What’s Tapping (8/27/26)

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!

3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista): La Roja Red Lager, 5%
Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Jefecito Mexican-style Lager, 4.4%
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Crease Crusher Non-alcoholic Hoppy Pale Ale, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Pedal to Promise Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Habanero Sculpin IPA, 7%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Passing Haze Session Hazy IPA, 3.6%
Barley & Sword Brewing (Escondido, North Park): Festbier German-style Lager, 5.8%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Extra Crispy Pilsner, 4.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Mixed Greens Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Slice of Sunshine Blood Orange Wheat Beer, 4.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Ozzy Oz-Orange Blood Orange & Cherry Sour Beer, 6%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Perception Munich-style Dunkel, 5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DeftMitte Vienna-style Lager, 5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): MacDeft Export Scottish-style Export Ale on Cask, 4.5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Sunset in Bruges Flanders-style Sour Red Ale, 5.4%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Under the Table Beer Belgian-style Quintuple, 15% (San Diego Beer News 6th anniversary collaboration)

East Village Brewing (East Village): Skyline Scottish-style Export Ale, 5.6%
Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, Kearny Mesa): Just Peachy Hard Peach Lemonade, 6%
Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, Kearny Mesa): Room Service Hazy IPA, 7.2%
Fox Point Farms (Encinitas): Charity Case Wet-hop IPA, 7.2%
Fox Point Farms (Encinitas): Pigtail Pils Wet-hop Pilsner, 6.4%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Doom Sludge West Coast Black IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Good For Morale Czech-style Pilsner, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Guava in Berlin Berliner-style Weisse w/ Guava, 3.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Saison For Papa Hoppy French-style Saison w/ Petit Blanc, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Helles German-style Lager, 5.2%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Never Been Fuller Extra Special Bitter, 5.2%
Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Monkey Mind Hazy IPA, 7%
Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Moon Juice 11th Anniversary IPA, 7%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Summer of 89° Kveik IPA, 6.5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Time Moving Slow West Coast Pilsner, 5.1% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Silk & Honey What Ale w/ Honey, 6.3%
Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Mexican Chocolate Stout, 8.3%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Okbotberfest Märzen, 6.8%

Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Rising Hope West Coast Pilsner, 5.3%
Mother Earth Brew Co. Vista): Cali Screamin Pumpkin Vanilla Cream Ale, 5%
Mission Brewing (Miramar, La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Kensington): Hard Root Beer, 5%
New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): El Jefe Hefeweizen, 5%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Live Your West Life Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Pizzzaiolo Italian-style Pilsner, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Art is Hard: Gold Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): X-Raying Citra Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Flash Cannon Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6%
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Solana Sour Ale w/ Watermelon, 4.4%
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): What the Helles German-style Lager, 5.2%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Lola Says Hola Mexican-style Lager, 4.7%
Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Bourbon Barrel-aged 650 Nanometers Irish-style Red Ale, 8.7%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): American Pie Apple Pie Hard Seltzer, 6.5%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Fest Beer Munich-style Lager, 5.3%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): No Flashlight Horchata Pastry Stout, 12.5%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): WhOOOa Amber Lager, 4.6%
Stone Brewing (Escondido, Downtown, Oceanside): Pierce the Veil IPA, 6.5%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Hyde Park English-style Mild, 4.5%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Pineapple Pono West Coast IPA w/ Pineapple, 6.8%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): ReSurgence Citrus Hard Seltzer, 5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Ghost Town Full Collapse | West Coast Double IPA (8.5%): I don’t often drink double IPAs…but when I do, it is likely one from Ghost Town*. The West Oakland horror merchants regularly conjure up deeply dank creations from the depths of the subconscious. Full Collapse has an unholy amount of Citra, Mosaic and Nelson ‒ household name hops varietals, one and all ‒ and doesn’t skimp on intensity. Bitterness and malt sweetness are held in balance with one another, while the skeleton on the label gestures plaintively for you to enjoy your beer, seeing as you are among the living.

* or Pliny the Elder, of course.

Heater Allen Bobtoberfest | Märzen (5.6%): A seasonal lager and also a tribute to a dearly departed family member ‒ Heater Allen in a nutshell. Dedicated to (and named after) Bob Allen, the brother of original owner Rick Allen and uncle to current co-owner Lisa Allen, this is a lager driven by both Munich and Vienna malts. Bob is given credit for encouraging Rick to focus upon brewing lagers in general and Oktoberfest-style beers in particular, and sadly passed away from cancer two decades ago. Drink this beer in remembrance!

Fremont Rusty Nail 2026 | Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout (15.2%): Full disclosure: I do not typically care for cinnamon or licorice in beer ‒ yet I adore Rusty Nail. This is a neat trick to pull off, and who better than Fremont to achieve it so effortlessly? A massive oatmeal stout base with brewer’s licorice is aged on cinnamon bark before 15 months’ rest in bourbon barrels, resulting in a brooding beast of a beer. With their signature overlong wax treatments drooping as far as the bottom of the bottle, Fremont’s barrel-program and branding are second to none.

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