What’s Tapping (1/11)

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!

• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Emerald Cliffs Non-alcoholic Irish-style Stout, < 0.5%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Luna Del Oro Belgian-style Witbier w/ Lime Peel & Ancho Chilies, 4.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Beoir Dearg Irish-style Red Ale on Cask, 4.7%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma): Brody’s 12th Anniversary IPA, 6.5% 
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Fully Baked Pastry Stout w/ Coconut & Macadamia Nuts, 8%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Thin Fizzy Blackberry Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 4.2%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Yer My Boy RED!!!! Hoppy Red Ale, 6%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Aloha Warrior IPA, 7.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.3%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft & Taxes Weizenbock, 7.9%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft Leicht Leichtbier, 3.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest Bavarian-style Märzen, 5.5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest Pils German-style Pilsner, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Make Mai Day Maibock, 7%
• Dogleg Brewing (Vista): LIV’in on the Wedge IPA, 7%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Two of a Kind West Coast Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Never Rains Here Lager w/ Calamansi, 5%

• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): New Year New Whit Belgian-style Witbier w/ Tangerine & Passionfruit, 5.6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Sundown Sour Ale w/ Apricot, Blueberry & Passionfruit, 5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Prague Nosis Red Czech-style Lager, 5.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): More Cash Less Problems Hazy IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Sno Ball Imperial Dessert Stout, 12%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Dragonfruit Triple IPA, 11%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Sunday IPA, 5.6%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Bentley’s Nut Brown Ale, 5.5%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Garston Gold West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, San Marcos, Carlsbad): Dancing on the Deck Imperial Stout, 9% (collaboration w/ Lake Arrowhead Brewing)
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Rad Habits Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Wizards Wand West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Green Futures Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Boo Koo IPA, 6.5%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Siren Song West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Birdie to Bogey West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Sorta Mostly Dead Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Cuzzy Bro New Zealand Hoppy Lager, 6%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Guillame Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 4.2%
• Protector Brewery (Miramar): Organic Non-Alcoholic Beer, < 0.5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Clouds of Delusion Murky Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Electric Warior Cold IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Fall Brewing)
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): I Choose Yuzu Japanese-style Rice Lager w/ Yuzu, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Opaque Dreams Smoothie Beer w/ Blueberry & Peach, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Planet Queen Dark Lager, 5.1%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): San Diego Pale Ale 2.0, 5.7%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Better Half Hazy Pale Ale, 5.9%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): London Leather Extra Special Bitter on Nitro, 5.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Sap Hazy IPA w/ Maple Syrup, 7.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager fermented w/ WLP840 American Lager Yeast, 5.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager fermented w/ WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast, 5.6%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Smath IPA fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Yeast, 6.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Smath IPA fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast, 6%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Cellarmaker Pacific Dopeness | West Coast IPA (6.9%): New year, new beer, back to basics. Longstanding Bay Area stalwarts Cellarmaker (now headquartered in my hometown of Berkeley) have come back from the holidays with a clean and dry West Coast IPA with a combination of old-school and new-wave hops to reset the palate. Pacific Dopeness blends up Motueka, Simcoe, Strata and Talus for an herbaceous and tropical outcome. I am well known to have a particular fondness (weakness?) for Motueka and will taste any beer from a reputable brewery utilizing it.

Living Haus / Holy Mountain Margie Lee | West Coast Pilsner (5.6%): The hoppy lager wave shows no sign of receding. Relative newcomers, Living Haus (brewing on the system that once housed Modern Times Portland and, before that, The Commons) have a robust selection of lagers of all stripes. In conjunction with the stupendous Seattle brewery, Holy Mountain (named after Alejandro Jodorowky’s freak-out magnum opus La Montaña Sagrada), they have created a heavily Citra-hopped Pilsner. Margie Lee will surely appeal to hopheads and lager fanatics alike.

Perennial / Prairie Bombraxas | Imperial Spiced Coffee Stout (10.5%): Alongside Hunahpu’s by Cigar City and Mexican Cake by Westbrook, Abraxas by Perennial helped kickstart the so-called “Mexican chocolate stout” craze circa a dozen years ago. Alone among this trifecta, Abraxas sees distribution to our market, a sought-after annual release. Alongside the base edition and beloved Vanilla Abraxas, this year brings us a mash-up with Prairie Artisan Ales, whose core Bomb! series similarly boasts coffee, chiles and other spicing. Enjoy this with friends on a cold night.

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