What’s Tapping (10/24)

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!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Barrel Aged Speedway Stout: Coffee Cake Edition w/ Coffee, Vanilla & Cinnamon, 12.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Full Suit Cold IPA, 5.2%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Manta Ray Double IPA, 8.8%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Tongue Buckler Imperial Red Ale, 10%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Gambino Coffee Imperial Stout, 8.5%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Power Play West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Daywalker Red Ale, 6.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Here Today Gone Tomorrow New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Harland Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): In My Darkest Sour Blueberry & Pomegranate Kettle Sour Ale, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Brewjeria Company (Chula Vista): Almas Perdidas American Stout, 5.8%
• Brewjeria Company (Chula Vista): El Padrino Italian-style Pilsner, 5.7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Delta Sequence Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ North Park Beer Co. & Pure Project Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Kiwi Breeze New Zealand-hopped IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ El Segundo Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Thin Fizzy Seltzer w/ Calamansi & Passionfruit, 4.5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): Bruxelles Trip Belgian-style Tripel, 9%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale, 5.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): Deft & Witty Belgian-style Witbier, 5.2%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): DeftHopt Golden English-style IPA, 6.2%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Locals’ Summer Double IPA, 7.6%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): 2am Tacos Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%

• East Village Brewing (East Village): No Reservations Belgian-style Quadrupel, 12%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): San Vito Italian-style Pilsner, 5.5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Basic Witch Golden Milk Stout w/ Pumpkin Spice, Coffee & Vanilla, 6%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Dark As Day Golden Milk Stout w/ Coffee, Cacao, Cinnamon & Vanilla, 6% (collaboration w/ SouthNorte Beer Co.)
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Nightmare on Maple Street Golden Milk Stout w/ Maple Syrup, Brown Sugar & Vanilla, 6%
• Five Suits Brewing (Vista): One-Eyed Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin-spice Peruvian-style Lager, 5.6%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Bred Ones Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Saison Spritz WP Tart Saison w/ Peaches, 5% (collaboration w/ Homage Brewing)
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Better Late Than Deader West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): No Restrictions American Red Ale, 6%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): West Coast IPA is Dead West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery, Amalgam Brewing, Breakside Brewery, Cellarmaker Brewing, Cloudburst Brewing, Cloudwater Brewing, North Park Beer Co. & Pinthouse Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Aloha Whip Hard Seltzer w/ Pineapple & Marshmallow, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): American Pilsner, 4.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Mango ‘Otai Smoothie-style Sour Ale, 7% 
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoner Moment IPA, 7%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Car Club Mexican-style Amber Lager, 5%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Oh My Stars West Coast IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Fractal Visions West Coast IPA, 7%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bailey’s Ghost Smoked Pumpkin Porter, 8%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Vietnamese Coffee Stout, 12.3%

• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington, La Jolla, Carmel Valley): Do It For the Brewbies Extra Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Fresh As It Gets Farm-to-Kettle IPA, 6.7%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Moondance Black IPA, 7.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): 10 Degrees of Light Czech-style Pale Lager, 4% (collaboration w/ Solaris Beer & Blending) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Carving is Hard Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Extra Turns Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): West Coast IPA is Dead Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery, Amalgam Brewing, Breakside Brewery, Cellarmaker Brewing, Cloudburst Brewing, Cloudwater Brewing, Green Cheek Beer Co. & Pinthouse Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Wave Single-hop IPA w/ Mosaic, 6.8%
• Pizza Port Brewing – Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Purple Superdelic IPA, 7%
• Prey Beer Co. (Vista): Tres Rondas Light Mexican-style Lager, 4.2%
• The Roadies Beer Co. (Vista): Something in the Orange West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Accelerated Progress West Coast Pilsner, 5.4%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Unknown Depths West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Altered Beast Extra Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown): Old Guardian Barleywine, 11%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Block Party Session IPA, 5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Fogged In Hazy IPA, 7.1%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Vibe Check West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Church of Chill Fresh-hop West Coast Pilsner, 5.2%
• Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Del Martian Amber Ale, 5.1%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

El Segundo Inspiration | Harvest IPA (7.2%): Like any agricultural product, there is something ineffable about freshly picked hops. The kilning and pelletizing process may necessarily preserve the building blocks of this wonderful plant, but many of the essential oils are lost. Since we want to brew beer year-round, this is an unavoidable sacrifice ‒ apart from a window of time in the autumn when the use of green cones straight off the bine is possible. Inspiration is a distilled expression of the Yakima Valley, the Mecca of hops in this country. This year, El Segundo Brewing worked directly with the Loza family for an all-Citra celebration. Cheers to another successful harvest!

Moonlight Reality Czeck | Czech-style Pilsner (4.9%): This is not a new beer by any stretch, and was profiled in the virtual pages of this publication a year and a half ago upon the debut of Moonlight Brewing in Southern California a year-and-a-half ago. Nevertheless, it deserves a renewed spotlight in the wake of winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival last weekend! Snappy and herbal like the Pilsners of the Czech lands, with a delicate spiciness from the Noble hops, this lager has grown in popularity and now approaches half the output of the brewery. I had the distinct honor of drinking a can fresh off the line with Ian Cutler (my counterpart at Bottlecraft Little Italy) alongside the entire Moonlight crew earlier this month, and it was every bit as delicious as it sounds. More on that visit in the near future…

Gold Dot Book Club Black Beer | Tmavé Pivo (5.3%): Landing somewhere between a Munich dunkel and a Černé Pivo, this opaque Czech-style dark lager straddles the line between “toast” and “roast”. Floor-malted and decocted, this beer pays homage to the classic techniques of Bohemia and Moravia. Black-bread and coffee tones are notable on the aroma, with a delicate sweetness accompanying the fine-grained bitterness of Sládek and Žatec (aka Saaz) hops. Enjoy while reading a good book or during the ensuing discussion. Na zdraví!

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