What’s Tapping (9/14)

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): Clásico Oscuro Mexican-style Dark Lager, 5.2% – BUY ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Festbier Dry-hopped Festbier, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Fall Brewing) – BUY ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Hopwright Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Shillelagh Down to Sleep Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Sunset Stoke Non-alcoholic Red IPA, < 0.5% – BUY ONLINE
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Luna Del Oro Belgian-style Witbier w/ Lime & Chilies, 4.2%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): Half Nelson Dry-hopped Lager, 5.5% (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Hexenbräu Märzen, 5.3% (collaboration w/ Eppig Brewing)
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Ron Murkundy Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Dearly Departed Cold IPA, 7% – BUY ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Hazy Scandal Hazy IPA, 6.3% – BUY ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Medusa Imperial Milk Stout, 8% – BUY ONLINE
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): The Ultimate Snowflake Fest Bier, 5.4%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Oktoberfest Bier Amber Lager, 4%
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Steady Hand IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Artifex Brewing)
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Bavarian Gold Helles-style Lager, 4.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Single Source Fresh Hop IPA, 6.5?%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Holy the Voyd Nitro Stout, 6%
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos, El Cajon): Pineapple Playland Hard Seltzer, 10%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Session Hazy IPA, 5.5%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Broken Chain West Coast IPA, 7.8%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): The Lazy Foreman Hazy IPA, 7%

• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Beergarita Beer Slushies, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Barrel-aged Sun Don’t Shine Imperial Stout, 9.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Fest Friends Forever Festier, 6.1%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Prominence Unfiltered IPA, 7.5%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Metallic Blue Ones Hazy Petite IPA, 5.7%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Festbier, 5.2%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Cool Down Sour Ale w/ Lime, Mango & Jalapeño, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): DPM Sour Ale, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Märzen German-style Fest Bier, 5% (collaboration w/ Tripping Animals Brewing)
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Tropical Whale IPA, 6.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Ube Milkshake IPA, 7%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Baesic Batch Pumpkin Ale, 6%
• Heritage Brewery & Barbecue (Oceanside): Flying Bridge Triple IPA, 10.5%
• Heritage Brewery & Barbecue (Oceanside): State Champ West Coast Cold IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Looks Super Dank Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Stein O’Mite Fest Lager, 6.2% (collaboration w/ Embolden Beer Co.)
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Cream Ale, 5%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Hair Metal Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 6.8% (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Red Rye Ale, 6%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Amber Lager, 4.5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Oktoberfest Märzen, 6% (collaboration w/ Pizza Port Brewing)

• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Dankster For Life Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): PCT American Pale Ale (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
•  North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Harvest Rocket Double Dry-hopped Harvest IPA, 7.4% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Parktoberfest Festbier, 5.5% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Prologue Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – BUY ONLINE
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Festbier Munich-style Helles Lager, 4.2%
• Protector Brewery (Miramar): Organic Märzen Oktoberfest-style Lager, 5.5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Corylus Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Hazelnut, Cacao & Coffee, 13.4% – BUY ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Madeline Oak Barrel-aged Mixed Fermentation Saison, 7.2% – BUY ONLINE
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Chocolate Cherry Brownie Nitro Stout w/ Cacao, Vanilla & Cherry, 6.5%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Choppy Surf Czech-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Heiress Czech-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Caught Sippin’ Blonde Ale, 4.5%
• Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Sock Czech Lager, 
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager fermented w/ WLP840 American Lager Yeast, 5.4%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager fermented w/ WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast, 5.4%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Homebrew Summer Czech-style Pilsner fermented w/ WLP802 Czech Budejovice Lager Yeast, 4.1% (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Homebrew Summer Czech-style Pilsner fermented w/ WLP845 Fast Lager Yeast, 4.1% (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): R&D Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP0778 Tropicale Yeast Blend, 7.8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): R&D Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP518 Opshaug Kveik Ale Yeast, 7.8%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Olfactory Orange Sunshine | West Coast IPA (6.6%): Phil Emerson, a longtime brewer at Almanac Beer Co., has gone and started his own brewery! Together with business partners Bobby Moyer and Trevor Allen, he is making a go of it across the Bay from his former base of operations on Alameda island. Olfactory Brewing is situated in the Dogpatch neighborhood of my birth city of San Francisco and has had an auspicious beginning. Our first direct drop arrived just this week as Trevor made the drive south himself. Orange Sunshine is a West Coast IPA exploring all sides of Citra, with whole-cone, Cryo and Incognito additions. Cheers to Olfactory!

Wayfinder Freiheit | Festbier (5.7%): We have been utterly captivated by Wayfinder Beer’s lagers since they debuted in California a scant three years ago. This Portland, Oregon brewery does exceptional takes on a Helles and Czech-style Pilsner as part of their core lineup, so this autumnal lager was a no-brainer for inclusion in our inventory. Freiheit, which translates to “freedom” (a reference to the New Wave band Münchner Freiheit) is an Oktoberfest in the Wies’n style, with all of the delectable cooked-cereal malt presence one would expect. Prost!

Fieldwork Salted Watermelon Gose | Gose (4.8%): Having lived in Leipzig for some time, I am quick to trumpet the virtues of Gose, the beer style whose wellspring emanates from there. The tart, slightly saline wheat ale lends itself well to various fruit additions in the modern day, as well. Fieldwork Brewing ‒ which is located in Berkeley, where I grew up ‒ has cleverly twigged to the notion of dosing it with watermelon. This beer thus represents the inadvertent combination of my hometown and my home away from home, and is delicious to boot.

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