UP & RUNNING...AGAIN

The brewery is back up & running and beers are on the way.

First up... Zipees IPA and Something Light.

Enjoy.

Upgrades & Updates

Upgrades...

Our brew system has been down for a few weeks while we make upgrades. The negative: A lack of Automatic beers on the taps at Blind Lady & Tiger!Tiger!. The positive: A more efficient brew system will allow us to brew more often and more faster. That's awesome.

Updates...

Two new batches are in the fermenters. More to come.

The future is almost here

JOIN THE GENERIC GROWLER MOVEMENT TODAY!

http://www.californiacraftbeer.com/advocacy/

Governor Signs CCBA Bill into Law!
Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law AB 647, the CCBA sponsored bill authored by Assemblymember Wes Chesbro. This bill makes three separate changes to the state statute (we're mostly interested in the 1st change):

Amends the definition of beer manufacturer
Changes the regulations regarding the labeling of refilled growlers
Allows regional guilds and the CCBA to sample beer at association and guild meetings.

Below are the details of these changes. More information can also be found on our web site.

1) The CCBA supports current labeling law that requires a brewery to “obscure” information from another brewery on a container before refilling and selling it. We believe it is important that when a consumer takes home a container of beer that the container (growler, bottle or keg) be accurately labeled with the name of the brewery and the beer inside the container. In some cases, breweries were simply putting a growler into a brown paper bag to “obscure” the previous label and then putting their label on the bag to meet the current requirements. When the consumer walked out the door, they would often take the growler out of the bag, and the growler was then improperly labeled. The growler was labeled as being from Brewery A, but had beer in it from Brewery B. If you were Brewery A, you now had your growler with your name on it with beer in it from another brewery. The ABC had no way to enforce this under current statute. AB 647 adds simple language to B&P code section 25200(c), which states that the previous label must be completely obscured in a manner “not readily removable by the consumer….” Additionally, some breweries were obscuring the name of the previous brewery but not the logo or text from the previous brewery. AB 647 adds that “any information concerning any beer previously packaged in the container, including the information regarding the manufacturer and bottler of such beer, or any associated trademarks must be removed, or completely obscured.” Please read the CCBA Growler Clarification for complete details and best practices on growler refills.

PICK UP YOUR GENERIC DRAUGHT BEER GROWLER AT

TIGER!TIGER OR BLIND LADY ALE HOUSE TODAY!

Generic Draught Beer Growlers are refillable at

these file locations.

PLANKS FOR LOOKING & SDBW

SDBW

AUTOMATIC BREWING CO RELEASES & EVENTS

GHOST TOWN BROWN = HALLOWEEN AT BLAH & TIGER!TIGER!

A GOOD (RED OR) AMBER = FRIDAY, NOV 1ST AT BLAH & TIGER!TIGER!

AUTOMATIC TASTING EVENT = SATURDAY, NOV 2ND 6PM AT TIGER!TIGER!

LIMITED 24 PEOPLE. KEEPER GLASS. PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON.

KEEPER GLASS: 

First beer served in .5L Keeper Glass

BEERS: 

Flying Ace IPA, Super Duper, BossMan, Barrel-Aged The Darkest Thing from the beer engine. 

PLANKS FOR LOOKING / FLYING ACE IPA = SUNDAY, NOV 3RD AT BLAH

First 50 people to order a Flying Ace at 5pm will get a .5L Keeper Glass.

AUTOMATIC FLIGHTS = SATURDAY, NOV 10TH, ALL DAY AT BLAH

PassionFruitSuperDuper, A Good (red or) Amber, GhostTown, Boss mango, 

DarkHorse Coffee+Barrel-Aged Darkest Thing You Have

CHECK PLANKS FOR LOKING FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR DETAILS

Tiger!Tiger! 2nd Anniversary and beyond...

It's time for Tiger!Tiger!'s 2nd Anniversay and we're releasing beers like crazy...

Will Powered IPA "Big Cat Edition" to celebrate Tiger!Tiger!s 2nd Anniversary and to support Cancer for College. Out Now! Growlers $18. Pitchers $17. .5L $6

Tiger Feet Belgian-Inspired California Wheat Beer: This beer was brewed for T!T!'s 2nd Anniversary with the spirit of RFTC's  Tiger Feet Tonight dance explosion. This beer is cool, fruity and a party to go. Released 9/20/2013 @ 6pm Growlers $18. Pitchers $17. .5L $6
On Friday the 20th when you purchase a .5L of Tiger Feet you will get it in a T!T! 2nd Anniversary Keeper Glass. Limit 1 per person, please!!!

AutoBiersch Folks Fest: Collaboration w/ Doug Hasker of Gordon Biersch, twist on traditional folks fest (we just learned about those in beer class) brewed with west coast hops. Released Saturday 9/21/2013 Growlers $18. Pitchers $17. .5L $6. Available only at Tiger!Tiger!...for now.
On the 21st this will be served in collectable Oktigerfest steins for $18 with $8 refills all weekend long. Cheers.

Kurler Session IPA - Double Dry-Hop Session IPA w/ Simcoe/Cascade/Centennial. Released 9/27/2013? Growlers $18. Pitchers $17. .5L $6

Boss Man IIPA coming soon-ish. Well, it's in the tanks and needs some love.

....and don't forget Barrell-Aged Darkest Thing You Have every Sunday of September at Tiger!Tiger! paired with vegan coconut doughnuts. Damn!

August/September

Released yesterday: the latest Automatic Brewing Co beer to hit the taps of Blind Lady Ale House and Tiger!Tiger! Tavern is B.R.A.U.G.W.eisse, a 5.8% ABV Hefeweizen brewed as part of the new UCSD Extension Brewing Certificate Program. This was a collaboration with classmates who work at commercial breweries that are taking my class, and the name draws from those companies that contributed to its creation: Ballast Point, Refuge Brewing, Automatic Brewing, UCSD, Green Flash, & White Labs. 

Also new on-tap is the Automatic Gigantic SuperDuper, a Lactobacillus-Soured ale we brewed with Gigantic Brewing from Portland, Ore.  At 3.7%ABV, this wheat beer is refreshing, tart, and light.

And currently fermenting is a new Automatic Will Powered IPA (Big Cat Edition), the Oatmeal IPA brewed under the menacingly-strict commands of Will Ferrell. Brewed for the upcoming Cancer For College Fundraiser "The Comedy Explosion" featuring Will Ferrell and Special Guests (including Tenacious D!), this beer will help support the good work of Cancer For College, as well as quench the thirst of the shows performers. More info on the show here: http://sandiegotheatres.org/comedy-explosion 

In September, Tiger!Tiger! turns Two. We have a bunch of events lined up, including a new Anniversary Ale Release (Barrel-Aged Stout), a hoppy Oktoberfest-style Lager for Ok-TIGER-Fest (Brewed with Doug Hasker of Gordon Biersch), A Dogfish Head Event (including a tasting of 120Min IPA), and more! 

Hyphen-ator and Auto/Gigantic Collab

Automatic Hyphen-ator will be released today. The Hyphen-ator comes in at a low and refreshing 4.8%. It's a sea-salt-sour-mash-grapefruit-summer-quencher-kinda-thing and it's delicious. It's kinda pre-Reinheitsgebot German and kinda Farmhouse-y. It will be on sometime post 5pm at Blind Lady Ale House and it will be on at Tiger!Tiger! this weekend-ish. It will make an appearance at the Farm to Bay Food & Wine event at the Living Coast Discovery Center on Saturday evening paired with Chef Todd Renner's (from BLAH) and Chef Sharon Wilson's (Tiger!Tiger!) food. For more information about that, check out the website: http://www.thelivingcoast.org/food-and-wine/ The Automatic-Gigantic Collaboration beer might be ready not this weekend, but next and it's wild and sour and clean with a big hop aroma. More info on it's way. Maybe. There's still some Silver Arrow (100% Pilsner Malt, 100% Centennial Hops ) and Handlebar between BLAH & T!T!, but not much. Get it while you can. Bones Brown (Brewed with Organic Malt & Dark Horse Coffee) is on at both BLAH & Tiger!Tiger! New growlers will be arriving Thursday or Friday. Sorry about the wait.

2 NEW BEERS OUT NOW!

Two new hoppy beers will be hitting the taps at 

Blind Lady Ale House and Tiger!Tiger! starting this weekend.

HANDLEBAR Double IPA 9.1% 85 IBU

Brewed for or Ben Davidson's birthday. He loved DIPAs was big supporter of BLAH/Tiger/Automatic

3#BBL Dryhop of Simcoe & Cascade
GROWLERS: Available in 1L growlers only.

 

MUSTANG 15 IPA 6.6% 60 IBU

Single-Hopped IPA with Eldorado Hops with Tropical, Stone-fruit, and watermelon hard-candy notes.
GROWLERS: Available in 1L & 64oz growlers to go. 

Also on tap 

SAISON DE LYLA 5.6% 25 IBU

Saison de Lyla uses a unique yeast to give fruity/spicy character. 
It's unfiltered, light on the palate, with a crisp hop note & tropical finish.
Named after the amazing Lyla Chase.
GROWLERS: Available in 1L & 64oz growlers to go. 

 

BACK FROM PDX

We just got back from our trip to Portland Beer Week and we had a blast.

Christian and the crew at Hopworks treated us like kings.

Yoni at The Victory Bar rocked our world San Diego Style.

Can't wait to get back up north and do it all again.

PDX BEER WEEK

AutomaticBrewingCo will be at PDX Beer Week!

The Victory Bar: Friday from 4pm-7pm

We'll be there drinking with all the ex-San Diegans.

I Pity the Pale (Pale Ale brewed for Mr. T's birthday), Saison de Lyla and Hub-o-Matic - Tiger Tonic (Hopworks/Automatic Collaboration: Cascadian White Ale w/ Citra, Galaxy & Nelson Hops brewed w/ Passion Fruit, Pineapple & Mango)

 Hopworks Urban Brewery: Sunday from 4-7pm

We'll be there with the Hopworks crew signing forehead.

It's the release party for Hub-o-Matic - Tiger Tonic (Hopworks/Automatic Collaboration: Cascadian White Ale w/ Citra, Galaxy & Nelson Hops brewed w/ Passion Fruit, Pineapple & Mango). Also on tap from Automatic: I Pitty the Pale, Saison de Lyla and Sub-Agrestic Wheat.

I PITTY THE PALE

I PITTY THE PALE

100% Cascade Hops 100% Pilsner Malt w/ California Ale Yeast

On tap now at Blind Lady Ale House & Tiger!Tiger!

By the glass and in growlers to go.

FLIGHTS AT BLAH

 

3rd ANNIVERSARY FLIGHTS START TODAY

 

Three years ago (April 30, 2010) Automatic Brewing Co served it's very first beer that was brewed at Blind Lady Ale House. Some of you might remember tasting Chocolate Rain, too at the CityBeat Festival of Beer. It was an oatmeal stout brewed on a 2bbl "system" in the kitchen at BLAH soon after getting our license.

We'll be "celebrating" with some beers we've been squirreling away. Watch for a 6 beer flight at BLAH and a 3 beer flight at Tiger!Tiger!. Flights will start on Tuesday the 30th and hopefully pour all week long. We'll also be releasing two new beers to help celebrat. On Friday the 26th the plan is to release a new Wit and then on Tuesday the 30th watch for DRMO IPA hitting the taps. DRMO (Don't Run Me Over) IPA features tangerines we picked at Bailey's Farm in Valley Center.

Cheers to 3 years and plenty more beers!

3rd Anniversary Flights on tap at Blind Lady Ale House & Tiger!Tiger! starting at 5pm..

BLAH (all beers are flight only)
1-Big Vanilla Give Me 3 Belgian WitBier
2-Blacktagon Black Ale
3-Vanilla Blacktagon
4-Circa Stout
5-Dark Horse Coffee Circa Stout
6-Shark IPA

Tiger!Tiger! (all beers are flight only)
1-Pivot Pale Ale on the Beer Engine
2-Circa Stout
3-Big Vanilla Give Me 3 Belgian WitBier

BY THE GLASS & GROWLERS:
DRMO (Don't Run Me Over) Tangerine IPA
SubAgrestic Wheat
Give Me 3 Wit

Plus, limited edition 3rd Anniv shirts available at BLAH.

SHARK IPA

SHARK IPA

San Diego/Leipzig IPA with Simcoe & Citra Hops and a dash of Sea Salt. Dry-hopped, un-filtered, un-fined, & 100 naturally carbonated...effectively, the whole batch is “Tank-Conditioned” (like Bottle- or Cask-Conditioned).

7% ABV

.4L Willi $6

64oz Growlers $16

Release: 4/5/13 at Blind Lady Ale House & Tiger!Tiger!

THE BEER HUNTER

Wednesday, March 27th join us after work as we celebrate Michael Jackson - The Beer Hunter's birthday with an Automatic/Port collaboration beer brewed in honor of the late writer. We'll be watching 3 DVDs worth of "The Beer Hunter" and toasting with this special beer release.

3 YEARS OF AUTOMATIC

Tuesday, April 30th will mark 3 years since we served Chocolate Rain, Too for the first time. We'll be celebrating the date with a new version of the beer. Maybe with peanuts, maybe with something else. We'll also have plenty of other Automatic beers on tap along with some other fun stuff. More details to come.

SERIOUSEATS.COM HIGHLIGHTS FROM SFBW

It's awesome to be listed as one of Serious Eats highlights from SDBW. Read it here.

SAN FRANCISCO BEER WEEK

Blactagon 3 Ways at Celebrator 25th Anniversary Party.

 

Getting some help with the pump.

  

Vinnie helps himself to some Blactagon.

 

Automatic at Alembic is featured Happy Hour at SFBW.

Nice.

Staff at Monk's Kettle got into the shirts and beers.

Awesome afternoon. Awesome place.

NEW BEERS

New beers have been popping up a BLAH and Tiger!Tiger! each week.
Our Current Line-Up...
Peel Sessions - Pale Ale
Blactagon - Black Ale
Quadracycle - Belgian Golden (brewed for BLAH's 4th Anniversary)
Cape Townie - Pale Ale

And Released Today:
White Riot - Wit
Thank You Ma'am - Pink Wit (brewed for Brewbies and yes, it's PINK!)

SAN FRANCISCO BEER WEEK

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

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

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

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

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

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

BLAH 4th ANNIVERSARY

Mon, Jan 28th we'll kick of the BLAH 4th Anniversary events with our very first All Automatic Brewing Co, All Vegan Beer Dinner at Tiger!Tiger! Buy tickets here.
http://blahfourthannualbeerdinner.bpt.me/

Tuesday the 29th at 5pm we will release Automatic Quadracycle, a Belgian Strong brewed for Blind Lady's Anniversary.

Saturday, Feb 2nd Automatic Cape Townie will go on tap at BLAH & Tiger!Tiger! for our annual Cape Run and Townie Ride (buy tickets for the cape run here http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/319661). Watch for it possibly going on tap at at Live Wire & Toronado on Fri, Feb 1st. More info TBA.

Also, keep a look out for a Belgian Pink Wit for Port's Brewbies Fest.

SAN FRANCISCO BEER WEEK

AutomaticBrewingCo will be at San Francisco Beer Week Feb 15-17 with events at The Monk's Kettle on the 15th, Alembic on the 16th and at The Celebrator Beer News 25th Anniversary Party on the 17th. We'll be posting details soon.

PEEL SESSIONS

Peel Sessions
Pale Ale brewed with Orange Peels and Sea Salt
Growlers $16  
ABV 5.8%  
Pour Size .4L Willi   
Price $5.50   
Release Date 01/18/13
On tap at Blind Lady Ale House & Tiger!Tiger!

Released 1/18/13: Orange Peel Pale Ale 5.8% ABV, 35IBU,  brewed with Organic Malt, Centennial Hops for bittering, Orange Peel for Aroma & Flavor...and sea salt for general satisfaction & mouth-fullness.  Hoppy, Citrus-y, and Session-able, while still being 5.8%.  Filled 16x50L kegs, and 4x30L kegs.

BLACKTAGON

Blacktagon Black Ale
.4L Willi/ $5.50
5.5%
$16 Growler

Released 1/11/13This beer is Black Ale made with Midnight Wheat (tm), a black Wheat Malt (as opposed to Barley Malt) which adds a clean, light roasted character that comes across as Chocolate more than Roasty or Coffee-like.  While this isnt a hoppy beer, it isn’t really sweet either. It’s balanced, dark, dry, and fairly “sessionable” at 5.5%Abv. Almost like a German Schwartzbier (Black Lager), but Schwarzbier would be a lager, and this is an Ale.

86% organic.

BLIND LADY 4TH ANNIVERSARY BREW