What’s Tapping (3/30/23)

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!

• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Orange Schwarzbier Non-alcoholic Black Lager w/ Orange, < 0.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Yerba Mate Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Broken Bells West Coast IPA, 7%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Love Boat Belgian-style IPA, 7%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Saazall Single-hop Pilsner w/ Saaz, 4.6%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Sapparu Light Rice Lager w/ Tea, 5.5%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Sapparu Dark Stout w/ Chicory Coffee, 7.2%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): What’s the Matter with You Southern Hemisphere-hopped IPA, 7.2%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): White Sage IPA, 7.7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Fit for Queens IPA, 6.8%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Tier One Pale Ale, 5.3%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Fools Gold Cold IPA, 6%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Habeerneros IPA w/ Habanero, 6.7%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Watermelon Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): Citra Smash Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): Creekside Pale Ale, 5.4%
• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): Cucumber Ginger Hard Seltzer, 6%

• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): Frank & Stein Märzen, 5.8%
• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): Walkabout New England-style IPA, 6.2%
• Double Peak Brewing (San Marcos): White Peach Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 6%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): DankZilla Dank-hopped IPA, 7.7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): POG Beer Slushie w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Tripel Play Belgian-style Tripel, 9.5%
• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): Devil’s Right Hand Amber Lager, 4.8%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Double Dare Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Movement Brewing)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Galaxy Rye IPA, 6.4%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Man! I Feel Like a Sour! Sour Ale w/ Passionfruit, Tangerine & Banana, 7%
• Laguna Beer Co. (Vista): Opening Day Hazy IPA 
• Laguna Beer Co. (Vista): Reset West Coast IPA, 7%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma): Elemental Magic Maple-Bourbon Barrel-aged Sour Red All w/ Persimmon, 5.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Pure & Simple West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Blood Sweat & Orage IPA, 6.8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Art Is Hard Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Bird Park Bohemian-style Pilsner, 4.7%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Sorta Mostly Dead Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Smoke Show Black IPA, 6.9%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Breakline Bock, 6.7%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Carmel Mountain Ranch, North Park): Just Add Plants West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Absolute Altitude Hazy Triple IPA, 10.3%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): To Explore West Coast IPA, 7%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Flashback Time IPA, 7.2%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): One Batch Dispatch – Stone Pucky Fuzzer Berliner-style Weisse w/ Peach, 8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): How Original English-style Dark Mild Ale, 3.9% (collaboration w/ Mason Ale Works)
• Voodoo Child Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Yokai Dark Japanese-style Lager, 5.3%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Pink Boots Saison fermented w/ WLP565 Belgian Saison I Ale Yeast, 5.6%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Pink Boots Saison fermented w/ WLP590 French Saison Ale Yeast, 6%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Sierretta IPA fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Yeast, 6.3%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Sierretta IPA fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast, 6.8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Spring Lager fermented w/ WLP840 American Lager Yeast, 5.1%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Spring Lager fermented w/ WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast, 5%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

All of this week’s picks are special releases from Los Angeles and Orange County breweries, not to be widely found in San Diego.

Highland Park High 9 DDH DIPA | Hazy Double IPA (8%): In honor of Highland Park Brewery’s ninth anniversary, they cooked up a triad of beers for very limited distribution, and this is one of them! Headquartered in the eponymous L.A. neighborhood, but with a fantastic satellite production facility and taproom on the outskirts of Chinatown, HPB has set a new bar for Angelenos since its 2014 debut. This double IPA is translucent and concentrated, with Citra Cryo, Mosaic Cryo, Strata and newcome HBC 1019. The lattermost is a new experimental varietal, a collaborative effort between the Hop Breeding Company and Yakima Chief Hops, and one that’s sure to receive a name soon. Cheers to Highland Park for nine years of achievements!

Everywhere Deep Breaths | Czech-style Pilsner (4.6%): Everywhere Beer is a new operation out of Orange, the seat of Orange County. Early tap takeovers at Bottlecraft Long Beach and North Park Beer Co. alerted us that they were a new talent to watch! Deep Breaths utilizes floor-malted Bohemian barley and Saaz hops, a classic formula that needs little tinkering. Please join us in welcoming Jeremy Grinkey of Everywhere to town at the following events.

•   Thursday, March 30 – Bottlecraft Oceanside
•   Friday, March 31 – Bottlecraft Little Italy

Beachwood Blendery Solely Masumoto Sun Crest Peach | Barrel-aged Sour Ale (6.5%): Located outside of Fresno, Masumoto Family Farm is a byword for absolutely flawless peaches and nectarines. Longtime fans of sour beer in Southern California will instantly recognize the mastery of stone fruit from Cuvée de Masumoto, a tribute by Mark Jilg of Craftsman Brewing. Now Beachwood Blendery has sourced a few scarce bushels of their produce for Solely Masumoto, a lineup of three distinct, oak-aged funky and acidic beers. This particular expression spotlights Suncrest peaches, renowned for their exceptional juiciness without sacrificing density of flavor. These bottles are to be counted in single digits, with each Bottlecraft location receiving fewer than a case each in aggregate.

Click here to explore the quality beers at Bottlecraft’s four San Diego locations.