What’s Tapping (1/23)

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, 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): Anvil ESB Ale, 5.5%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Anvil Pilsner, 4.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Torrey Haze Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Decade of Dank West Coast Pilsner, 5.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Winter Weiss Non-alcoholic Weissbier, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Copper Dragon ESB, 5.4%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Daywalker Red Ale, 6.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): In My Darkest Sour Ale w/ Raspberry, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Märzen, 5.5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Tourmaline Tan English-style Brown Ale, 5.4%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Invaders from Idaho IPA, 6.6%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): No Bales West Coast Pilsner, 5.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): The Valley Life Hazy Pale Ale, 5.2%

• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Loteria Dark Mexican-style Lager, 5.3% 
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): DDH The Other Brian Double Dry-hopped Hazy Single-hop Double IPA w/ Citra, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): DDH Swim Test Double Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Lost in my Kaleidoscope Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Omnipollo’s Bianca Space Jam Lassi Gose w/ Blueberry, Pineapple & Raspberry, 6% (collaboration w/ Omnipollo) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Safety Jacket Non-alcoholic West Coast IPA, < 0.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Way More Special’r Barrel-aged Unfiltered Czech-style Pilsner, 4.6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Garibaldi Cocktail-inspired Hard Seltzer w/ Orange & Amaro, 6% (collaboration w/ Oddish Wine)
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): King’s Land Baltic-style Porter w/ Membrillo, Orange & Cinnamon, 7.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): SD Pale Ale, 5.2%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Helix Pale Ale, 4.8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoner Moment IPA, 7%
• The Lost Abbey Brewing (Vista): Right Side of Happiness IPA, 6.7%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista, Point Loma): Atomic Blast Hazy Double IPA, 8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Barrel-aged Zumbar Chocolate Coffee Imperial Stout, 10.3%

• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Shadow Guide Oatmeal Stout, 5.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Abstract Expression Triple Dry-hoped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• 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): Tangier Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Solana Sour Ale w/ Boysenberry & Strawberry, 4.4%%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Low Life Pilsner, 5.2%%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop Dust Murky IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Perhops, Perhops, Perhops Murky Triple IPA, 10.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Dole Whipett Real Good
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Musk Stick Hard Seltzer, 5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Phantom Island Extra Pale Ale, 5.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): South O Bitter Australian-style Bitter, 4.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Magic Sands Hazy IPA, 6.9%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Ethereal Gaze Double Dry-hopped West Coast Saison, 5.6%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Human People Spanning Time | West Coast IPA (7.5%): On Friday the 17th, we had the honor of hosting Human People Beer and Living Haus Beer Co. ‒ Modern Times alumni one and all ‒ at Bottlecraft North Park. The former operation out of Seattle came to town for Burgeon Beer Co.’s anniversary fest up in inland Carlsbad over the weekend, so we took the opportunity to throw an event in their honor! Spanning Time is a love letter to the Yakima Valley, with Mosaic and Columbus in the mix alongside two terroir-specific lots of Cashmere and Vista from CLS Farms. Variegated aromas of blueberries, lemon zest and pineapples will tantalize your senses, while the straightforward malt bill makes for a clean finish.

Augustiner Lagerbier Hell | Helles Lager (5.3%): A returning champion! Few beers have given me more pleasure to profile in the virtual pages of this publication than this one. Augustiner Bräu has been brewing for nearly seven centuries (!) in Munich and is arguably the best of the “big six” breweries that have their own tents at Oktoberfest. Hitherto only their Edelstoff (a heftier pale lager) and Maximator (a sturdy doppelbock) have been exported to the United States. Whenever I am in Germany visiting family or friends, however, it is the Lagerbier Hell that animates me. An absolutely pitch-perfect helles, this beer has endless sparkle and brightness. I typically pack a pile of bottles in my return luggage and can scarcely believe this beer is on our shelves now. Prost!

Living Haus Pearl | Coffee Stout (6.5%): Based out of the erstwhile Modern Times Portland facility (and before that, the late and much-missed brewery, The Commons), Living Haus is now a fixture of that storied beer-destination city. In conjunction with Stigbergets Bryggeri from the western Swedish city of Gothenburg, this stout is liberally dosed with coffee from the Puff roastery located a scant mile and a half from Living Haus. Enjoy in the mid-afternoon, after a nap!

Click here to explore the quality beers at Bottlecraft’s four San Diego locations