What’s Tapping (10/15/26)
Our weekly list of new and fresh beers debuting at breweries throughout San Diego County plus recommendations from Bottlecraft
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 staff recommendations about beers they are excited about that can be found at their bottle shop locations in North Park, Little Italy and Point Loma!
AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Evil Dead Red Ale, 6.7%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): East to West IPA, 7.5%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Midnight Rising Unfiltered Black Rye IPA, 6.8%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Chilly Nelson West Coast IPA, 6.5%
Black Plague Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Loud Mouth West Coast IPA, 6.5%
Culver Beer Co. (Carlsbad): Spanglish Vol. 6 West Coast Pilsner, 4.6% (collaboration w/ Booze Brothers Brewing & Farland Aleworks)
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Aprikosen Gose w/ Apricot, 4.3%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): MacDeft Export Scottish-style Export Ale, 4.5%
Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): El Hefe Hefeweizen, 4.5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Cryolumenessence Cry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Bière Sauvage Frambroise Belgian-style Lambic w/ Raspberry, 7.5%
Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Fast Sunglasses West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ El Segundo Brewing)
Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Coffee Oatmeal Stout, 5.7%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): American Bier Hoppy Helles Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Cheeky’s Chai Chai-spiced Hard Seltzer, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Pallyfornia West Coast Pilsner, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Skeleton Wings Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Blueberry Sticks Sour Ale w/ Blueberry, Blueberry Yogurt Biscuits, Vanilla Ice Cream, Cream Cheese, Graham Cracker & Vanilla Wafers, 5%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Raglan Swell New Zealand-style Hazy IPA, 6.8%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bad Ass Bitch Double IPA, 9%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Quick Draw Light Lager, 4%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Thirsty Thurston Tropical Stout, 5.8%
Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Garston Gold New Zealand-style IPA, 7.1%
Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Hasselhef German-style Hefeweizen, 5.5%
Latchkey Brewing (Bay Ho): Six-Seven IPA, 6.7%
Latchkey Brewing (Bay Ho): Still Nacht Stout, 8%
Little Bird Brewing (North Park): Little Wing Pale Ale, 5.3%
Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Shoobie Seltzer Series #4 Pink Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 5%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Magna Cucurbita Great Pumpkin Stout, 7.2%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Bird Park Bohemian-style Pilsner, 4.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Dead as a Doornail Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Picking Daons’ Pockets Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Dowson’s Dark English-style Mild, 5%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Pine Park Pumpkin Spice Porter, 8%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Alpine Afterglow Vienna-style Lager, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Baja Breach West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Between Memories Murky Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Deja Fruit Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Blueberry Blackberry & Nectaron Hops, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Orderly Chaos Fresh Hop IPA, 6.2%
Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Artifact IPA, 7.1%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): GRIMM Schwarzbier, 5%
Stone Brewing (Point Loma, Downtown, Oceanside): Ruination IPA, 8.2%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Jandals New Zealand-style IPA, 6.3%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Rain Delay West Coast IPA, 6.8%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Pucker Up, Pumpkin Vanilla Sour Ale, 7%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Doobie Double IPA, 8%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Saved by the Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5.2%
Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager
Another round of all fresh hops this week!
Seek Orderly Chaos | Fresh Hop West Coast IPA (6.2%): The local option! From where I sit typing these words, I could walk to Seek Beer Co. in about 15 minutes (or bike there in three or four, traffic on El Cajon Boulevard depending). Co-founder Dave Ohmer and his crew have stuffed this beer with C-hops: Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and relative newcomer Comet. This one is truly limited, so if all of the above appeals to you, come on down for a can!
Human People Petrichor | Fresh Hop West Coast IPA (6.8%): Better-known in the world of wine and mezcal tasting, petrichor is the smell of fresh-fallen rain upon soil or stone. This fantastic beer smells of Simcoe, however, in heaps! Sourced from Coleman Agriculture in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, this piney, earthy varietal is one of my personal all-time favorites ‒ and given the fresh-hop treatment here, it really sings. Many thanks to Human People Beer for sending some of their fresh-hopped beer in our direction!
Fremont Fresh Hop Lush | Fresh Hop West Coast IPA (7%): Fremont Brewing in Seattle helped put Cryo Hops (also known as “lupulin powder”) on the map with the debut of Lush almost a decade ago. The ineffable combination of Citra and Mosaic, amplified by the then new-wave method of hops additions, made for a bona fide phenomenon ‒ at least in my professional and social circles back then! This seasonal edition puts its thumb on the Citra scale, with fresh whole-cone as well as Cryo in the mix.
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