What’s Tapping (10/22/26)

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!

Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Move As One Non-alcoholic Pilsner, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Nitro Emerald Cliffs Non-alcoholic Irish-style Dry Stout, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Barley & Sword Brewing (Escondido & North Park): FrankenBitter ESB & Best Bitter Hybrid, 4.9%
Barley & Sword Brewing (Escondido & North Park): Poison Apple Berliner-style Weisse, 3.1%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Chilly Nelson West Coast IPA w/ Terpenes, 6%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Gulls Blonde Ale, 4.5%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Dia De Los Deftones Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 5%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Inventa West Coast IPA, 6.7%
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Slam Range Double West Coast IPA, 8.8%
Black Plague Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Hell Hazer Hazy IPA, 7%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Fresh Hop Carlsbad Crush Mosaic Pale Ale, 5.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Kindred Souls Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): War Planes Hazy Pale Ale, 5.8%
Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Dark Berry Sour Ale, 6%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Bruxelles Trip Belgian-style Tripel, 9%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft KustenPils North German-style Pilsner, 5.3%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftly Hallows Foreign Extra Stout, 6.5%

East Village Brewing (East Village): Beatnik Coffee Oatmeal Stout, 4.8%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Stay Calm Scottish-style Export Ale w/ Coffee, 5.2%
Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): RIP! Tiger! IPA!, 6.7%
Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Lime Light Hoppy Pilsner, 6.7%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Citra (It’s What We Like Here) Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): The End is Just Beginning West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Super Ultra Sooo Wild Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA w/ Terpenes, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Thinking with My Face Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Yuzu Lemonade Slushee, 6%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Probably Cursed Hard Seltzer w/ Hard Green Apple Candy, Lemon & Lime, 5%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Pacific Beach, Bay Park, South Park): Tasty Graves Fruit Punch-inspired Sour Ale  w/ Cherry, Cherry Hard Candy, Pineapple, Pineapple Gummy Bears, Orange Gummies, Candied Lemon & Marshmallow Fluff, 5%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Keep on Crushin’ West Coast IPA, 6%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): My Dear Watson Chocolate Brown Ale, 5.4
InZane Brewing (Vista): Kölsch German-style Blonde, 5.2%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bad Ass Bitch Double IPA, 9%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Five Oaks Amber Ale, 5.8%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Pistol Whipped Hazy IPA, 6.5%

Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Point Blank Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Magna Cucuribita Pumpkin Stout, 7.2%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Marshmallow Fight Dessert Stout, 12.3%
Mission Brewing (Miramar, La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Kensington): Jam Sesh Blackberry Lemon Hard Seltzer, 6.4%
Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Fresh As It Gets Fresh Hop IPA, 6.7%
New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Humbly Legit IPA, 7.5%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Friends & Neighbors Vienna-style Lager, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Graveyard Quintet Double Dry-hopped West Coast Pale Ale, 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): Horrific Horrors Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Joy Ride Berliner-style Weisse w/ Dragon Fruit, Passionfruit & Lychee, 5%
Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Westy West Coast Pilsner, 5.7%
San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): San Diego West Coast IPA, 7.5%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Decisions, Decisions Hazy IPA, 6.2%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Overcast! Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Sun Kissed Blonde Ale, 5.6%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Citra Starfresh Fresh Hop Double IPA, 8%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

This is likely the final fresh-hop column of the season!

Human People Mister Golden Sun | Fresh Hop Hazy IPA (6.7%): Citra has ascended to the pantheon of hops varietals, a household name for even casual IPA drinkers. At this time of year, it will undoubtedly be given the fresh-hop treatment by breweries who can access it! Human People Beer generously sent us this fresh-hopped hazy replete with Citra from Westwood Farms in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Only a few cans remain at the time of this writing, so stop by the shop now!

Fremont Head Full of Fresh Hops | Fresh Hop Hazy IPA (6.8%): While the majority of fresh-hopped beers we receive each harvest season are West Coast IPAs or clear pale ales, there are a few key examples of turbid ones to mention! The final such release by Fremont Brewing each year is a riff on the brewery’s immensely popular Head Full of Dynomite [sic] series of hazies. Always brewed with Mosaic plus at least one other rotating varietal, the 2026 edition has Krush in the fresh-hop addition, imparting bright orange Fanta tones.

Gigantic Sodbusted Simcoezilla | Fresh Hop West Coast IPA (6.2%): This one is for all the monster movie fans out there! Portland’s Gigantic Brewing has made a virtue of utilizing Simcoe in their Sodbusted series each year, with various kaiju creatures bedecking the can-art. Earthy grapefruit aromas and some healthy counterbalancing malt make this a sturdy beast of a beer. Drink this one now before it destroys Tokyo (again!).

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