What’s Tapping (11/13/25)

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): Barrel-aged Speedway Stout: Gansito Edition w/ Cacao, Strawberry, Vanilla & Coffee *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Barrel-aged Speedway Stout: Orange Creamsicle Edition w/ Orange, Vanilla & Coffee *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Barrel-aged Speedway Stout: Pecan Log Roll Edition w/ Pecan, Cherry, Vanilla & Coffee *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Barrel-aged Speedway Stout: Truffle Cherry Chocolate Edition w/ Truffle, Cherry, Cacao, Vanilla & Coffee *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Apple Pie Edition w/ Apple, Cinnamon & Coffee, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Banana Cream Pie Edition w/ Banana, Vanilla & Coffee, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Blackberry Pie Edition w/ Blackberry, Vanilla & Coffee, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Blackberry Sage Edition w/ Blackberry, Sage & Coffee, 12% *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Café Brûlot Edition w/ Cognac-soaked Oak Chips, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Orange, Lemon & Coffee, 12% *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Chocolate Pecan Pie Edition w/ Cacao, Pecan, Vanilla & Coffee, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Dubai Chocolate Edition w/ Cacao, Pistachio & Coffee, 12% *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Coconut Key Lime Pie Edition w/ Coconut, Lime & Coffee, 12% *
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: High Club Edition w/ Terpenes & Coffee, 12% *
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Pumpkin Stout, 7%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): It’s Called Hop Brother West Coast Double IPA, 8%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Ready Front Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE

* Available exclusively as part of AleSmith Brewing’s 2025 Speedway Grand Prix event, taking place on November 13 & 14

• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): El Corazon Cream Ale w/ Passion Fruit, Blood Orange & Pomegranate, 5.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Der Schwarzwald Dunkelweizen, 5.1%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos, Oceanside): Chill Bill Vol. 1 West Coast IPA, 7.7%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Passion Fruit Hazy IPA, 5.3%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale on Cask, 5.4%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Forgot Your Password English-style Barleywine, 9.6%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Noisey West Coast IPA, 7%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Uncle Bert Scotch-style Ale, 7.8%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Prize Inside West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Mulled Wine, 
• Eppig Brewing (Point Loma): 1886 Lager, 4.9%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Play’n the Crates Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Short on Time Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Never Been Fuller English-style Extra Special Bitter, 5.2%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Pistol Whipped Hazy IPA, 6.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Quick Draw Light Lager, 4.2%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Golden Stout Golden Ale w/ Coffee, 7.5%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Manoa Pineapple Hefeweizen, 5.2%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): I Want My Two Dollars West Coast IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Crusty Trustees West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery & Cellarmaker Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Double Flamingo-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Sing a Song of Simcoe Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): X-Raying Dobis Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.4% (collaboration w/ Cellarmaker Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE

• OB Brewery (Ocean Beach): Toked To Be Here West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Spinning Reels Bourbon Barrel-aged Pastry Stout, 14.2%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Spinning Reels: Maple Almond Cookie Edition Bourbon Barrel-aged Pastry Stout w/ Maple & Almond, 14.2%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Spinning Reels: Vanilla Bourbon Barrel-aged Pastry Stout w/ Vanilla, 14.2%
• Protector Brewery (Miramar, Downtown): Citra Juicy Organic Double IPA, 8%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Fresh West IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Home for the Holihaze Murky Double IPA, 8.8% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Pure Dank West Coast IPA, 6.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Coping Skills West Coast Pilsner, 5.6%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): West Quest West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Topa Topa Brewing)
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Caked Up Pumpkin Cheesecake Hard Seltzer, 5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Green Gold Dubai Chocolate Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 13.4%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Xocoveza Tres Leches Mexican Hot Chocolate-inspired Imperial Stout, 8.5%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Libertad Loma Dark Lager w/ Salt & Lime, 5.4%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Lollapagose Paloma-inspired Gose w/ Grapefruit & Mezcal-soaked Oak Chips, 4.5%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Mango Reactor Fruit Beer w/ Mango & Orange, 5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Block Party Session IPA, 5.2%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Midnight Snack Porter, 5.5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Lush Imperial Fruited Sour Ale w/ Raspberry, Marionberry & Coffee, 6%
• Villains Brewing (East Village): Goosebumper Hazy IPA, 6.7%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

We are delighted to welcome Alvarado Street Brewery back onto our shelves! This iconic Northern California brewery has won legions of fans near to and far from its Monterey and Salinas environs. Join us at Bock Bar today for a tap takeover and meet-and-greet! In the meantime, here are some cans to enjoy as well:

Alvarado Street Mai Tai | West Coast IPA (6.5%): If there were annual awards for beauty in graphic design upon beer-labels, Alvarado Street would surely be showered with accolades. Their flagship Mai Tai is not only a wonderful all-Mosaic IPA, but also displays its plumage in the form of mirror-image flamingos against a tiled background. For many people, this is the singular beer that defines the brewery, fresh and dependable. I will be drinking one this very evening, the first in many months.

Alvarado Street Monterey Beer | Light Lager (4.5%): For a brief period during the Great Depression, having exited the disastrous experiment known as Prohibition, a brewery on the south coast of Monterey Bay made a goodly number of well-regarded beers. With roots in the shuttered Salinas Brewery, Monterey Brewing Co. operated only from 1934-1942 but left an indelible imprint on the surrounding area. Today their vintage “cone top” metal cans are prized possessions among collectors of historic beer ephemera. Resurrecting the long-extinct Monterey Beer is one of the many achievements of Alvarado Street in paying homage to their local antecedents. This all-malt pale lager is a clean refreshing drink, and furthermore explicitly echoes the label-art of its ancestral predecessor.

Alvarado Street Howzit Punch | Fruited Kettle Sour Ale (5.5%): Formerly entitled “Haole Punch” ‒ a double reference to the children’s sugar concoction Hawai’ian Punch but also a Polynesian term for non-islanders (roughly) ‒ this kettle-sour is inordinately refreshing. It was the first beer in my recollection to make good use of the trio of fruits known popularly as POG (passionfruit, orange and guava). “Like Capri Sun for adults” is how we would characterize it, if all the high fructose corn syrup were removed and replaced with wonderful lactobacillus.

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