What’s Tapping (3/28)

Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find additional info or purchase the beers online. For more details regarding release/tapping dates, times and locations, consult the official website or social-media accounts of the brewing companies listed.

And keep scrolling for Bottlecraft staffers’ recommendations about beers they are excited about that can be found at their bottle shop locations in North Park, Little Italy, Point Loma and Oceanside!

• 3 Punk Ales Brewing (Chula Vista, Little Italy): The Murph: A Tailgate Session IPA, 4.9%
• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Stratusfaction Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Northern Pine Brewing)
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Raising Banners Red Lager, 5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Cool for the Spring Non-alcoholic Cold IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Trailblazer Non-alcoholic Helles-style Lager, < 0.5%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Misty Step Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Medusa Imperial Milk Stout, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Tropicus Blood Orange Pale Ale, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Saazall Pilsner, 5%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Flower Fields IPA, 7.1%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Rolling Oats Oatmeal Stout, 5.9%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): These Boots Hazy IPA, 6.3%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Humble Imperial IPA, 9.3%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Up in Da Club West Coast IPA, 6.3%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Small-batch Strawberry Watermelon Hard Cider, 5.8%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Non-alcoholic West Coast Hoppy Seltzer, 0%
• Culver Beer Co. (Carlsbad): Street Walker West Coast American IPA, 7.2%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): DankZilla Dank IPA, 7.7%

• East Village Brewing (East Village): Ballpark Special American Lager, 5.2%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Lights Out German-style Schwarzbier, 5.3%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): It Would Behoove You Hibiscus-Ginger Saison, 6.5%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Thank You for Your Cerveza Mexican-style Lager, 4.7%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Throat Punch Extra Tart Fruited Sour w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava, 5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Hazy with a Chance of Citra Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Lilikoi Sour Ale, 6%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoner Moment IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): The Dorsty Lion Belgian-style Golden Strong Ale, 9.1%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Slammin SD Hazy IPA, 7.1%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): El Gato Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Hazy Talk Hazy IPA, 6%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Reaper Pale Ale w/ Chili Peppers, 5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, San Marcos, Carlsbad): The Godfather Italian-style Pilsner (collaboration w/ Societe Brewing)
• Lightning Brewery (Poway): Uber Hazy Hazy IPA
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Ocean Beach, Downtown, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Fair Point Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Ocean Beach, Downtown, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Good to Go IPA, 6.8%
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Viva Kölsch Vegas Kolsch, 4.%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Terp Down for What Hazy IPA, 7.8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Belgian Blonde Ale, 6.8%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Eye on the Ball American Pale Ale, 6.1%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Art is Hard Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Kiwi to Bogey New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Lil-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): You Know, For Science Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Equilibrium Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Idealistic Future Juicy IPA, 6%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Time Trap New Zealand-style IPA, 6.2%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Unfiltered Cold Session IPA, 5.8%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): First Green is Gold Oak Barrel-aged Golden Flanders-style Ale w/ Plum, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Fruition Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Last Dance with Lady Jane Double Bourbon Barrel-aged Arctic Ale, 13.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Chaotic Sunshine Tangerine Dreamsicle Tart Ale, 5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): A Different Corner Raspberry & Mango Tart Ale, 5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Gleaming West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% (collaboration w/ BLAH Brewing)
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): In the Mood Czech-style Amber Lager, 5.4%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): He’s Makin Them at Night Rye IPA
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown): Down the Rabbit Hole Golden Stout w/ Lactose, Coffee, Chocolate, Mushrooms & Strawberry, 9%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): In Search of Lost Time II Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hoppy Lager fermented w/ WLP009 Australian Ale Yeast, 5.4%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hoppy Lager fermented w/ WLP830 German Lager Yeast, 5.3%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Tabberer IPA fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Yeast, 6.8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Tabberer IPA fermented w/ WLP001 Dry California Ale Yeast, 7.1%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Resident No-No Joe | West Coast Double IPA (8.206%): Oho, there goes No-no Joe! Joe needs no intro – not just any old schmoe. This beer isn’t so-so – it could go toe-to-toe with any other in toto. Will be here and gone like a yo-yo, so don’t move in slo-mo (no FOMO though). For both bohos and bozos (that’s a low blow), enjoy this oh so cold IPA before it goes the way of the dodo.

Moonlight Pale Dry Lager | Helles Lager (4.8%): The triumphant return of Pale Dry Lager to San Diego! Upon Moonlight’s debut in town last April, this beer arrived alongside core offerings Reality Czeck and Death & Taxes – and crucially, was a new recipe altogether, even for drinkers up in Northern California. Pale Dry Lager is a pitch-perfect biscuity Helles, bready and clean, with impressive head retention. The foam cascades downwards into the liquid seconds after the pour off the draft-line (like pulling a shot of espresso) before forming a solid layer atop thereafter, eventually settling in like a comfy easy chair. The lace curtains on the edge of the glass bring the metaphor full circle.

de Garde The Vanille Kriek | Cherry Vanilla Sour (6.5%): In advance of Bottlecraft hosting Zwanze Day – an immense honor! – at the Little Italy location next month, de Garde was generous enough to offer us some off-list bottles for our shelves. The Vanille Kriek is a costal Oregonian spontaneously fermented sour ale aged up for two years in oak, followed by a spell of conditioning on vanilla beans and both Montmorency & Morello cherries. The resulting beer pours a deep crimson purple with mesmerizing pink foam lingering like the whipped cream on an ice-cream sundae.

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