What’s Tapping (8/20/26)

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): Aleschmidt Oktoberfest Märzen Lager, 5.5%
Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Mystic Vale Pale Ale, 6.5%
Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): AX Lite American Light Lager, 4.2%
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Oktoberfest Non-alcoholic German-style Fest Brew, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Oktoberfest Dunkel Non-alcoholic German-style Dark Brew, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Double Dry-hopped Sculpin IPA, 7%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Mahalo New England-style IPA, 6.3%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Ship’s Hull English-style Brown Ale, 5%
BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Speak Friend & Drink IPA, IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Booze Brothers Brewing)
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Day Break Golden Stout w/ Coffee on Nitro, 6%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Hop Maxxing Hazy IPA, 7.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): It’s Not You West Coast IPA, 7%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): PB&J Blonde Ale, 5%
Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Kanpai Honeysuckle Japanese-style Lager, 4.4%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Especial Mexican-style Craft Pale Lager, 5%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Festbier German-style Golden Lager, 5.6%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Oeste West Coast IPA, 6.7%
Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Guava Islander IPA, 7%
Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Islander IPA, 7%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale, 5.4%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Leichtweizen German-style Leichtes Weizen, 3.5%

Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Summer Belgian-style Saison, 4.7%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Zeitgeist German-style Pilsner, 4.9%
Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, Kearny Mesa): Room Service Hazy IPA, 7.2%
Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Monk’s Delight Belgian-style Table Beer (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
Gravity Heights (Sorrento Valley, Mission Valley): Krush Groove West Coast IPA, 6%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Beach Buddy American Light Lager, 4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Dole Whip Extra Pineapple Slushee w/ Coconut, 7.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): ‘Member Rakau? West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Puncheon Project: Passionfruit & Guava Barrel-fermented Mixed Culture Sour Beer, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Share the Wealth Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Aloha Whip Hard Seltzer w/ Pineapple & Marshmallow Fluff, 5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Awareness Management Session IPA, 4%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Dream Vacation in the Dells Cream Ale, 5.2%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Luminous Moves Belgian-style Tripel, 10.4%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Summer of 89° Kveik IPA, 6.5%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Island Dreams Kettle Sour Ale, 7%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Maygarita Kettle Sour Ale, 7%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Martian West Coast IPA, 7.1%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Quick Draw Light Lager, 4.5%

Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Windandsea Wheat Bavarian-style Hefeweizen w/ Passionfruit, 5.1%
Little Bird Brewing (North Park): Watermelon Frozen Margarita Hard Seltzer, 10%
The Lost Abbey Brewing (Vista, San Marcos, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Miramar, East Village): Bianca Hard Tea, 5.3%
Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Point Blank West Coast IPA, 7%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Burlingame Czech-style Black Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): City of the Future Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Floating Above Clouds Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Grapefruit Puncher IPA w/ Grapefruit, 7.3%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Distinguished Paradigm Murky Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Harmony German-style Helles Lager, 4.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop Chemistry West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Blueberry Pi Cream Ale w/ Blueberry, 5%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Mentally Elsewhere West Coast IPA, 6.5%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Dads Float Root Beer Hard Seltzer on Nitro, 5.2%
Stone Brewing (Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): Cali-Belgique Belgian-style IPA, 6.9%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): La Bamba Mexican-style Lager, 5%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Jimothy Pils Little Pilsner, 3.6%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Cucumber Lime Hard Seltzer

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Bottlecraft Little Italy will be celebrating Sour SARAday this upcoming Saturday, August 22, in honor of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales (SARA). All beers from this Capitola brewery will have corkage waived to enjoy on the premises, with more on draft! Here are but three of the choices on offer:

Sante Adairius Saison Bernice | Mixed-fermentation Saison (6.5%): Saison Bernice is a truly iconic beer and a calling-card. Some breweries have a single beer that encapsulates their entire ethos, one which is pointed to as the ideal first impression and most frequently consumed ‒ Bernice embodies that for Sante Adairius. If you must only limit yourself to a single beer by SARA, make it this one. Upon spying it on our shelves when it first debuted in San Diego four years ago, a longtime industry regular said to me: “This is my favorite beer.” No qualifications, exceptions or reservations. Soft effervescent cereal malt combines with multiple yeast-strains for a sense of delicate eggshell funk. I have already taken home more than one bottle of this from our latest drop, and I recommend that you do so as well!

Sante Adairius Shared Concepts | Fruited Mixed-fermentation Saison (10.2%): This one is for those who love sour beer and white wine alike. A collaboration with Donkey & Goat, an urban winery from my hometown of Berkeley, this creation marries beer and wine together into one tantalizing drink. A tart saison base is combined with Pinot Gris grapes from northern California for a heady experience. Cheers to amity and exploration across the beer-wine line!

Sante Adairius Bramble Lane | Fruited Mixed-fermentation Saison (7%): Marionberries are a recent innovation in the blackberry world, having been hybridized in Oregon only in the postwar period. They are delicious, inky and tart at once, and lend themselves well to inclusion in mixed-fermentation ales. With earthy, jammy and funky notes to be found within, Bramble Lane is a blackberry wine for beer-drinkers!

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