beers correct for our Big Bland Blind Beer Challenge and that is... Catie Getches. Congrats. She won $100 gift card. Catie, you know your crappy beers!

This weekend is the City Beat Festival of Beers on Saturday, April 9th. It's sold out... wah wah. We will be bringing the Automatic Coffee Rain. Hope to see you there. But if not, remember, BLAH is open and serving lunch and 20+ beers on tap (and with no entry fee.)

We mentioned this before, but Automatic has a new beer brewing in collaboration with Cy Henley (of Alpine.) It was made with mostly donated goods and the proceeds are going to go to the Japanese Relief efforts. Monday, April 25th we are going to have a ticketed charity event. Food, fun, raffles, auctions growlers and more. Stay tuned to Facebook and Twitter for details. ** Oh, and we are looking for services, gift cards, items, etc. for the auction event so if you wanna help, drop us a note. **

We've got a bunch of movies, art and other events cooking, hope to share all that with you next week. Thanks to everyone for the support. We feel the love. Hope to see you soon.  Cheers,
Blind Lady Ale House Staff

Friday, April 8th

Progressive Cask

Firestone Walker - Union Jack

$2 til 2pm

$3 til 3pm

$4 til 4pm

$5 til 5pm

(WARNING: THIS PROBABLY WON'T LAST PAST 3PM)

BBBTC RESULTS

Here's the order of the beers in the
Big Bland Blind Tasting Challenge flight:

1) Miller High Life
2) Bud Light
...3) 1-yr-old PBR
4) Coors Light
5) Miller Lite
6) Pacifico

WINNER(S) WILL BE CONTACTED VIA EMAIL

This Week at BLAH

 

As of April 1st—no joke—we will be opening at 11:30am on Fridays.