Blind Lady

3rd Anniversary Get Off Yer Ass Events

2012-01-29T20:38:00.000-08:00

BLAH 3RD ANNIV TOWNIE RIDE

1ST ANNUAL 5K BEER FUN w/ CAPES

THREE YEARS OF BEING BLAH

2012-01-26T09:48:00.000-08:00

THANKS FOR 3 BEERFULL YEARS.

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

3rd Anniversary Week

2012-01-23T14:54:00.000-08:00

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.

2012-01-18T13:56:00.000-08:00

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.

When Craft Beer Goes Bad: A Guide to Refusing a Beer

2012-01-05T11:25:00.000-08:00

Just read this article and it speaks volumes to why at BLAH and Tiger!Tiger! we have short lines (direct draw) & clean them in between every beer change, we use only stainless steel draught parts, taste every keg before serving, return bad kegs before they reach your glass, rinse glassware with filtered water, serve honest pours, and encourage our staff to constantly educate themselves on beer styles and flavors. It's also why we gladly serve tasters. All these things allow us to serve beer the way the brewer intended. Cheers.

Read: When Craft Beer Goes Bad: A Guide to Refusing a Beer

This week at BLAH

2012-01-02T10:47:00.000-08:00

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT BLAH

2011-12-31T00:19:00.001-08:00

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

2011-12-31T00:18:00.000-08:00

2ND ANNUAL BELGIAN NEW YEAR'S

We will close BLAH at 10pm.

This Weekend at BLAH

2011-12-22T19:40:00.001-08:00

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

2011-12-17T14:56:00.000-08:00

Tiger!Tiger!, BLAH and the Holidays

2011-11-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-29T11:24:00.000-08:00

The SchWINer is...

2011-11-15T19:03:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

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.~~

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

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.

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....

2011-11-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

More info coming soon. Calm.

Duvel Art Glass Night

2011-10-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-11T22:13:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-09-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-05T09:03:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-09-03T11:21:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-08T22:29:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-08-03T10:38:00.000-07:00

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.
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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

2011-07-30T21:17:00.000-07:00

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/watch?v=eYGt3i1DjFA&feature=fvwrel

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

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(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

2011-07-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

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
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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....