What’s Tapping (8/8)

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): Danking It Easy Dry-hopped Pilsner, 5.6%
• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Still Alive! Double Dry-hopped Imperial Red Ale, 8.5%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Lime Sour Ale
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Paloma Grapefruit
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Voyager English-style Ale, 6% 
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): Shark Bait New Zealand-hopped Pale Ale, 5.9% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Deftones Bored Blueberry Wheat Ale, 4.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Olde Ways American Light Lager, 4.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Stay Chill Gluten-reduced Blonde Ale, 4.8%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Frodo, Don’t Wear the Ring New Zealand-hopped Pale Ale, 5.1% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Rewind Triple IPA, 10%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos, Oceanside): Surfliner West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Dark, Light & Scrummy English-style Dark Mild Ale, 3%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Grateful Deft Kellerbier, 6.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): There is No “I” in Deft Malt-forward Saison, 5.5%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Kazbek Czech-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Parr Rd West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Tangerine Hazy Pale Ale, 5% (collaboration w/ Seaborn Cocktails)
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Unruly Jetpack Hazy Pale Ale, 5.8%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Black Cherry Shine Hard Seltzer, 7.5%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Blackberry Shine Hard Seltzer w/ Lemon, 7.5%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Buko Pandan Haze Hazy IPA w/ Coconut, 6.4%

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Ain’t Getting Any Deader California IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Guava in Berlin Berliner-style Weisse, 3.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Inspired by Choices Session IPA, 4.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just Two Things…Citra & HBC 586 Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): What Good Curves Can You Throw? West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): When It Doesn’t Make Sense on Paper Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Fine Print Sour IPA w/ Pineapple, 6.5% (collaboration w/ San Diego Beer News)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stanky Dank Double IPA, 8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoner Moment IPA, 7%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Locos Only West Coast IPA, 6%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Port of Coffee English-style Porter, 5.8% (San Diego Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Radder Santa Bourbon Barrel-aged Winter Warmer, 11%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Sweet Chinook Music West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Swag Chain American Blond Ale, 4.8%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Pitted Peach Gose, 4.7%
• The Lost Abbey Brewing (Vista, San Marcos, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, East Village): Wit Bier Belgian-style Wheat Ale w/Orange & Coriander, 5%
• Mason Ale Works: Maximum Effort Hazy Double IPA, 8.1%
• Mason Ale Works: Weapon X Hazy IPA, 7%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Wild Child West Coast Double IPA, 8.4%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Wizards Wand West Coast IPA, 6.7%

• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Monster Tones Maple, Apple Brandy & Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 14%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): MT11 Unfiltered West Coast IPA, 8.2%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): 2020 Red Wine Barrel-aged North Star Belgian-style Tripel
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Death Ray Double IPA, 8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Dead As A Doornail Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Free Stylin’ ’24 Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Friends & Neighbors Vienna-style Lager, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): C.O.O. (Chief Owl Officer) Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Prohibition Brewing (Vista): Dragonfruit Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Gone Wanderin’ Murky IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Tavern Tenant Pub Ale, 5.4%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Triple Dust Murky Triple IPA, 10.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Rouleur Brewing (Carlsbad): Bunny Hop 8 Rotating Hop IPA w/ ADHA 1624, 6.3%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Fortune German-style Pilsner, 4.8%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Castle in the Water Hard Seltzer w/ Lemon, Lime & Coconut, 5%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Culture Cats IPA, 6.2% (collaboration w/ Mountain Culture Beer Co.)
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Hammerhead West Coast IPA, 7.8%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

This week, San Diego Beer News turns four years old, thus also marking four years of this column! A huge thank you to all of our readers near and far. Accordingly, all three beers featured this week are collaborative efforts:

Everywhere / Mcilhenney Deep Roots | West Coast IPA (6.9%): Hot on the heels of their second anniversary celebrations, Everywhere Beer has a collab with Alpine’s very own Mcilhenney Brewing on offer! Deep Roots is a West Coast IPA generously hopped with the unorthodox combination of Chinook and Nelson, leading to aromas of green grapes, lowland marshes and a hint of diesel. Know your roots!

Cellarmaker / Highland Park Timbo Pils | Hoppy Pilsner (5.8%): Timbo needs no introduction ‒ a lager so beloved that it now has an entire week devoted to it! The calling-card of Highland Park Brewery and a towering achievement, Timbo is the intersection of lagering technique and top-notch hops. Mosaic and Citra take the lead, with a snappy and judiciously bitter finish. Each year, HPB invites a number of their brewery friends and colleagues to try their hand at the recipe ‒ Cellarmaker is a repeat guest at the table. These cans landed on a pallet on Monday the 5th and aren’t getting any fresher! This beer is available at all of Bottlecraft’s San Diego locations.

Bottle Logic / Mostra Coffee FOCOCOMO | Barrel-aged Coffee Coconut Imperial Stout (14%): Did you taste Fundamental Observation ‒ landing on last week’s pick-list ‒ and feel that it deserved a round of coffee and coconut on top of all that vanilla? We have just the beer for you. Joining forces with lauded San Diego roaster Mostra Coffee, FOCOCOMO adds heaps of toasted coconut and Philippine Heritage Microlot coffee for an even more intense sensory experience. As both of these ingredients tend to fade quickly, this is a barrel-aged stout that needs no slumber in your beer cellar. Enjoy it sooner rather than later!

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