What’s Tapping (2/5/26)

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!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Pace Car Nitro Coffee Stout, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Headbasher Double IPA, 8%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Karma Hazy IPA, 5.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Raspberry Espresso Extra Dark Non-alcoholic Brew, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Chocolate Raspberry Victory at Sea Imperial Porter w/ Coffee & Vanilla, 8.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Red Velvet Oatmeal Stout, 6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Terra Nova Experimental Rice Lager, 5.2%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Hopdouken Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Lecker German-style Pilsner, 5.6%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Nas Your Normal West Coast IPA, 7%
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Siren’s Whisper Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Banana Hard Seltzer, 5.5%
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Resting Peach Face Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Qiwi Collective Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• Craft Coast Brewing (San Marcos, Oceanside): Shootz Mahalo Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Mango Pineapple Hazy IPA, 5.3%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft & Witty Belgian-style Witbier, 4.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DoubleDeft Secret DoppelSticke Altbier, 9.2%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Cadillac Margarita Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Chili’s Belgian-style Dubbel w/ Carolina Reaper Pepper 
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Black’s Peach Fruited Kettle Sour Ale, 6.5%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Keep On Duckin’ Session IPA, 5.1%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Walk Off Munich-style Helles Lager, 5.5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, Kearny Mesa, North Park): Winter in Hokkaido Matcha Stout, 5.5%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Valley): Haulin’ Oats Oatmeal Stout, 5.3%

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): El Túnel Del Tiempo Double Dry-hopped Hazy Quadruple IPA, 12% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Flying South Mexican-style Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just Two Things! Citra & Nelson Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Pizza Cake ’26 Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Other Half Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Poolsner American Lager, 4.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Will U Be Mine Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Winter G&T ’26 Gin & Tonic-style Hard Seltzer, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Banana Cream Pie Fluff IPA w/ Banana, Vanilla, Graham Cracker & Marshmallow, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): S’mores Stout w/ Cocoa, Marshmallow & Graham Cracker, 6.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Hoppin Pils New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5.2%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Plan of Attack West Coast IPA, 7%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Dolphin of the Desert Belgian-style Dark Strong Ale, 10.6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Silk & Honey Wheat Ale w/ Honey, 6.3%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Bock, Don’t Run German-style Bock
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Barreled Rum Barrel-aged Dessert Stout w/ Coffee & Coconut
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Brig Blonde Ale, 5.2%
• Latitude 33 Brewing (Carmel Valley): Amber Ale, 5.5%
• Latitude 33 Brewing (Carmel Valley): Kölsch, 5%
• Latitude 33 Brewing (Carmel Valley): Mixed Berry Sour Ale, 5.2%
• Latitude 33 Brewing (Carmel Valley): Porter, 6.2%
• Modern Times Beer (North Park, Encinitas): Longest Road Czech-style Lager, 4.8%
• Modern Times Beer (North Park): Special Drift Experimental IPA, 6.5%
• Modern Times Beer (North Park, Encinitas): Thermal Plain Mexican-style Lager, 5.2%

• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Cause & Effect Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Apple Pie Ale a la Mode w/ Vanilla, 6%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Nickel Apple Cider
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Red Wine Barrel-aged Sour Apple Cider, 8.5%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Tom n’ Perry Sour Pear Cider, 6%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): The Big Easy King Cake-inspired Golden Stout, 6.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Elder-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Sorcerers of the Coast Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Triple-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast Triple IPA, 10.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Guillame Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 4.7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Hot Spots Hefeweizen, 3.5%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Small Poppies Extra Pale Ale, 4.9%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Apollyon Belgian-style Tripel, 9%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Debaser Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): La Chona Amber Mexican-style Lager, 5.8% (collaboration w/ Karl Strauss Brewing)
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Bachelor Single-hop IPA w/ Experimental Hop 1631, 6.5%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Boondoggle Double West Coast IPA, 8.5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Hachi-Roku Japanese-style Lager, 5.5%
• White Labs Brewinc (Miramar): Christmas Countach Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast (collaboration w/ Hopnonymous Brewing)
• White Labs Brewinc (Miramar): Christmas Countach Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP077 Tropicale Yeast Blend (collaboration w/ Hopnonymous Brewing)

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Cellarmaker One Foot in the Grave | West Coast IPA (6.3%): The indomitable Cellarmaker Brewing ‒ born in San Francisco but now comfortably ensconced in my hometown of Berkeley ‒ continues to fly the flag for West Coast IPAs! The macabre One Foot in the Grave combines old-school Centennial, Nelson representing the Southern Hemisphere and Krush (formerly known as HBC 586) into one hell of a beer. Put your best foot forward!

Ghost Town Cinder | Hoppy Pilsner (5.1%): As I write these words, these fresh cans have just rolled in at Bottlecraft North Park! Ghost Town Brewing ‒ operating out of the eponymous West Oakland neighborhood ‒ makes some of the best hoppy beer in the entire Bay Area. Trust me on this one, for I have tasted a pile of them! Cinder is a delicate Pilsner with Nelson and Riwaka, both emanating from New Zealand. Dry and firmly bitter, this is a lager for hopheads.

Humble Forager / Horus Splashing Chains | Imperial Stout (14%): Hailing from the Upper Midwest, Humble Forager Brewery makes beers of all stripes but is best known in this neck of the woods for their heavily fruited sour beers and seltzers. We were offered the chance to pre-order some of their anniversary imperial stout releases, however, and are very glad that we took their distributor up on it! In collaboration with famed Oceanside operation Horus Aged Ales, Splashing Chains is a decadent and toothsome stout. Pouring like motor oil (or soft-serve ice-cream off the tap), this beer is laden with coconut, coffee, hazelnut and maple syrup. The name and iconography references the game of disc golf, a pastime enjoyed by many around here ‒ a true year-round activity!

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