What’s Tapping (1/9)

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): Flama Blanca Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Can We Be Friends West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Arrow Lodge Brewing)
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Triple Palm Non-alcoholic Tropical IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Gingerbread House Winter Ale w/ Vanilla on Cask, 5.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar): Ale Nog Nitro Cream Ale with Lactose, Nutmeg & Cinnamon, 6.4%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar): Gingerbread House Winter Ale w/ Holiday Spices, 5.7%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Defence of the Real Act (DORA) London-style Brown Ale, 3%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Thistle Oat Malt Oatmeal Stout on Nitro, 5%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Ye Olde Man & Scythe English-style Porter on Cask, 4.7%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Gingerbread Quad Spiced Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Jan Quadrupel Vincent 16 Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): The POG Father Double IPA w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava, 9%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): After Party Hard Seltzer Citrus Surge, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Nightfall Dark Mexican-style Lager, 5% (collaboration w/ Relentless Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma): Smoothie-style Apricot Sour Ale
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Famosa Raceway IPA, 6.5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DeftAcento Irish-style Stout w/ Coffee, 5.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Defotberfest Pils German-style Pilsner, 5%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Part Time Model New Zealand-style Pilsner, 4.8%

• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): CryoLuminesscence IPA, 6.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Best Pick West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Warm Up German-style Helles Lager, 5.2%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Keller-Bier Munich-style Unfiltered Helles Lager, 5.2%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Blueberry Lemonade Sour Ale, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Strawberry ShortJake Sour Ale w/ Strawberry, Vanilla & Pound Cake, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Waimea Haze Hazy IPA, 7%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Beer of the Dark Foreign Export Stout, 7%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): South Coast HWY West Coast IPA, 6.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Elev. 5353 India Pale Lager, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Five Oaks Amber Ale, 6.3%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Hoppy Harvest West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Golden Stout w/ Coffee, Vanilla & Cocoa Nibs, 7.5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Blanton’s Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Milk Stout, 10%
• Lightning Brewery (Poway): Thunderweizen Ale Bavarian-style Hefeweizen, 5.5%
• Little Miss Brewing (Logan Heights, East Village, Chula Vista, Normal Heights, Lakeside, Poway, Escondido): Rest & Recuperation Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• Little Miss Brewing (Logan Heights, East Village, Chula Vista, Normal Heights, Lakeside, Poway, Escondido): U-boat Mosaic Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Mike Hess Brewing (Ocean Beach): French Toast Donut Pastry Stout
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington, La Jolla, Carmel Valley): Sea Cider Hard Apple Cider, 5.5%
• Modern Times Beer (North Park, Encinitas): Interstellar Mist Hazy Double IPA, 8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Birdie to Bogey West Coat Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Electric Park: Batch 2 Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Tripel IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Electric Brewing) – 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): Proper Dankness Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): C.C. O’Neill’s Irish-style Red Ale, 5.4%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Triple Threat West Coast IPA, 7%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Flying Salmon Hazy IPA, 7%
• Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Berry Noir Berliner-style Weisse, 5.5%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Changing Lights Session IPA, 4%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Schwarzbier, 4.4%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Cloud Mountain Murky Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Mysto Wave West Coast Pale Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Runnin’ Low West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Triumphant Union West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Casey Jones Non-alcoholic Electrolyte Hop Water, 0%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Late Night Drive Blueberry Sour Ale, 7.4%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Sun Gods Barrel-aged Mexican Hot Chocolate Imperial Stout, 13% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Work This Time Extra Pale Ale, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Point Loma, Downtown): Lifeblurred Imperial Brown Ale, 11%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Alpenglow Vienna-style Lager, 6.1%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Fogged In Hazy IPA, 7.1%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Jubilee English-style Mild Ale, 4.4%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Nessie Scottish-style Ale, 6.3%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Pitter Patter American IPA, 6.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Sap Maple Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Hop-cano Hazy IPA, 6.9%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Cellarmaker Double Dobis | Hazy Double IPA (8.2%): For those who love Citra! Cellarmaker Brewing has many beers containing the term “Dobis”, all of which are saturated with 100% Citra hops. With lupulin material emanating from multiple lots as well as the selfsame varietal in Cryo form, this beer runs the gamut of possible aromatic expressions ‒ pineapple, cara cara orange and a certain resinous quality. Drink now, for it it is not getting any fresher!

Wayfinder Funeral Bock | Bock (7%): An intriguing blend of Munich and roasted malts makes for an uncommonly ebony bock, with hints of mocha peeking out from the edges. It’s toothsome and satiating, like the best kind of black bread. Plus it has a cat with lasers shooting out of its eyes on the label, a surefire path to merit inclusion in this column.

Alvarado Street Mucho Mangonada | Imperial Kettle Sour Ale (8%): This beer does precisely what it says on the tin, in the sense that it is absolutely drenched in mango. The sticky, juicy and vitamin C-laden fruit is a treat in innumerable culinary contexts ‒ why not beer as well? Per recommendation by Alvarado Street Brewery, line your glass rim with as much tajín as you can before enjoying!

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