What’s Tapping (12/17/25)

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 and Point Loma!

• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Double Dry-hopped Sol Mosaic IPA, 7%
• Asylum Brewing (North Park): Rauchnacht German-style Rauchbier, 5.8%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Moscow “Mule” Cocktail-inspired Non-alcoholic Beer w/ Ginger, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Paloma Cocktail-inspired Non-alcoholic Beer w/ Grapefruit & Lime, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Roggenwolf Rye IPA, 6.6%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Viva La Beaver Mexican Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Cinnamon Stout, 7.5%
• BNS Brewing & Distilling Co. (Santee): Drunk Under the Mistletoe Double IPA, 8.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Clear Intent Extra Pale Ale, 5.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Pacific Standard Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Full Moon Madness Irish-style Extra Stout, 5.5%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): In Praise of Flanders Mead Barrel-aged Flanders-style Red Ale, 6.7%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Guerita Blonde Ale, 5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Xela West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Tiki’s Pineapple Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Winter Warmer, 7.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season Winter Rye Saison, 5.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DeftCon 4 Special Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10.2%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Jade Samurai Barrel-aged Imperial Matcha Latte Stout, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Secret Caves Wine & Spirit Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 11% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Velvet Ronin Barrel-aged Imperial Ube Stout, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): The Surfin’ Dead West Coast IPA (collaboration w/ Pizza Port Brewing)
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Barn Burner Red Ale, 8.7%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Tropicadia New England-style IPA, 7.6%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bier Helles-style Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Member IPA? West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Our Shared Reality Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Which Echoes Belong? Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Cantina De Noël Hard Seltzer w/ Cranberry, Orange, Lime, Rosemary & Tequila-inspired Botanicals, 5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Fun Times Blonde Ale, 5%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Patio at Noon Pale Ale, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Vera’s Veil Dark Lager, 4.2%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Big Barrel Imperial West Coast IPA, 9%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Hard Cherry Cola Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Internal Tide Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Kamakura Rice Lager, 4.5%
• Modern Times Beer (Downtown, North Park, Encinitas): Fruited Orderville Hazy IPA w/ Guava, 7.2%

• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Christmas Spiced Saison, 5.5%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Hibiscus Lime Ranch Water Hard Seltzer, 4.5%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Val-holiday Spiced Weizenbock, 7.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hazy Holidays To You Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hoppy Holidays, Pally!!! ’25 Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Green Cheek Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Tangier Pils West Coast Pilsner – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Art Is Hard: Holiday Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Unfazed Haze Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Westy West Coast Pilsner, 
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Breaker West Coast IPA, 6%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Prairie Wolf American Light Lager, 4.3%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Enchiridion Reserve Blend of Barrel-aged Imperial Stouts, 13.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Roes Red Oak Barrel-aged Flanders-style Red Ale w/ Cherry & Raspberry, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): White Dwarf Belgian-style White Ale, 5.6%
• Rincon Reservation Road Brewery (Valley Center): Raspberry Goat Milk Stout
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Green Buds IPA, 7%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Craft Rebellion West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• 3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): This Charming Stout Oatmeal Stout, 4.5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Prairie Seasick Crocodile | Sour Ale (6.3%): Oklahoma’s Prairie Artisan Ales is at it again with their canned sour creations! With ugly-sweater iconography depicting Santa Claus being pursued by a crocodile in an embroidery aesthetic, they have nailed the can-art as per usual. A tart beer dosed with cranberries for sugar and acidity, ginger for the high-toned burn, and the ineffable wintry combination of cinnamon and nutmeg, this croc won’t last the calendar year.

El Segundo Santa’s Secret Stash | Rum Barrel-aged Christmas Ale (10.6%): Christmas Break isn’t just a hallowed tradition ‒ it is also the name of the annual winter release from El Segundo Brewing up near LAX. We look forward to receiving this malty and spiced festive ale every December ‒ and this year, for the very first time, another version arrived alongside! Santa’s Secret Stash is the base edition of Christmas Break aged up in Rhum JM barrels, a venerable rhum agricole producer from the French Caribbean island of Martinique. This one will warm you right up!

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale | Belgian Winter Ale (9.8%): With its signature cheerful monk cheekily sporting a Santa hat, the Christmas Ale from St. Bernardus instantly announces a festive demeanor. The (secular) brewery located in Western Flanders has real cachet, having worked for decades with the famed Westvleteren Trappist abbey the next town over. Based on their immensely popular Abt 12, a pitch-perfect quad by style, the Christmas Ale has a touch of spicing from their expressive estery yeast. This one is my personal favorite of the Belgian winter warmer category, and an annual treat. Vrolijk Kerstfeest/Joyeaux Noël!

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