What’s Tapping (10/30)

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): Azul y Chrome American Lager, 4.2%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Forged Theory Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 15.2% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Hephaestus’ Blend Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Coconut, Cacao, Vanilla & Coffee, 13.2% (collaboration w/ Mortalis Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Boob Check Fruit Beer w/ Hibiscus, 6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Simma own, Now! Pale Ale, 5.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Chiswick’s Special Extra Special Bitter on Cask, 5.4%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Staffordshire’s Best Bitter, 4.3%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Bite the Bulleit Belgian-style Tripel, 11.9%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Boo Berry Blueberry Smoothie-style Hard Seltzer, 8%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Churro Con Chocolate Imperial Pastry Stout, 13%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Fall of Troy Imperial IPA w/ Orange & Vanilla, 8.5%
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Marine Layer Unfiltered IPA, 6.7%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Scenic Route Black IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Altamont Ale Works)
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Day of the Dead Stout, 5.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Austere Abbot Belgian-style Singel, 4.9%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft de Garde Bière de Garde, 6.4%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Kirschbier Gose Sour Ale w/ Cherry, 4.3%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Bière Sauvage Barrel-fermented Farmhouse Ale, 7.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Pajama Pants Smoked Doppelbock, 7.5%
• Eppig Brewing (Point Loma): 1866 Premium Lager, 4.9%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Ghost Runner Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Pure Project Brewing)

• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Dank Matter IPA, 6.6% (collaboration w/ Nickel Beer Co.)
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Perennial Robust Porter, 6.1%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Perennial Robust Porter on Nitro, 6.1%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Chasin’ Down Some Holes Light Lager, 4.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Corpse Dance Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Enthusiasm Extra Pale Ale, 4.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Parking Lot Tattoos Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Turn Your Ears Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): The Grape Beyond Hard Seltzer w/ Grape. Lemon & Lavender, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Kiwi Cactus New Zealand-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Last Run Citra Pale Ale, 5.2%
• Hill Street Brewing (Oceanside): Street Fight Extra Pale Ale, 5.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Martian IPA, 7.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Red Planet Tangerine IPA, 6.5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Toppy’s Tepache Sour Ale w/ Pineapple, 6%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Midwatch Coffee Milk Stout, 6.3%
• Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Livin’ Dolcita Loca Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Fruit Bomb Peach Apricot Sour Ale, 5.2%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Akita Dry-hopped Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Horrific Horrors Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Kreepy Kölsch, 4.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Mango Colada Smoothie-style Sour Ale w/ Mango, Coconut & Lime, 6% (collaboration w/ Omnipollo) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Hop-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Unfazed Haze Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Rakiura New Zealand-style Pilsner, 4.3%
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Sunday Hammers Cream Ale, 5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Santa’s Little Helper Imperial Stout, 10%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Fruit Bowl Hazy IPA w/ Kiwi & Pineapple, 6.8%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Hot Love Murky IPA, 7.1% (collaboration w/ Fall Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Mango Bramble Hard Smoothie w/ Mango & Blackberry, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): 650 Nanometers Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Whatcha Say Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.3%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Coping Skills West Coast Pilsner, 5.6%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Enjoy By 01.01.26 Double IPA, 9.4%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Hammerhead West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Jubilee English-style Mild, 4.2%
• 3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Chavos Frontera Ultras Pilsner, 4.7%
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Are You Afraid of the Dark Munich-style Dunkel, 5.5%
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): He Was Number 1 Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): OH YEAH Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Topanga Tang Tangerine Hard Seltzer, 5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

A very special Halloween edition of the Picks of the Week!

Great Notion Beetlejuice Jr. | Hazy IPA (6%): It’s showtime! Just in time for Halloween, Great Notion Brewing has dropped a trifecta of outré offerings. Taking a cue from the brewery’s immensely popular Juice Jr., meet none other than Beetlejuice Jr., the self-described “bio-exorcist” and all-around agent of chaos in the striped outfit. With a dry-hop of nothing but Mosaic, let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose. I cannot promise that if you say the name of this beer three times, it will appear in front of you ‒ but give it a whirl just to be sure?

Prairie Pumpkin Kerfuffle | Imperial Sour Ale (8.2%): Oklahoma’s Prairie Artisan Ales can always be relied upon for mondo bizarro sour beers, and this autumnal special release is no exception. With gobs of the flavors that make up “pumpkin spice” ‒ think allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and so forth ‒ and marshmallows to make it extra Halloweeny, this is quite a kerfuffle all right. The can-art is directly inspired by René Magritte, one of the finest surrealists of all, from the beer-loving country of Belgium.

Jester King Black Metal | Imperial Stout (12%): Get out your corpse-paint and fire up the blast beats for this one! Black Metal is a merciless, punishing imperial stout from the inimitable Jester King Brewery of the Texas Hill Country outside of Austin. Stare into the abyss and see for yourself that no light may pass through this ebon opaque beer. To cite Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, “It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.”

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