What’s Tapping (10/31)

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!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Czech-style Pilsner, 4.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Tropical Party Tricks West Coast IPA w/ Mango, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Sawmill Steam California Common, 5.1%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista, Temecula): Black Currant Crush Sour Ale, 5.9%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Dia de los Deftones Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 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 Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Los Hermanos Mexican-style Lager, 4.2%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Panic at the Nunnery Belgian-style Tripel, 9.4%
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): 3rd Block from the Sun Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): OB Pause Hazy Double IPA, 8.1%
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Hoppin’ with Homies Cold IPA (collaboration w/ Artifex Brewing)
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Oatmeal Stout, 4.6%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Deck the Hops Double IPA, 8%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Platypug Belgian-style Amber Ale, 7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Sour on Love Berliner-style Weisse Guava & Mango Edition, 5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, North Park): Catching Nelson Hazy IPA, 7%
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, East Village): 8th Anniversary West Coast IPA, 7%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar): Capital of Craft West Coast IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Black Plague Brewing, BLAH Brewing, Hodad’s Brewing, Hopnonymous Brewing & Ketch Brewing)
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Chaos Division Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Alpine to the Boulevard West Coast IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Bred Ones Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Saison Spritz WP Tart Saison w/ Chardonnay & Peaches, 5% (collaboration w/ Homage Brewing)

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Adjust For Inflation West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Float Like Leaves Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Spooky!…Scary!…Oooooooohhhh! West Coast IPA, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Vuh-Dnt Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Verdant Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Fres Hop IPA, 7%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Active Session IPA, 4.4%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Basic Batch Blonde Ale, 6.2%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Red Rover Amber Ale, 5.4%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Capital of Craft West Coast IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Black Plague Brewing, BLAH Brewing, Fall Brewing, Hodad’s Brewing, Hopnonymous Brewing & Ketch Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Fractal Visions West Coast IPA, 7%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Murky Poetry Hazy IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Pure Project Brewing)
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Midwatch Coffee Milk Stout, 6%
• The Lost Abbey Brewing (Vista, San Marcos, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, East Village): Merry Taj Double IPA, 8.5%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista): Citra Claws Hazy Double IPA, 7.9%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista): Light the Lamp Lager, 4.5%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista): Peach Apricot Fruit Bomb Kettle-sour Ale, 5.7%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista): Pink Guava Fruit Bomb Kettle-sour Ale, 5.7%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Baker’z Dozen West Coast IPA, 7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Dankland West Ghost Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Ghost Town Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Ghost Park Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Ghost Town Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Mt. Jasper Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.4% (collaboration w/ Cellarmaker Brewing & Fidens Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Daybreak Cold IPA, 6.3%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Harrier Hoppy Lager, 5.5%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Seven Year Beer Extra Pale Ale, 5.1% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Little Bear Session IPA, 4.5%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Ruca Bear Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Santa’s Little Helper Imperial Stout, 10%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Aventura Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): No Veo Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Rebirth West Coast IPA, 6.4%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Known Anomaly Murky Quadrupel IPA, 13% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Liquid Allusion Murky IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Karl Strauss Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Hop H2O Hop-infused Water, 0%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown, Chula Vista): Holden’s Virtu Rye Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Almond Butter, Maple Syrup & Vanilla, 10.8%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Deceptacon West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Pink Boots Pale Ale, 5.2%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Lemon Hard Seltzer, 5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Belgian-style Tripel w/ Citrus & Coriander (collaboration with QUAFF Homebrew Club)
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): San Diego Double IPA, 7.8%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Accelerated Progress West Coast Pilsner, 5.4%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Fancy Clown Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Red-narok Buckwheat Honey Red Ale, 5.1%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): NP Haze Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Odd Strategy Harvest IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Nickel Beer Co.)

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Great Notion / Living Haus Little Haus of Horrors | Hazy Double IPA (9%): Feed me, Seymour! Inspired by the horror comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors, the 1986 film version of which features a rogue’s gallery of talent, this hazy double IPA from Great Notion is a collab with fellow Oregonians Living Haus Beer Co. With El Dorado, Nelson and Strata in the mix, alongside the curious Phantasm product that has dusted many IPAs of late, this beer is as dank and green as the carnivorous plant Audrey II.

Great Notion Evil Red | Tart Red Ale (8.1%): All right you primitive screw-heads, listen up! With one of the more macabre labels to grace our shelves of late, Evil Red pays homage to the Sam Raimi trilogy of Evil Dead films. With a cornucopia of fruits (apple, apricot, guava, passionfruit, pineapple and tangerine) all blended into purée, expect a veritable crimson vortex of flavors. Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart…oh, and Bottlecraft!

White Labs FrankenStout | Imperial Stout (9.6%): We are truly lucky here in San Diego to have White Labs in town. The Miramar company helps supply many of your favorite homebrewers and craft breweries alike with healthy, vibrant yeast for their creations. It is rare to see their beers available outside of their tasting room, but this Halloween release is a welcome exception. Boasting 96 (!) different strains in one mega-blend, this imperial stout is as formidable and imposing as Boris Karloff. Like the monster itself, this beer knows not why it was summoned to life…now we must accept its existence on our shelves.

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