What’s Tapping (10/1/26)
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!
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Mudfish IPA, 7.6%
BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Vecna’s Vienna-style Lager, 4.7%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Power Play West Coast IPA, 6.9%
Black Plague Brewing (Pacific Beach): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8%
Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Oktoberfest German-style Lager, 5.2%
Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Magic Number West Coast IPA, 7.1% (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Brewing)
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Endless Frontier IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Grumpy Brit English-style Ordinary Bitter, 4%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Thai Tea Haze Hazy IPA w/ Thai Tea, 6.2% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Austere Abbot Belgian-style Singel, 4.9%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Summer Saison, 4.7%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftly Hallows Foreign Extra Stout, 6.5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Beetlejuice Margarita Slushie, 5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Walk Off Munich-style Helles Lager, 5.2%
Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa, Mission Valley): Bavarian Heights German-style Festbier, 5.3%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): A Date with the Night Nitro English-style Dark Mild, 4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Like Super Profound Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Limoana Egyptian Limeade-style Slushee w/ Coconut Milk, Lime & Mint, 6%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Skylines of Invasives Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): This Page Left Intentionally Blank Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Negra Mexican-style Dark Lager, 4.8%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Sour Grapes Hard Seltzer w/ Grape, Lemon & Lime, 5%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Yuzu Kakigōri Japanese Shave Ice-inspired Sour Ale, 5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): O Mango Woman Tart Mango Wheat Ale, 4.6%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): (There is No) Planet B Black IPA, 7%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Daddio’s American Pale Ale, 5.2%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Lager Bräu Oktoberfest Lager, 5%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Life on März Märzen, 5.1%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bailey’s Ghost Smoked Pumpkin Porter, 7%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Cider Project Hard Cider, 6.5%
Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): High Key Double Hazy IPA, 8.2%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Poseidon’s Potion Fresh Hop IPA, 7%
New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Brewers Special Brown Ale, 6.6%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Parkhaus Premium American Lager, 5% (collaboration w/ Von Ebert Brewing)
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Saturated Substance Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1% (collaboration w/ Von Ebert Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Stuff & the Whatnots Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Kickstart Kölsch, 5.4%
Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Wet Lamborghini Wet-hop IPA, 6.8%
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Bavarian Ripple Helles Lager, 4%
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Technical Machine Japanese-style Lager, 4%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Formless Reflections Murky IPA, 6.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Quantum Affinity Murky Triple IPA, 10.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Simple Pursuits West Coast IPA, 6.8%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Daydream Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Cerveceria Doble C)
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Next Time Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ June Lake Brewing)
Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Prost on the Pacific Munich-style Helles Lager, 5%
Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager
Burgeon Redwood Remedy | Amber Ale (6%): Our very own Burgeon Beer Co. out of Carlsbad is known for a packed release schedule, with new recipes and seasonal favorites populating our fridge doors on a near-weekly basis. Yet their Redwood Remedy stayed draft-only until earlier this year, when it took the gold medal at the World Beer Cup in Philadelphis in the Amber Ale category. A canning run was rushed into production and now this delightful beer is a recurring presence! Hopped with a trinity of Cascade, Chinook and Citra, this is reminiscent of an earlier time in craft beer, when bitterer beers could have some hue to them. Congratulations to Burgeon!
Ayinger Oktoberfest Märzen | Märzen (5.8%): I have had the distinct privilege of tasting scores of Märzens in my life and yet Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen remains my absolute favorite ‒ there is no beer that I more look forward to every year as autumn approaches. The family-owned brewery is located in the eponymous village of Aying, directly southeast of Munich. The beer itself has a coppery, goldenrod hue, with barley-malts, light caramel and a whiff of chestnuts appearing on the aroma. The bottom-fermenting lager yeast, as well as lagering process itself, make for an astonishingly bright finish, crisp and clean. Prost!
Firestone Walker XXIX | Barrel-aged Cuvée (12.3%): The years come and the years go, but nobody does blended barrel-aged beers better than Firestone Walker Brewing. The anniversary cuvées are intrinsically similar, being a blend of several diverse bourbon barrel-aged malt-driven ales, but each release has its own personal character. Some of the beers involved were created with the specific purpose of going into the final recipe and are not typically released as such! The 29th anniversary recipe consists of about one-third Parabola, a smattering of other old favorites, and a collaborative stout brewed with FrauGruber Brewing, a craft beer operation located northwest of Munich. Enjoy now or lay a bottle down to slumber for a few years?
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