San Diego Beer Events June 9th– June 15th

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If you know of anything that isn’t on the events calendar, please email events@sandiegobeerblog.com to get it added.  Not all of the beer events happening in a given week make it on the list below, I pick one or two per day to avoid information overload. Make sure to check out the Events page or the calendar below this post for all the week’s events. As always, events are subject to change, check with the venue putting on the event before hand for more details.

Thursday June 9th:

Stop by AleSmith for a special preview cask of Summer YuleSmith, it’s only a ‘pin’ (smaller than a firkin) so stop by early if you’re interested in trying it. AleSmith is open today from 2-7pm.

Friday June 10th:

This Friday kicks off the San Diego Beer Week Preview Weekend with the Beer Hall at The Lodge at Torrey Pines. It’s $65 per person for beer and food pairings from some of San Diego’s best breweries and restaurants in an amazing venue.

Friday is also the release of Treasure Chest, a Belgian Pale Ale from Green Flash with proceeds benefiting Chicks for Beer. It’s only available in 12oz bottles and only sold by the case at the Green Flash tasting room

Saturday June 11th:

Second Saturday at Hamilton’s Tavern hosts Coronado Brewing Company this month. They’ll have plenty of great beers including the newish Black Ops (Black IPA) and Frogs Breath IPA, as well as the Blue Bridge Coffee Stout which I’ve heard good things about. The food theme this month is Baja Fish Fest.

Sunday June 12th:

The Sierra Nevada beer dinner at O’Brien’s Pub is almost sold out, so hurry if you’re still looking for tickets.

Homebrew Mart/Ballast Point will be teaching a homebrew class at their Linda Vista location. If you’ve never homebrewed before (or even if you have) learning to brew with some of the pros will be sure to teach you some tips on making great beer.

Monday June 13th:

As always Monday night means $3 local pint night at Toronado.

MIHO Gastrotruck will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary at Blind Lady Ale House from 6-8pm with a pint glass giveaway for the first 50 customers.

Tuesday June 14th:

Automatic Brewing Co. kicks off their CASKoDAY at Blind Lady Ale House with a new cask of Tanzanian Devil, a 3.6% ABV coffee mild. They’ll be tapping a new cask every day until Saturday.

Wednesday June 15th:

With the National Homebrewers Conference in town this upcoming weekend there’s sure to be plenty of events going on. Wednesday seems to be the kick off with all sorts of options.

AleSmith will be releasing bottles of their 2008 Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout and 2009 Barrel-Aged Decadence at noon. Tickets which will allow bottle purchases must be picked up at 8:30am.

Blind Lady Ale House is doing a Mini Sour Fest with plenty of great stuff on draft including Lost Abbey Red Poppy and Russian River Consecration and more. They’ll open for lunch at 11:30am.

It’s also the monthly DrinkAbout with plenty going on at all the various area bars, be sure to check the calendar below for all the details.

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Church Ale House and Restaurant a Proposal from the Owners of Neighborhood and El Camino

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Arsalun Tafazoli, church ale house and restaurant, cortez hill, Mauricio Couturier, san diego beer hall

Update: Whether Church Ale House will ever become a reality or not is uncertain, but James Hebert at Sign on San Diego is reporting that CCDC has recommended this project move forward out of the four proposals they looked at.

First let me start off by saying that Church Ale House may never become a reality, at this point it’s one of four proposals for what to do with the building at 1620 Sixth Ave. in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of Downtown San Diego.

The proposal comes from Arsalun Tafazoli (Neighborhood) and Mauricio Couturier (El Camino) and would convert the chapel “into a European style beer hall and locally sourced restaurant”. There are a few more details about what Church Ale House would be like if selected to move forward in the proposal which you can read here, but not a whole lot more information.

Church Ale House would be tucked away in a corner of downtown that currently has very little craft beer presence. Neighborhood and the emerging East Village craft beer bars are about a mile south of the proposed location with Little Italy and it’s few craft beer focused  business about half a mile to the west.

Church Ale House faces stiff competition from the other three proposals, an art gallery and exhibition space, a space for art and architecture forums, and another church themed restaurant from the owner of Candelas Restaurant downtown. This blog post at San Diego CityBeat has more info about the building as well as links to all of the proposals.

Even if Church Ale House never becomes a reality it seems to show that Tafazoli and Couturier are actively looking to expand craft beer downtown.

See below for a few renderings and the floor plan from the Church Ale House proposal.