What’s Tapping (6/4/26)

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!

Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Dark Magician Braggot, 9.5%
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Mango “Margarita” Non-alcoholic Cocktail-inspired Brew w/ Lime & Mango, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Dolcita Pale Ale, 5.8%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Tulum Mexican-style Lager w/ Peppers, 5.5%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Uncommon Experimental California Common, 4.5%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Raspberry Coconut Cheesecake Stout, 5.3%
Brewjeria Co. (Chula Vista): Sage Belgian-style Saison w/ Sage, 6.4%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Coast Is Clear Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Copa International-style Lager, 4.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Fiesta de Noche: Maracas Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 14.2%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Fiesta de Noche: Mariachis Rye Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 13.2%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Fiesta de Noche: Piñatas Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 13.5%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Fiesta de Noche: Serapes Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 13.5%
Craft Coast Brewing (San Marcos, Oceanside): Local Motion West Coast IPA, 7%
Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): American Pilsner, 5.7%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Leicht Leichtes Helles Lager, 3.2%
Dogleg Brewing (Vista): Dogleg Pale Ale, 6.4%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): 11th Anniversary Session West Coast IPA, 5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Breakfast the Law Pancake Breakfast Stout w/ Maple, Coffee & Coconut, 12.8%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Enter the Spice Man Belgian-style Table Beer w/ Peppercorns, 4%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): For Whom the Berry Tolls Strawberry Lemonade Radler, 2.9%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Murbon! Maple-Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 11%

Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Quack Sabbath Blue Raspberry Anniversary IPA, 5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): She’s My Blueberry Pie Blueberry Honey Ale w/ Vanilla & Lemon, 6.5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Yuzu & Destroy Japanese-style Lager w/ Yuzu, 4.1%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Radiant Irish-style Red Ale, 4.9%
Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Enzo Italian-style Pilsner, 5.2%
Gravity Heights (Sorrento Valley): Lunch Break Lager
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Below the Clouds Dry Irish-style Stout on Nitro, 4.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): New Adventures Nitro Golden Milk Stout w/ Coffee, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Play’n the Crates Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Sixes Double West Coast IPA, 6.6% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park, Mission Bay): Taglish Rice Lager w/ Coconut & Calamnsi, 4.8%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park, Mission Bay): Quinceañera Mexican-style Lager, 4.7%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park, Mission Bay): Ube Hazy Hazy IPA w/ Ube, 6.5%
InZane Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Vanilla Cream Ale, 5.5%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Pistol Whipped Hazy IPA, 6.6%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Quick Draw American Light Lager, 4..%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Solo Artist New Zealand-style IPA, 6.8%
Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Sticky Tango IPA
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): GO GO USA! West Coast Pilsner, 5.7% (collaboration w/ Nickel Beer Co. & O’Brien’s Pub)
Lyons Peak Brewing (Jamul): Handgeplukte Kriek, 6.2%
Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Fruit Bomb Fruited Sour Ale w/ Strawberry, 5.2%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Tanada Japanese-style Lager, 4.6%
Mission Brewing (Miramar, La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Kensington, East Village): Jam Sesh Hard Seltzer w/ Blackberry & Lemon, 5.5%

North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Holy Sheets! Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): NP Pils Bavarian-style Pilsner, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Plus It Up Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Sixes Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.66% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): River Shark Kamoho-inspired Bourbon Barrel-aged Pastry Stout w/ Coconut, Vanilla, Cacao & Cinnamon (collaboration w/ Riverlands Brewing)
The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Strawberry Pilsner
Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Lion’s Den West Coast IPA, 7.2%
Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Downhill From Here West Coast IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Waddle Waddle California Common, 4.5% (collaboration w/ Duck Foot Brewing)
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): 2003 West Coast Double IPA, 9%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Corgi Warrior IPA, 6.3%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Poorman’s West Coast Double IPA, 9%
Prohibition Brewing (Vista): Strawberry IPA, 7.2%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): The Burj Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Pistachio & Cacao, 13.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Perennial Grace Sour Ale w/ Peach & Cranberry, 5.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Ruby Harvest Dry Cider w/ Cherry, 4.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): The Fuzz Imperial Stout w/ Coffee & Vanilla, 13%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Loungin’ Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing)
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): All-Star New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Cold Snap! Kölsch, 4.5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Dear readers: I am delighted to present a very special edition of the column this week, showcasing three of the five collaborative beers made to honor the 15th anniversary of the opening of Bottlecraft! I have been with the firm for twelve-and-a-half of those years ‒ it has been enormously meaningful to see locations open, the experience of forging relationships with breweries far and wide, meeting new colleagues and making new friends all throughout.

All three of these beers will be on draft at all locations of Bottlecraft as well as Bock Bar in South Park this coming Saturday, June 6, with cans available as well! We also will have two further draft-only collaborations on offer ‒ a West Coast pale ale with ISM Brewing entitled “15M” and a West Coast IPA with both Pizza Port and McIlhenney Brewing called “Downhill From Here”. Hope to see you at the festivities!

Harland Quinceañera | Mexican-style Lager (4.7%): Ten years ago, when Bottlecraft was gearing up for its fifth anniversary, we held a round of brainstorming for potential names. The collaborative beer being cooked up by Derek Gallanosa ‒ then at Abnormal Beer Co. in Rancho Bernardo ‒ was a hefty imperial stout inspired by café de olla, with cinnamon among the ingredients. My partner (now spouse) Taylor came up with the final name: Quinquennio, meaning “a period or term of five years” in Spanish. This set a precedent of sorts, with our tenth anniversary lager Jahrzehnt ‒ a Motueka Pilsner brewed at Enegren Brewing ‒ taking its name from the word “decade” in German.

With all of that in mind, the name for our fifteenth anniversary Mexican lager, brewed on our behalf by Harland Brewing, was all too self-evident! Quinceañera pays homage to the selfsame rite of passage, a step on the road to growing up. The beer was brewed with Weyermann Pilsner malt and hopped with Hallertau Mittelfrüh, but remains a gentle pale light lager.

Human People Quarter Til | West Coast Pilsner (5.5%): Since opening in Seattle a scant year ago, Human People Beer has become one of our favorite breweries emanating from the state of Washington. With deep roots in San Diego and access to the finest hops in the Pacific Northwest (and beyond), this brewery makes absolutely dynamite ales and lagers. Quarter Til is a hoppy Pilsner with Krush, Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo and Nectaron. Bridging the gap between lager lovers and hopheads (many of us count ourselves in both camps), this is a beer to drink for at least the next 15 minutes!

Ambitious Ales Pistachio Perk | Coffee Blonde Ale (5%): This one comes to us courtesy of our family at Bottlecraft Long Beach! Riffing on their very popular Central Perk ‒ a blonde ale suffused with coffee and vanilla ‒ the crew at Ambitious Ales have added a certain nuttiness to the mix. Single-origin coffee, vanilla from Madagascar and pistachio all serve to impart an impression of qezwan (i.e., pistachio coffee found throughout Kurdistan *). A big thanks to Ambitious as well as Ryan, Malcolm and the rest of the team in Long Beach for this one!

*If you care to taste the real thing, a short distance from where I type these words is Murî, a Kurdish café!

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