What’s Tapping (7/17)

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!

• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Blood of the North Braggot Mead, 9.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): NZ IPA Non-alcoholic New Zealand-hopped IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Vita Chiara Non-alcoholic Italian-style Pale, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Belmont Park North American Light Lager, 5.4%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): In Da House IPA, 6.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Žatec Pilsner, 5.2%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Pride Beer Blonde Ale w/ Peach
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Mojo Dojo IPA, 6.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): One Sip Closer West Coast Pilsner, 5.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): ZwickelCore Zwickel Lager on Nitro, 5.5%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): La Paloma Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Rabbit Habit Double IPA, 8%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): 2023 Barrel-aged Sun Don’t Shine Imperial Stout, 10%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Buddha’s Villager West Coast IPA w/ Buddha’s Hand, 7%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Ginger Big Rye IPA, 7.2%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): 2AM Bike Ride Coffee Stout on Nitro, 5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): As the Pendulum Swings Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Nelson!? In This Economy?! Single-hop West Coast Pilsner w/ Nelson, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): The Other Side of the Prism Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Summertime Crusher Radler w/ Grapefruit & Lemon, 3.8%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Vienna-style Lager, 5%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Victor Victoria IPA
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Attitude Era West Coast Double IPA, 8.2%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Juice Box Hero Fruited Hard Seltzer, 6.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Leaving Without Saying Goodbye Irish-style Red Ale, 5.2%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): New Moon Rising Imperial Dessert Stout, 10.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Slammin SD Hazy IPA, 7%
• Latchkey Brewing (Bay Ho): Some Kinda Nice Altbier
• Little Bird Brewing (North Park): Picnic Punch Pineapple Turmeric Ginger Hard Seltzer, 5.5%
• Little Bird Brewing (North Park): Picnic Punch Strawberry Hibiscus Jalapeño Hard Seltzer, 5.5%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista, Point Loma, Barrio Logan): Brewing is Half the Battle GIPA
• Mason Ale Works (Vista, Point Loma, Barrio Logan): LFG Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Parallel Paradise Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.9%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Akita Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Nitro Tropicali Creamin’ Cream Ale w/ Vanilla, 5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Project X Renaissance Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Sticky Stuff Resinous IPA, 6.8%

• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Vienna-style Lager, 5.5%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Summertime Rolls West Coast Pilsner, 5.7%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Hex’n Highball Strawberry Margarita Hard Seltzer Cocktail, 10%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Friends & Neighbors Vienna-style Lager, 5.3% – 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): Jasper Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Fidens Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Rice & Beans Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Fidens Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Watermelon Tajin Gose, 5.7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Coastal Vision Hazy IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Solstice Dry-hopped Summer Ale, 5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Lemonberry Breeze Beer Slushie, 6.4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Optional Reality Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): You Got What I Need West Coast Pilsner, 4.9% (collaboration w/ Movement Brewing)
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Sunkissed Blonde Ale, 5.7%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Preferred Anonymous Hoppy Lager, 4.9% (collaboration w/ Seek Beer Co.)

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

An all-rainbows edition of the picks this week in honor of San Diego Pride!

Cellarmaker Wide Rainbows | Hazy IPA (6.4%): Ever since they moved across the Bay from San Francisco to Berkeley, merging with The Rare Barrel in the process, Cellarmaker Brewing has been a hometown brewery for me. I can walk there in 30 minutes (or bike it in under ten) from my mother’s house. Any IPA of theirs is a must-order, new recipe or returning favorite! Wide Rainbows debuts down here with a cloudburst of Centennial, Nelson, Riwaka and Strata. A vision in a glass, this one is worth waiting out the rainstorm for.

Wayfinder Party Time | German Pilsner (5.3%): Where can one draw the line between a dry-hopped German Pilsner and an Italian Pilsner? Much like the age-old conundrum about porters and stouts, it really comes down to whatever the brewer wishes to call it. Party Time falls into the first stylistic category by its own self-description, with classic Noble hops providing herbal lift. The rainbow in this entry can be found on the label, drenched with color saturation.

Grimm Rainbow Dome | Oak-aged Sour Ale (4.6%): The dry-hopped sour beer may have had its heyday, but there are still ardent fans out there, somewhere over the rainbow. Grimm Artisan Ales out of Brooklyn periodically drops one of their esoteric oak-conditioned tart ales with aromatic hopping, with or without fruits. Rainbow Dome is given the El Dorado treatment, with its watermelon cotton-candy overtones, plus a judicious dose of apricots.

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