What’s Tapping (7/10)

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 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!

• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Bourbon Barrel-aged Mocha Stout w/ Coconut, 5.1%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Summer’s Here West Coast Pale Ale, 6%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Ziggy Sourdust Passionfruit Sour Ale, 5%
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Blueberry Seaside Hard Seltzer, 6.3%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Feelin’ Swell Hazy IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Shiny Happy People Extra Pale Ale, 5.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• California Wild Ales (Ocean Beach): Hard Seltzer Slushie, 8.5%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Acid Drops IPA, 6.5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season Summer Saison, 4.7%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest German-style Märzen, 5.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Rye Anything Once Rye IPA, 7.2%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Small But Mighty Hazy Session IPA, 5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Accepting the Hopeless Complexity West Coast Pilsner, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): A Few Things I Like Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just One Thing…Nelson! Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double Single-hop IPA w/ Nelson, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Lavy Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Lil’ Kang American Light Lager, 4.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): ‘Member Nectaron? West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Saison for Papa Hoppy French-style Saison, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Mauna Loa Petite Pastry Stout w/ Chocolate, Vanilla & Macadamia Nut, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Painkiller Sour Ale w/ Pineapple, Orange, Coconut, Nutmeg & Pandan, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Tropical Fluff Hard Seltzer w/ Pineapple, Mango, Coconut & Marshmallow Fluff, 5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Haze for Horses Hazy IPA, 7%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Helix Pale Ale, 4.8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Puff Puff San Diego Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Pursuing Hoppiness West Coast IPA, 7%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Red ‘N Active Hoppy Red Ale, 5%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa, Downtown, Ocean Beach): Turtle Town Hazy IPA, 7%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Apricot American Wheat Ale, 55
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Garage Days Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Julian Beer Co.)
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Oh My Stars! IPA, 7%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Gale Force Guava Gose, 4.7% (collaboration w/ Serpentine Cider)
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): 250 kWh West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Chocolate Macadamia Stout, 6.2%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Goblin Shark Hard Juice, 5%

• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Bestest Buds West Coast IPA, 6.3%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Renaissance Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Wizenbeller German-style Hefeweizen, 4.8%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Vila Czech-style Pilsner, 5.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Cloud Cartography Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill,Pacific Beach): Disciples of Fu! Masters of Mosaic Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Timbo Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5.8% (collaboration w/ Highland Park Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Ruca Bear Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Baja Malibu Mexican-style Lager, 4.3%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Broken Chairs Porter, 5%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Summer of Haze Hazy IPA, 7%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Forest of Giants Murky Quadruple IPA, 13% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): The People’s Murk Murky IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Societe Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Chain Reaction Session IPA, 4.9%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa): The Reckoning West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Put It On West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Twilight As My Guide American Pale Ale, 5.4%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Other Half / NPBC The Return of Dr. Dank Flowers | West Coast IPA (7.5%): A departure for Other Half Brewing out of Brooklyn, famous the world over for their hazy double IPAs. This double dry-hopped single IPA is a West Coaster, assisted by our friends at North Park Beer Co. With Chinook, Krush, Nectaron and Nelson on the prescription pad, this doctor knows the cures to your ailments. Peach rings, gooseberries and indeed some dankness to be found! As a childhood reader of the Mr. Men line of books by the British author Roger Hargreaves, I greatly appreciate the label art as well.

Wayfinder La Magie | French Pilsner (5.3%): Just in time for Bastille Day, Wayfinder Beer has come back with their delicious French-style pilsner. The Portlanders have fine form with lagers of every ilk ‒ this one is a longtime staff favorite around here. With Strißelspalt hops from the Alsace at the avant-garde, La Magie has wildflower and subtle peppercorn notes, with generous carbonation. À votre santé!

Smog City Bourbon Barrel-aged Olde English | Bourbon Barrel-aged Barleywine (12.2%): Arguably the best beer of all by Torrance operation Smog City Brewing, Bourbon Barrel-aged O.E. is a once-a-year release eagerly awaited by barleywine fans. An English barleywine by style (as opposed to the hoppier American cousin), this beer is inherently malt-driven and slumbers in bourbon barrels for over a year before seeing the light of day. Raisin, toffee, treacle and vanillins make for a sumptuous treat.

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