What’s Tapping (3/13)

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): Hop Girl Summer IPA, 6.8%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Peanut Butter Cup Edition, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Cold Eye Cold IPA, 6.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Sextant Oatmeal Stout w/ Oak Spirals, 5.8%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Sextant Oatmeal Stout on Nitro, 5.8%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Wheeler’s Patent Irish-style Dry Stout, 4.5%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Wheeler’s Patent Irish-style Dry Stout on Nitro, 4.5%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): El Maíz Chingón Mexican-style Lager, 5.4%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Tropicus Pale Ale w/ Orange, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Trouble Maker IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Electric Blues IPA, 6.8%
• Brewjería Company (Chula Vista): Las Homegirls Raspberry Blonde Ale, 5.2%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Crystal Dreams Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Tank Top & Schwartz Schwarzbier, 4.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Small Batch Hard Cider w/ Guava, 5.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft & Witty Belgian-style Witbier, 4.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DeftHopt Golden English-style IPA, 6.2%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Don’t Beat a Deft Horse Dunkelweizen, 5.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Make Mai Day Maibock, 7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Hazy McBeer Face Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): The Villager West Coast IPA, 7%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, North Park): Litehouse Blonde Ale, 5%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World West oast IPA, 
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Nelson!!! (It’s What We Like Here) Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Vanilla Discussions Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Vanilla, 16.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Red ‘N Active (RNA) Hoppy Red Ale, 5%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): All I See Turns Brown (Ale), 6.2%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Mix Tape, Vol. 4 – Superdelic-Citra Pale Ale, 5.4%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Re-named Red India Red Lager, 7.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Take Me to Church San Diego IPA, 7%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Howl Stout, 5.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Stay in Your Lane IPA, 6.3%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Yellow Submarine Lemon IPA, 7%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Hooligan Irish-style Dry Stout, 5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): 4Seasons Bourbon Barrel-aged Old Fashioned Ale, 12.5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Pink Boots West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Project X Free Fall Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 6.8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Pure & Simple IPA, 6.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Whole Lotta Hazy Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Irish Car Bomb Specialty Stout, 6.7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Art in the Machine Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Parish Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• 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): Pizzaiolo Italian-style Pilsner, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Gramps Lager, 4.5%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Tokachi Japanese-style Lager, 4.7%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Jetty IPA, 7.2%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): OB Haze Hazy IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): 135 West Coast IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Infinite Prism West Coast IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Sumo Slide Hoppy Japanese-style Lager, 5.7%

• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Coastal Kiwi New Zealand-style IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Northern Pine Brewing)
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): A Little Cold Session Cold IPA, 4.2%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Prairie Wolf American Light Lager, 4.3%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Ohaguro Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Coffee & Vanilla, 13.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Road to Vesper Oak Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Red Wine Grapes, 8.6% (collaboration w/ Oddish Wine) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Watcha Say IPA, 7.3%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): We Love L.A. West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Lagerita Lager w/ Lime & Salt, 4.9%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Nitro Amber Ale, 5.5%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Miramar): Buddy Lager, 4.6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Aesthetic Vision Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): On a Monday Light Lager, 4.2%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Pugilist Irish-style Dry Stout, 4.8%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Absolute Creamer Dry Irish-style Stout, 4.5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Iron Mickey Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Shamrock & Shenanigans Milkshake-style Fruited Sour Ale, 8.5%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): We Love L.A. Hazy IPA, 7.5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Delaney’s Irish-style Red Ale, 5.1%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Velvet Shadow Irish-style Dry Stout, 5.2%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Bread Van English-style Bitter, 4.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Moon Wobbler West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): North Park Haze Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): A Usual Brown English-style Brown Ale, 5.4%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Zen Scientist Dry-hopped Rice Lager, 5.4%
• Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Blueberry Tart Ale, 

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

O’Hara’s Irish Red | Irish Red Ale (4.3%): The craft beer industry in the Republic of Ireland has been a bit slower to emerge than in the United States, but nonetheless a number of quality producers have begun to make names for themselves. One of the most venerable independent firms is O’Hara’s. Located in County Carlow, they have been brewing for almost 30 years! Coincidentally or not, they are one of the very few craft breweries from the Emerald Isle that can be sourced here in San Diego. Their Irish Red is a coppery, umber-toned ale with a notable cocoa tinge on the finish. Sláinte!

O’Hara’s Irish Stout | Irish Dry Stout (4.3%): While San Diego doesn’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the same fervor as (say) Boston, there always is a noticeable uptick in interest around this time of year for the beers of Ireland. O’Hara’s’ year-round Irish Stout is for the Guinness-drinker in your life ‒ roasty, with baker’s-chocolate characteristics and a slight herbal tinge from Fuggles hopping. With the signature low ABV (alcohol-by-volume) typical to the style moreover, this is a stout that can be enjoyed in rounds. Cheers!

Evil Twin Even More Irish Jesus | Irish Dry Stout (4.7%): The mercurial Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergø ‒ Danish by birth but a longtime resident of Greater New York ‒ has been brewing under the Evil Twin moniker for many years now. His “Even More Jesus” line of stouts typically are dense and fudgy creations with double-digit ABV counts. This self-described Irish edition is, thus, quite a departure at just 4.7%. Skål!

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