What’s Tapping (1/4)

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!

• 3 Punk Ales Brewing (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Starlight Tart Saison w/ Guava, 4%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Serenity Haze Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Artifexican Mexican-style Lager, 4.7%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Bye Felicia Double IPA, 8%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Infinite Layers Barrel-aged Imperial Pastry Stout, 13%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): The Most Interesting Can in the World Dark Lager, 6.5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Orange You Different Hazy IPA, 7%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Moon Cat Imperial Porter w/ Vanilla, 10%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Weevil Juice Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Yule Tidings Spiced Winter Ale, 5.4% (collaboration w/ Home Brew Mart)
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma): Brody’s 12th Anniversary Cool IPA, 6.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Daywalker Red Ale, 6.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Party Party Paloma Hard Seltzer, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Grow House Hazy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Casa Agria Specialty Ales) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Hand Selected Pale Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Buko Pandan Haze Hazy IPA w/ Pandan Leaf, 6.4%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Melo Twos Hazy Double IPA, 8%
• Guadalupe Brewery (Vista): Nuestra Señora Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 14%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Banana Cream Pie Fluff Milkshake IPA, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Japanese Lager Kuro, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Twinzer Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Fun Times Blonde Ale, 5%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Mi Scusi Italian-style Pilsener, 5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad, San Marcos): N/A Red Trolley Non-alcoholic Irish-style Red Ale, < 0.5%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Muntz New Zealand-hopped Rye IPA, 7.2%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Nothing But Nelson Single-hop IPA, 6.6%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Sanctus Nicolaus Winter Doppelbock, 14.6%
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Mango Nada Kettle Sour Ale w/ Mango, Tarmarind & Tajin, 5.7% (collaboration w/ Dillinger Brewing)
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Pipe Dreams West Coast IPA 
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Not My First Rodeo IPA, 7%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): An Everywhere Collab? Heck Yeah!! Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Everywhere Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Art Is Hard Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): NP Helles German-style Helles Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Saturated Substance Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1% (collaboration w/ Von Ebert Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Big Blue Imperial Sour Ale w/ Blueberry, Hibiscus & Vanilla, 9%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Juicy Refills Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Low Life Pilsner, 5.2%
• Protector Brewery (Miramar): Chilly Woo Organic Cold IPA, 6.1%
• San Diego Brewing (Mission Valley): San Diego Pale Ale 2.0, 6%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa): The Bachelor with Amarillo SMaSH IPA, 7%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): If You Must West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Strange Rayz Pale Ale, 5.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): 11th Anniversary IPA fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Yeast, 6.9%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): 11th Anniversary IPA fermented w/ WLP008 East Coast Ale Yeast, 7%
• WestBrew (Vista, Del Mar, East Village): Seal Cove Port Wine Barrel-aged Stout, __%
• WestBrew (Vista, Del Mar, East Village): Seal Cove Stout, 7.5%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

A very special non-alcoholic set of picks to commemorate Dry January…

Fremont N/A IPA | Non-alcoholic IPA (< 0.5%): Who among us does not love Fremont Brewing? Masters of wet-hopped beers, barrel-aged stouts and everything in between, a visit to the brewery in the eponymous neighborhood of Seattle is a must for any beer-lover heading to the Pacific Northwest. With an intriguing line of non-alcoholic beers hitting the shelves of late, Fremont has cannily noted prevailing trends. This dealcoholized IPA is hopped with Citra and Citra Cryo for hop-heads taking a break from alcohol for however long.

Best Day Kölsch | Non-alcoholic Kölsch (< 0.5%): Capturing the essence of a pale lager without alcohol is a tall order. Many have attempted it and failed in years past. Yet Best Day Brewing out of Sausalito has done it, by gum. With both Pilsner and Cologne malts on the grain bill and Hallertau hops, the recipe is befitting of the original top-fermented lagers of Köln. Crisp and light with depth of flavor, lack of alcohol notwithstanding ‒ an achievement by any stretch.

Untitled Art N/A Mango Dragonfruit | Non-alcoholic Fruited Sour Ale (< 0.5%): Even sour ales have joined the sober party! Wisconsin’s Untitled Art has a veritable galaxy of non-alcoholic beers, but the Mango Dragonfruit has proven to be among the most popular. With a healthy dose of real fruits (mango, guava and pitaya) and a gentle tartness, this is for those who frequent the juice bar.

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