What’s Tapping (1/12/23)

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. 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!

• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Simrillo IPA, 6.6%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Simrillo IPA w/ Grapefruit IPA, 6.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy, Linda Vista): Hazel Pine American Amber Ale, 6.1%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): White Sage IPA, 7.5%
• Breakwater Brewing (Oceanside, Vista): Bandidos Lager Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): American Gold Premium Lager Beer, 5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Subliminal Sync Anniversary IPA, 6%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Paradox of Passions Dark Sour Ale, 12% (collaboration w/ Nickel Beer Co.)
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado, Imperial Beach): NADO Japanese-style Lager, 4.5%
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Training Haze hazy IPA, 7.5%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Hazy McBeer Face Double Dry-hopped Citrusy Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Sun Don’t Shine Imperial Stout, 9%
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, La Jolla): Just the Facts West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): Speedo’s Tiki Love God Brown Ale, 5.7%
• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): Speedo’s Tiki Love God Brown Ale w/ Chai Tea, 5.7%

• Groundswell Brewing (Grantville, Chula Vista): AMF Mexican-style Lager, 5.4%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Wanahu Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Arrow Lodge Brewing)
• Helia Brewing (Vista): Spirit Quest Double IPA, 8.6%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Barrel Aged Whiskey Stout, 12%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Shelter Island): Cool Runnings Cold IPA, 7.3%
• Kings & Convicts Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Detour to Vienna Vienna-style Lager, 4.7%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Muntz New Zealand-hopped Rye IPA, 7.1%
• Mission Brewery (East Village): Peach on Earth Peach Cobbler Smoothie Sour Ale w/ Peach, Vanilla & Graham Cracker, 5.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): The Coast with the Most Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hitcha with Citra West Coast Lager, 5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Secret Secret Secrets Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Porter Time, 5.5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Imperial Beach): Over the Bridge IPA, 7.1%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Nelson at Noon Hazy Pale Ale, 5.3%

• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Double Dust Murky Double IPA, 8.7%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): #ISO Murky Triple IPA w/ Dragon Fruit, 10.3%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): The Next Chapter West Coast Pale Ale, 5%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Chasing Citra Unfiltered IPA, 6.4%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): McNeil’s Imperial Irish-style Dry Stout, 6.5%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Paddling Back Out Pale Ale, 6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Evolved Intuition Hazy Pale Ale, 5.4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Had a Hunch Pale Ale, 5.4%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown, Harbor Island): Ruination Double IPA, 8.2%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Here & There Classic Pale Ale, 4.8% (collaboration w/ The Garden Brewery)
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Positive Vibes Only Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• WestBrew (Vista, Del Mar, East Village): Hazy by the Sea Hazy IPA, 7%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Zamtra Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP1983 Charlie’s Fist Bump Yeast, 7.4%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Zamtra Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP644 Saccharomyces rux-Like Trois Yeast, 7.4%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Cellarmaker Simcoe Galaxy | Hazy IPA (7.2%): The combination of piney, resinous Simcoe with mango-esque tropical-fruit bomb Galaxy may not make sense on the face of it, yet this unorthodox combination has found favor with a select group of brewers around California. Drinkers here in San Diego may know it best from Chief Peak, the flagship IPA of Ventura-based Topa Topa Brewing, but whereas that is firmly West Coast in style, this offering from Cellarmaker is hazy and opaque. With Cellarmaker’s move across the Bay underway as these words are typed, we are looking forward to more of their delicious beers in 2023.

Wayfinder Golden Tiger | Polotmavý (5.3%): Devotees of Czech-style lagers are well familiar with the term “tmavý”, meaning simply “dark”. Our colleague Devin here at Bottlecraft North Park even has a dog named Tmavý, to take one such local example! A tmavý Pivo in Bohemia and Moravia is a malt-driven lager with deep russet coloration and the ability to be both hearty and refreshing at once. The even ore obscure style polotmavý is usually rendered as a “Czech amber lager”, but literally means “half-dark”. This there-way collab between Oregonians Wayfinder and Heater Allen and the incomparable Colorado-based Bierstadt Lagerhaus is a tribute to U Zlatého Tygra (“At the Golden Tiger”), one of the finest places in Old Town Prague for fresh draft lager. Na straví!

pFriem Nectarine Golden Ale | Oak-aged Sour Ale (7.1%): Inspired by true Pajottenland lambic, Hood River’s pFriem Family Brewers produces a stunning array of barrel-fermented tart ales with judicious applications of local fruits. Taking the concept on further, some of these funky and acidic beers are aged not simply in neutral oak, but rather in used wine barrels. The characteristics of Sauvignon Blac in particular lend themselves well to such creations, accentuating zippy and zest notes in the final measure. Nectarine Golden Ale boasts a layering of vibrant stone fruit, as well. This beer has been a longstanding recurring favorite of ours on draft over the years. This limited drop is the very first time it has been available in bottles in San Diego.

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