What’s Tapping (9/7)

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 staffers’ recommendations about beers they are excited about that can be found at their bottle shop locations in North Park, Little Italy, Point Loma and Oceanside!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): SD Loyal Pub Ale, 4.4%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Sol Mosaic IPA, 7%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Adora Sunrise IPA w/ Orange & Strawberry, 7.7%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Cactus Drooler Berliner-style Weisse w/ Orange, Pineapple & Prickly Pear, 4.4%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): The Great Deliverer Porter, 7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Ain’t Seen the Bridge IPA, 6.7%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Divine Light Blonde Ale w/ Strawberry, 4.8%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Hopduken Double IPA w/ Mango & Peach, 7.7%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Chilly Nelson Cold IPA, 6%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista): Pacific Cloud Unfiltered West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Tropicus Pale Ale w/ Blood Orange & Grapefruit, 5.3% – BUY ONLINE
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Maine Offender West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Kellerbier Lager, 4.8%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Coconut Mojito Beer Slushies, 5%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Protest ’68 Czech-style Dark Lager, 5.4%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa): Gravity for Good West Coast IPA, 6.2%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Basic Batch Pumpkin Ale, 6%

• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Golden Haze Hazy Blonde Ale, 5.5%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Back to the Old School West Coast IPA, 7.8%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Easy Crusher Pre-Prohibition-style Pilsner, 4.8%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Hazezoose Hazy IPA, 6.9%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): S3-2X Peach Cobbler Berliner-style Weisse, 6.5%
• The Lost Abbey (Vista, San Marcos, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, East Village): Various Methods Double IPA, 9.3%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Wild Child Double IPA, 8.4%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Oktoberhess Märzen, 5.6%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Double or Nothin’ Double IPA, 8.9%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Dopplebock
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): German-style Altbier, 5.7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Kiwi to Bogey New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5.4% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Truc De Fou! Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – BUY ONLINE
• One Season Brewing (Grantville): Just Jostle It IPA, 6.8%
• One Season Brewing (Grantville): Secondary Inspection Mexican-style Lager, 5%

• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): Secret Tunnels Session IPA, 4.5% (collaboration w/ Booze Brothers Brewing & Farland Aleworks)
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Beneath the Canopy Murky IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Smog City Brewing) – BUY ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Lotus Sunset Smoothie Beer w/ Mango & Guava, 6% – BUY ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Nomad Hefeweizen, 5.7% – BUY ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): NZed 106 Murky Pale Ale, 5%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Pacific Pomegranate American Wheat Ale w/ Pomegranate, 6%
• Rouleur Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Boneshakeur New Zealand-hopped Pilsner, 5.6%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Carmel Mountain, North Park): Dawg Daze West Coast IPA, 6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Fest Bier, 5.3%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Unless You Know West Coast IPA, 5.7%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Fest Bier Oktoberfest Lager, 4.8%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Run of the Mill West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Oshansaido Japanese-style Lager, 5.5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Mango Mingle Sour Ale w/ Mango, Gooseberry & Peach, 5%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

GOAL. Legend of Summer Twos | Hazy Double IPA (8.5%): San Diego welcomes Derek Gallanosa back to town! Initially making a name for himself as the head brewer at Abnormal Beer Co. in Rancho Bernardo before departing to open Moksa Brewing in Rocklin (north of Sacramento), Gallanosa has a new venture in the tripartite Brewery Igniter space on El Cajon Boulevard. Legend of Summer Twos is the first can release in distribution. A hazy double IPA with Nectaron and Simcoe Cryo hops, the beer gives off intense peach and resinous aromas, following through with a dense mouthfeel befitting the style. Join us in welcoming GOAL. to the neighborhood with a tap takeover at Bottlecraft North Park from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13.

pFriem Oktoberfest | Festbier (6.1%): Paler in color than the classic Märzen, Wies’n-style festbiers ease up on the Munich malt. This new release from pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon definitively plants a flag on the side of the dividing line. With a distinct white-grape aroma, this beer is reminiscent of a scaled-down Maibock. Prost!

Great Notion Seedless | Watermelon Gose (6%): A little salt can really brighten up the sweet and juicy taste of fruits in the melon family. Skeptical? Add a pinch to your next watermelon agua fresca and ponder. Great Notion has taken this realization and run with it with this tart wheat ale. Watermelon, dragon fruit and an undercurrent of salinity makes for an altogether refreshing summer treat.

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