What’s Tapping (5/1)

dropcap]W[/dropcap]elcome 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 staff 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): Death Star Double IPA, 8%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Aftershift Non-alcoholic Beer, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Ciao, Bella! Italian-style Pilsner, 5.8%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Copper Ale on Nitro, 6.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Copper ESB on Nitro w/ Oak, 6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Jalapeño Smokescreen Smoked Helles Lager w/ Jalapeño, 6.2%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Orange Krush IPA, 6.4%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): CAMRA British-style Golden Ale on Cask, 5.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Sedlmayr Munich-style Helles Lager, 5.3%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Drakevine IPA, 6.2%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): La Cheve Mexican-American Lager, 6%
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Shorebreak Pale Ale, 5.2%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Keepin’ It Real IPA, 6.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Whale Hello There Hazy Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Capt’n Surf Hazy IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Humble Sea Brewing)
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Blog Pass IPA w/ Loquat & Tangerine
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Perception Dunkel, 5.1%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Pils German-style Pilsner, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Grateful Deft Kellerbier, 6.1%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Kirschbier Gose w/ Cherry, 4.3%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Make Mai Day Maibock, 7%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Hoppy Travels West Coast IPA, 6%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Merci Cider w/ Lemon & Juniper, 7.8%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Zesty Villager West Coast IPA w/ Lemon, 7%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar): Park Life Lager, 4.7% (collaboration w/ BLAH Brewing)
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Another Shade of Green Double Dry-hopped California IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Flying South Mexican-style Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Pierre’s Paloma-style Hard Seltzer, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Safety Jacket Non-alcoholic West Coast IPA w/ Terpenes, 0.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Smoky Piña-rita Smoked Pineapple Margarita-inspired Hard Seltzer, 12% (collaboration w/ Heritage Brewing & Barbecue) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Starry Configurations Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 9.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Japanese-style Lager w/ Yuzu, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Prickly Pearadise Gose w/ Prickly Pear & Lime, 4%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Ube Haupia Pie Fluff Milkshake IPA w/ Ube, Coconut, Shortbread Cookie & Macadamia, 6% (collaboration w/ Horus Aged Ales)
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Springtheme Lavender Lemonade Saison, 6%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Port of Café English-style Porter w/ Vanilla & Coffee, 5.6%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Mangoing Crazy Barrel-aged Mango Sour Ale, 7% (collaboration w/ California Wild Ales)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Rindstone cowboy West Coast IPA w/ Grapefruit, 7%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Cherry Cola Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Two Tortugas Belgian-style Quadrupel, 11.1%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Worth the Squeeze New Zealand-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.8% (collaboration w/ Hopnonymous Brewing)
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa): 10th Anniversary Hazy Rye IPA
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa): AANHPI K-Pop Pandan Lychee Korean Lager
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Joyous Almond Chocolate Almond Coconut Stout
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa): PB&J Tiempo Barrel-aged Double Chocolate Macadamia Stout w/ Peanut & Strawberry Jam
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Pineapple Lilikoi Barrel-aged Sour Ale
• Latchkey Brewing (Bay Ho): Liquid Vinyl Robust Porter, 5.5%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan, Vista, Point Loma): Mixed Berry Fruit Bomb Sour Ale, 5.2%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan, Vista, Point Loma): Ob-1 Can Obi Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.3%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan, Vista, Point Loma): Watermelon Apricot Fruit Bomb Sour Ale, 5.2%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Akita Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Cenote Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Chelan West Coast IPA, 7%

• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Memphre Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Mungo Extra Pale Ale, 5.9%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Mythosaur Imperial Fruited Ale w/ Dragronfruit, Guava, Strawberry & Hibiscus
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): GritZilla Japanese-style Rice Lager
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Raspberry Sour Berliner-style Weisse, 5.5%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Butterfield Nut Brown Ale, 6%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Rum Barrel-aged Black is the New Black Barleywine (collaboration w/ San Diego Beer News)
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Red 5 Red Rye IPA, 6.6%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): The Dankmobile Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Fiestaveza Mexican-style Lager, 4.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hops Are Flowers Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): Haze Bob-Omb Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Jetty IPA, 7.2%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Digital Witness Cold IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Fermenting Change West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Puesto Cervecería (Mission Valley): Fiesta Lager Mexican-inspired Bock, 6.2%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Double Dutch Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Murkeley Murky Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Fieldwork Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Rapture Blonde Ale, 5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): San Diego Hazy IPA, 7.5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Casa de Peterson Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 4.7%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma, Harbor Island): Dayfest IPA, 4.5%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Ms. New Buddha Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 5.3%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): The Goombah Italian-style Pilsner, 5.4%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Vibe Check West Coast IPA, 6.8%
• Three Frogs Beer Co. (Santee): Frog’s Dirty Blond Ale, 6.4%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

This week’s theme is Cinco de Mayo…

Insurgente La Lupulosa | West Coast IPA (7%): At the vanguard of the exciting craft beer movement in Tjiuana is Cervecería Insurgente, whose talented brewers explicitly link their home city with that of San Diego. La Lupulosa (“The Hoppy One”) is Insurgente’s flagship West Coast IPA, replete with no fewer than five piney and citrusy varietals, and a sturdy malt basis. Though the Juan Cordero pale ale and Baja Orange Wit (formerly known as Tiniebla = “Darkness”) have maintained their popularity after all these years, La Lupulosa remains the best-selling of Insurgente’s lineup at Bottlecraft. Cheers!

Enegren Mexikanisch | Corn Lager (4.8%): Inspired by the origins of modern-day brewing in Mexico ‒ itself heavily influenced by German immigrants to the country in the 19th century ‒ Enegren Brewing has built a corn lager with characteristic attention to detail. With Pilsner malt from Germany, hops from the Hallertau in Bavaria and flaked corn, this is an elegant light-bodied lager. It is very pale in color, owing in part to the maize indigenous to this hemisphere, and has a gentle bitterness on the finish. Prost!

Loba Paraiso | Gose (4.5%): ¿Una gose de Guadalajara? ¡Por su puesto! Cerveza Loba hails from the Jaliscan capital and has successfully melded the eastern German beer style with guava. The redolent fruit proves to be an ideal match for the tart and lightly salty wheat-based beer. Inordinately refreshing and low in ABV (alcohol-by-volume), this is a brunch beer if ever there was one. ¡Salud!

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