What’s Tapping (1/26/23)

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): Aztec Gold Mexican-style Lager, 4.9%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Supernatural Cold IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Abnormal Beer Co.)
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): 14th Anniversary Rad Pils, 5.5%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): French Dispatch Pilsner, 5%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Love Boat IPA, 7%
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Yacht Rock IPA, 7%
• Breakwater Brewing (Oceanside, Vista): Watermelon Sugar Berliner-style Weisse w/ Watermelon, 5.3%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (Oceanside): BBQ Sauced IPA, 6.2% (collaboration w/ Heritage Barbecue & Beer Co.)
• Deft Brewing (Morena): DeftCon 4 Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Not-So-Austere Abbot Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 6.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Fortuna Rye Lager, 5.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Never Settle Hazy IPA, 6.1%
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, La Jolla): Helles German-style Lager, 4.8%
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, La Jolla): Vienna Lager, 4.6%
• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): Devil Cat West Coast Double IPA, 8.8%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa): Barrel-aged Braxator Maker’s Mark Edition Imperial Stout, 11.9%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Fun Times Blonde Ale, 5%
• Heritage Barbecue & Beer Co. (Oceanside): So Special For You Japanese-style Rice Lager, 4.5%

• Heritage Barbecue & Beer Co. (Oceanside): Strandhill Stout Nitro Dry Irish-style Stout, 4.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Juice Box Hero 2.0 Imperial Fruited Hard Seltzer w/ Passionfruit, Mango, Tangerine & Black Currant, 8%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Murk Diggler Hazy IPA, 7.3%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Pat’s Blue Ribbon ‘Murican Lager, 5.5%
• Kings & Convicts Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Active Port Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Raspberry Sour Ale, 5.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Bird Park Bohemian-style Pilsner, 4.7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Disciples of Fu! Simcoe Syndicate Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): TDH Art is Hard: White Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Denim Tuxedo Canadian-style Pilsner, 4.7%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Open Air Golden Ale, 5.5%
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): Christy’s House Blonde Ale, 4.8%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach, Solana Beach): La Morena Rica Porter, 5%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Dark Minds Imperial Coffee Stout, 9%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Juicy Refills Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Low Life Pilsner, 5.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Scintillation 10-month Farmhouse Ale, 6.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): West Coast Forces YQH-1320 IPA, 6.8%

• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): City of 100 Spires Czech-style Dark Lager, 5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Cloud Forest Murky Quadruple IPA, 13%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Fireside Mesa Imperial Stout w/ Cacao & Marshmallow, 11.9%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Monteverde Murky IPA, 6.6%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Neotropical Mist Blonde Ale w/ Passionfruit & Orange, 5.1%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Ride the Tide West Coast IPA
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Impact Zone IPA, 6.6%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Jandals & Jorts Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Secret Crush Sour Al w/ Blackberry & Peach, 5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): X
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Bridesburge Hefeweizen, 5.5%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Dahlgren Golden Ale, 4.7%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Highland Tea Rye Barrel-aged Scotch-style Ale, 9.3%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Joslyn German Chocolate Cake Milk Stout, 5.8%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Kerr Cactus Apple Sour Ale, 4.7%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Spike Berliner-style Weisse, 3.2%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Cold Black Heart Cold Black IPA, 6.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Next to Diamonds New England-style Double IPA, 7.5%
• Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing (Chula Vista): Golden Girls Day Strawberry Cheesecake Hard Seltzer, 5.3%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Beachwood Hop Jitsu | West Coast IPA (7.1%): Balancing bracing bitterness from high alpha-acid hops with honey malt sweetness, Hop Jitsu is a reach into the archives for Beachwood Brewing. The last time I recall drinking this beer was draft-only a full six years ago. Now in cans with a black belt cinched around the midsection, Hop Jitsu is bittered with Simcoe and Warrior with Citra and Amarillo in the dry-hop for a citric tinge.

Highland Park Friendlier | American Light Lager (4.2%): Also on the docket upon the special-occasion Highland Park Brewery drop last week was Friendlier, an uncomplicated and unprepossessing pale lager. This is no reason to overlook it however! Sometimes there is nothing more enjoyable than a beer that requires no pondering.

Enegren Maple Baltic Porter | Baltic-style Porter (9.1%): The delight of a Baltic porter is that it offers roast without concomitant bitterness, as befitting its lager character. Like its little sibling schwarzbier, it is also a cunning way to demonstrate that “dark” and “heavy” are not necessarily synonymous in beer. Enegren Brewing has introduced a further innovation to this regal style by adding maple syrup, not as a sweetener but rather as a carbonating sugar source. With a whiff of smoke to top it all off, this is one winter seasonal not to be missed.

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