What’s Tapping (12/19)

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): Handgeplukte Kriek (collaboration w/ O’Brien’s Pub)
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Dark XMAS Winter Warmer, 8.5%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Sol Mosaic IPA, 7%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Moscow “Mule” Cocktail-inspired Non-alcoholic Beer, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Coco Ono Hazy IPA w/ Coconut & Pineapple, 6%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Birra Feliccia Pale Lager, 4.8%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Cash Money IPA, 7.1%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Daywalker Red Ale, 6.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Medusa Imperial Milk Stout w/ Cacao, Maple & Coconut, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Nightfall Dark Mexican-style Lager, 5% (collaboration w/ Relentless Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Trouble Maker IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): DDH Juice Press Double Dry-hopped Double Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Into the Dank Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Dreamland Double Hazy IPA, 5.3%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Pineapple Session IPA, 
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Autumn Smoked Saison, 5.6%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Not-So-Austere Abbot Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 6.6%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Wallonian Shadows Belgian-style Dark Ale, 4.7%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Thermal Runway Rye IPA, 6.8%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Pint of Soul New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7%

• East Village Brewing (East Village): Freehike West Coast Double IPA, 8.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Sun Don’t Shine Imperial Stout, 10.2%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Bad Lizzie West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just Like Jazz West Coast Pilsner, 5% (collaboration w/ pFriem Family Brewers) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just Two Things…Citra & Strata Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): A Permanent Case of Senioritis West Coast Double IPA, 85% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Shift Swap West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Amalgam Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Coconut Cream Pie Petite Pastry Stout w/ Coconut, Vanilla, Graham Cracker & Cocoa, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Golden Gai Experimental Lager, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Marionberty Pie Sour Ale, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Waves West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Hazy Be Thy Name Unfiltered West Coast IPA, 5.5%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Smile Now Cry Later Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Itza Brewing (Ocean Beach): Suomi Finnish-style Rye Lager, 4.2%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Stout de Olla Imperial Stout w/ Cacao, Vanilla, Coffee & Cinnamon, 9.5%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): 4.5.0 Ukrainian Golden Ale, 5%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Barrel-aged Christmas Ale Belgian-style Dark Strong Ale, 10%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Brew for Ukraine Imperial Stout, 8.9%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Hazezoose Hazy IPA, 6.9%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Family Trees West Coast IPA, 6.5%

• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Four Seasons Bourbon Barrel-aged ‘Smores Imperial Stout
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Jackson Farms Fresh Hop IPA, 7%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Kiwi New Zealand-hopped Pilsner, 5.1%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Project X Spirit Animal Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): R&D Pilsner, 5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Brewers Special Brown Ale, 6.6%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Humbly Legit West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Nanstop Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing, Fidens Brewing, Green Cheek Beer Co. & Troon Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): The Real Dog Dads of Hopewell: Season 2 Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 9.5% (collaboration w/ Troon Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Dream Collector Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Down by the River Cold IPA, 6%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Prairie Wolf American Light Lager, 4.3%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Dawntrail West Coast IPA, 7.3%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Wheat’s My Age Again? Wheat Ale w/ Pomegranate & Blood Orange, 5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): All Bets Are Off West Coast Pale Ale, 5.4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): The Fuzz Coffee Stout, 6.7%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): One Beer Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Vanilla & Nutmeg, 13%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Australian-style Pacific Ale fermented w/ WLP041 Pacific Ale Yeast(collaboration w/ Cerveceria Wendlant)
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Australian-style Pacific Ale fermented w/ WLP067 Coastal Haze Ale Yeast(collaboration w/ Cerveceria Wendlant)

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

ISM 1SM | West Coast Double IPA (8.6%): Few breweries have debuted in Southern California in recent memory with as much momentum as ISM. Ian McCall was already well-known in Long Beach and Huntington Beach for his work at Beachwood Brewing and Riip Beer Co. (respectively), cooking up stellar West Coast IPAs for the coastal communities. Marking a full year in operation at the original Beachwood location in downtown Long Beach, this self-referential beer is the Platonic ideal of a West Coast Double IPA. Loaded with Citra, Mosaic, Nelson Cryo, Riwaka Cryo and Simcoe, it is an unabashed celebration of hops in all forms. Cheers to Ian and his crew!

Mahrs Bräu Ungespundet | Kellerbier (5.2%): Unlike professional sports teams, breweries do not tend to move cities (let alone continents) very frequently. It was thus all too noteworthy when Mahrs Bräu relocated from its Franconian hometown of Bamberg to Los Angeles not long ago. Maintaining its longtime focus upon lagers brewed to the specifications of the Reinheitsgebot, the new incarnation of Mahrs has debuted in our market with core “U” – as in “Ungespundet”, i.e. unfiltered. This bready Kellerbier has healthy carbonation and the appetizing quality of fresh-baked bread. Prost!

Scaldis Noël | Belgian Christmas Ale (12%): It is that time of the year when our shelves are bedecked with holiday ales from Belgium. These delightful winter seasonals invariably marry expressive yeast with dark candi sugar (a non-malt source), resulting in enormous ABV (alcohol-by-volume) quotients. Brasserie Dubuisson has one of the most iconic examples of this family of beers with Scaldis Noël, boasting caramelized malt along with all the other elements. Huge aromas of sugarplums, figs and dates leap out of the glass, followed by a warming sensation in the drinker’s chest upon the first sip. Vrolijk Kerstfeest / Joyeaux Noël!

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