What’s Tapping (9/17/26)
Our weekly list of new and fresh beers debuting at breweries throughout San Diego County plus recommendations from Bottlecraft
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!
Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Czech Your Citra Hoppy Pilsner, 5.1%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Boob Check Honey Ale w/ Cherry & Lime, 7.6%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Dead Ringer Märzen, 5.5%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Oktoberfest German-style Festbier, 6.2%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Raspberry Beret Fruited Cream Ale, 5%
BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Just Saiyan Japanese-style Lager, 4.5%
Black Plague Brewing (Pacific Beach): Hell Hazer Hazy IPA, 7%
Black Plague Brewing (Pacific Beach): Loud Mouth West Coast IPA, 6.5%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Same Day Service Fresh-hop IPA, 6.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Chula Vista Especial Mexican-style Pale Lager, 5%
Citizen Brewers (Grantville): Pils Czech-style Pilsner (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Kanpai Japanese-style Lager, 4.4%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.3%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft KüstenPils North German-style Pilsner, 5.3%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Märzen Lager, 5.5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Pils South German-style Pilsner, 5%
Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Deputy Duck IPA
Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Foxtoberfest Märzen Lager, 4.5%
Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa, Mission Valley): Haulin’ Oats Oatmeal Stout, 5.3%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Here We Are Belgian-style White Ale w/ Orange & Coriander, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Peach Tea Lemonade Slushee, 7.4%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Qualified Compliments Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): 7 Seventh Anniversary West Coast IPA, 7%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Easy Completion Session IPA, 5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Best Friend to Yakitori Japanese-style Lager, 5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Phishy Phishy Phishy American Pale Ale, 6.2%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Danker 3 West Coast IPA, 7.2%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): The Dorsty Lion Belgian-style Strong Golden Ale, 8.6%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Juice Box Hero Fruited Hard Seltzer, 6%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Ripplin’ Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5.6%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Full Moon Light Pale Ale, 5.5%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Wildflowers Fresh-hop IPA, 6.7%
Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): ‘Til the Spire American Wheat Ale, 5.2%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Poseidon’ Potion Wet-hop IPA, 7%
Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Vespar Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ 8 Bit Brewing)
Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Oktoberfest Bavarian-style Lager, 5%
Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): High Country Wet-hop IPA, 6.8%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Dripping with Dankness Double Dry-hopped Wet-hop IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
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): Parktoberfest German-style Festbier, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): X-raying Rakau, Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Indie Roo American Imperial Stout, 8.5%
Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Tie Dye IPA, 7%
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Vibrant Vision New Zealand-style IPA, 7%
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Duct Tape Single-hop Hoppy Lager w/ Tangier, 5%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Squiggle IPA, 7%
Prey Brewing (Vista): Preda Pils Italian-style Pilsner, 4.6%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Catch & Release Murky Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Nomad Hefeweizen, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Peachy Conditions Hard Seltzer w/ Peach, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Rising Momentum West Coast IPA, 7.1% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Robot Stop Heavily Fruited Sour w/ Coconut, Guava & Dragon Fruit, 7.4%
Stone Brewing (Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): Enjoy By Series Freaky Fresh West Coast Double IPA, 9.4%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Dark Knight Schwarzbier, 4.9%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Festbier German-style Lager, 5.6%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): One Chug New Zealand-style Rice Lager, 5%
Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager
Ghost Town Perverse Inverse | West Coast IPA (7%): Of the top ten IPAs I have enjoyed in 2026, at least three have emanated from Ghost Town Brewing in West Oakland. This is one of them! Enormously pungent with Krush, Mosaic, Nectaron and Riwaka, these cans were dropped off on Wednesday morning and are indelibly fresh. Stay tuned. A keg of this beer will debut on the draft-list at Bottlecraft’s North Park location in the near future!
Seek Bock Festbier | Festbier (5.3%): A seasonal favorite already, now in its second year! Commissioned for our fellow Drink Good family member Bock Bar, this is firmly in the Wies’n style of a festbier, with more Pilsner malt than Vienna malt. Lighter-bodied and cereal-forward with a hint of toastiness, this is an ideal festbier for the hottest month of the year in San Diego! Spalter Select hops give a kiss of bitterness to balance everything out. Cheers to Seek Beer Co. and many thanks to owner Dave Ohmer and his team!
Russian River Consecration | Imperial Flemish Red Ale (10%): Consecration belongs to the pantheon of craft sour ales, bar none. It was a stroke of genius on the part of Russian River Brewing to age acidic beers in used wine casks, adding yet another layer of complexity and blurring the lines between the two beverages. Consecration is a malt-driven Flemish red by style, featuring both primary souring bacteria inherent to that Belgian subcategory alongside the wild yeast strain Brettanomyces. It is furthermore conditioned on black currants for up to a year in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. This is one of the most unabashed beers in the shop, firing on all cylinders, and is currently available on draft as well as in bottles as I type these words!
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