What’s Tapping (4/13/23)

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. 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): Boom Bap Juice Vol. 3 Double Dry-hopped Juicy IPA, 7.1%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Currently Trending Cold IPA, 7.3%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Mount Crushmore Helles-style Lager, 5.2%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Barrel-aged Speedway Stout: Coconut Vanilla Edition, 13.2%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Mango Picante Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy, Morena): Smokepoint Bamberg-style Rauchbier, 7.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy, Morena): Toss Up IPA, 7.8%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): All IPAz On Me West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): G. Pilz German-style Pilsner, 5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Skeleton Krew California Pilsner, 5% (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Beer & Tacos)
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Innerbloom Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Reclaim the Sea IPA, 6.5%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Ezy RYEder Hazy Rye Double IPA, 7.7%
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Creeps Peanut Butter & Marshmallow Smoothie Sour Ale, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Bruja Bruin Oud Bruin, 6%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Make Mai Day Maibock, 7%
• Duck Foot Beer Co. (Miramar, Leucadia): Zombie Beer Slushies, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Pregame Unfiltered IPA, 6.7%

• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, La Jolla): Festbier, 6%
• Groundswell Brewing (Grantville, Chula Vista): Pinchi Rey Imperial Piloncillo Brown Ale, 7.2%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Got Tegridy Rye San Diego IPA, 7.1%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Slammin’ San Diego Hazy IPA, 7%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Apricot Amber Ale, 7%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Muddy Water Black IPA, 6%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): New Years Pale Brut-style Pale Ale, 5%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Mega Devil’s Teeth: Mexican Hot Chocolate Extra Spicy Edition Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Cocoa, Vanilla & Chiles, 13.5%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Trend Laser Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): So Cal Dreamin Ube West Coast IPA, 7%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Friends & Neighbors Vienna-style Lager, 5.3%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Galactic Simulation Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• Plan 9 Alehouse (Escondido): Positive Mental Radness IPA, 6.9%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solan Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Nevertheless Double IPA, 8%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solan Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Shaka West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Fremont Brewing)

• Poor House Brewing (North Park): 30HOP West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Quantum Creamin’ Cream Ale, 5%
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Singularity Oatmeal Stout, 6.4%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Chasing Citra Unfiltered IPA, 6.4%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Choppy Surf Czech-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Carmel Mountain Ranch, North Park): Just Add Plants West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Absolut Altitude Hazy Triple IPA, 10.3%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): North of Stoked New Zealand-hopped Pilsner, 4.6%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): Side By Side IPA, 6% (collaboration w/ MOVA Brewing)
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): How Original English-style Dark Mild Ale, 3.9% (collaboration w/ Mason Ale Works)
• Thorn Brewing (Barrio Logan, Mission Hills, North Park): North Park After Dark Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• WestBrew (Vista, East Village): Double Header Double IPA, 8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Cold IPA fermented w/ WLP008 East Coast Ale Yeast, 6.6%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Cold IPA fermented w/ WLP802 Czech Budejovice Lager Yeast, 7%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast, 7.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP077 Tropicale Yeast Blend, 7.6%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Rice Lager fermented w/ WLP830 German Lager Yeast, 4.8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Rice Lager fermented w/ WLP885 Zurich Lager Yeast, 4.7%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Cellarmaker Cloudy With A Chance Of Dobis | Hazy IPA (6.8%): A direct reference to the children’s literature classic, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by married couple, Judi and Ron Barrett, this is one entry within the wildly popular Dobis series by Cellarmaker Brewing. Each beer with “Dobis” in the title will assuredly feature Citra hops, and a lot of them. The can art for this particular hazy IPA depicts pineapple raining from the sky over the Bay Bridge connecting the San Francisco skyline and the environs of the East Bay. One final Easter egg of note: atop the packaging date on the underside of the can reads “CITRA PETRICHOR”. Who could ask for anything more?

Wayfinder Glass Dolls | Italian-style Pilsner (4.5%): The popularity of the Italian pilsner shows no sign of letting up momentum, now brewed far and wide beyond the ur-edition by Birrificio Italiano north of Milan. Leaning heavily on continental hop varietals to emphasize herbal, spicy and grassy notes in aroma, the style has proven especially popular here on the West Coast. Wayfinder Beer’s latest foray into the intersection of “lager” and “dry-hopping” sees an intriguing dynamic duo of varietals: Ariana (a new one from the Hüll hop-breeding institute) and Sládek (a cross between Saaz and Northern Brewer with lineage dating back decades). Crisp, snappy and delectable for our latest bout of gorgeous springtime weather.

The Rare Barrel Nowhere To Go | White Peach Sour Ale (7.9%): Long ago, brewers and drinkers ascertained that acidity in beer can be tempered by the addition of fruits high in natural sugars. Stone fruit in all forms provide an ideal foil for sharpness or astringency, or otherwise undesirably low pH. Nowhere to Go leans hard into this line of thinking, with almost two tons of Summer Sweet white peaches going into this 2021 vintage. Stay put and enjoy!

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