What’s Tapping (4/18)

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!

• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Hop-Nip Double Dry-hopped Cold IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Almanac Beer Co.)
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Biscuits & Gravy Double Hazy IPA, 8.5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Can We Be Friends West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Fall Brewing)
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Czech Your Citra Hoppy Pilsner, 5.1%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Immovable Force IPA, 7.2%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Barometer Drop Baltic-style Porter, 8.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): German-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): Sun Diego Sour Series: POG Berliner-style Weisse w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava, 6.4%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Copper Dragon Extra Special Bitter, 5.4%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Goldleaf’s Lament IPA, 6.9%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Black Plague “Exclusive” West Coast IPA, 7%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Norse Swell Unfiltered IPA w/ Kviek Yeast, 5.8%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Dreamer Deceiver Hazy IPA, 7%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Hopmata San Diego IPA, 7%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Old Moon Madness Irish-style Stout, 4%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Earth to Beer West Coast Pale Ale, 6%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos, Oceanside): Sad Cowboy West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Sour Cherry Berliner-style Weisse, 4%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft de Garde Biere de Garde, 7.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft Season: Spring Springtime Saison, 6.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): DeftHopt Feusion American-ish IPA, 6.1%

• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Piña Colada Beer Slushie, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Hoppy Travels Hazy IPA, 6.9%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Brain Wash Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Ube Haze Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoned in Paradise Hop-hazed Tropical Session IPA, 4.2%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoner Moment IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Pet Viper Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Prey Brewing)
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Foam Ranger Double IPA, 8%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Red Rye Ale, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Elevation 5353 India Pale Lager, 6.5%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Juniper Flats Sahti w/ Juniper, 8.2% (collaboration w/ Smoking Cannon Brewery)
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): PCT Panacea Double IPA, 8.2%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Wizards Wand West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Pipe Dreams West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Modem Tones: Pastryboi Edition Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Coconut, Coffee, Cocoa, Vanilla, Peanut, Hazelnut & Almond, 13.2%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Perpetual Sunshine Blonde Ale w/ Tangerine, 4.4%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Tiempos de Fortuna Cold IPA w/ Agave & Lime, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Cerveza Fortuna)
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Witman Can’t Jump Belgian-style Wit, 5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Peach Sour Berliner-style Weisse w/ Peach, 5.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Pure & Simple IPA, 6.5%

• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Filthy Paws Brown Porter, 6.2%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): In Bloom Spring Vienna-style Lager, 5.6%
• 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): Fiestaveza Mexican-style Lager, 4.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Molten Phenix Nitro Chocolate Stout, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Ulterior Modems Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): OG Tropics Hazy IPA, 7%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Soo Breezy West Coast Pale Ale, 5.4% (collaboration w/ TapRoom Beer Co.)
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad, Imperial Beach): Southbound & Down West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Been Awhile West Coast IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Beer & Tacos)
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Forbidden Beach IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Ghost Town Brewing)
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Roll the Bones Double West Coast IPA, 8.4%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Bonsai – Beech West Coast Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Citra Spree Murky IPA, 6.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Phoenix Vanilla Cream Ale, 4.9%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Pickle Me Starr Pickle Pilsner, 4%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Starr German-style Pilsner, 4.6%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Sematary Gates Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Fall Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Cold Summer West Coast Pilsner, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Varietal Beer Co.)
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Soo Breezy West Coast Pale Ale, 5.4% (collaboration w/ The Original 40 Brewing)
• Three Frogs Beer Co. (Santee): AJ IPA, 7%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Beachwood Melrose | West Coast IPA (7.1%): Do you enjoy flagship IPAs such as Just Outstanding by Kern River or Duet by Alpine? Then whether you realize it or not, you appreciate the incredible hop combination of Simcoe and Amarillo (the “Duet” in question)! Simcoe brings pine-tree resins and cattiness, while Amarillo gives off wild orange aromas, making for a beautiful dyad. Melrose by Beachwood also utilizes these two varietals, augmented by a touch of “honey” malt atop the 2-row to balance the unabashed bitterness.

Solaris / Highland Park Oh Earth! Oh Sun! | Helles Lager (4.7%): Marking the debut of Solaris Brewing at Bottlecraft North Park is this elegantly delicate collaboration with Highland Park Brewing. Gently hopped with Saphir for a faintly citric overtone, this pale lager is immensely refreshing. Saphir (= sapphire) is one of the many varietals developed at the Hopfenforschungszentrum (Hops Research Center) in Hüll, smack dab in the Hallertau growing region of Bavaria. We received a number of other beers from Solaris out of Murrieta on this inaugural drop, so swing on by to taste their wares!

Brasserie de la Senne / Cantillon Wadesda #9 | Tripel / Lambic Cuvée (8%): It would be remiss of me not to mention the new arrival from Brasserie de la Senne, the great common denominator of Brussels. Fanatical about whole-cone hops, de la Senne is best known for Taras Boulba, a low-ABV hoppy blonde named after the titular Gogol character. Having teamed up with Brasserie Cantillon in the past, this beer is something of a command performance – a Tripel blended with true lambic. Cantillon has generously and graciously selected Bottlecraft Little Italy as one host of Zwanze Day 2024 this Saturday the 20th – in the runup to that honored occasion, give this one a whirl to awaken your taste-buds!

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