What’s Tapping (11/21)

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): Czech-style Pilsner, 4.5%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Grapefruit Lager Light Lager w/ Grapefruit Soda, 3%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Marine Odyssey Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy): Fathom India Pale Lager, 5.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy): Grapefruit Sculpin IPA w/ Guava on Cask, 7%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Chilly Nelson Cold IPA, 6.5%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Viva La Beaver Milk Stout w/ Peanut Butter, Cinnamon & Chocolate, 7.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): After Party Citrus Surge Hard Seltzer, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Medusa Imperial Milk Stout w/ Cacao, Maple Syrup & Coconut, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Trouble Maker West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Brown Ale, 7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): All Forms Double Dry-hopped Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Loza Select West Coast Pilsner, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Pacific Pulse Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Wrenchin’ Double IPA, 7.9%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Porter Past Midnight, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): COG Bomb Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Pajama Pants Spiced Winter Lager, 8.5%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Blue of the Mighty Deep Blueberry Stout, 8.3%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Roppongi Nights First Press Japanese-style Lager, 5%

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Albariño Spritz, 11.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Change in Speak Japanese-style Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Hi, Everything’s Great Double Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Justin’s Cup Overfloweth Session IPA, 4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Short on Time Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Amber-lamps American Amber Ale, 4.8%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Midnight Train Imperial Stout, 10.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Solitary Company Hazy Double IPA, 8%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bad Ass Bitch Double IPA, 9.5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Point Loma, Downtown): Midwatch Milk Stout w/ Coffee, 6.1%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Point Loma, Downtown): Pacific Swell West Coast Pilsner, 5.5%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Bourbon Barrel-aged Malthead Mayhem Barleywine, 12%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Parallel Paradise Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Chocolate Stout Cocktail w/ Cajeta & Sprinkles
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Passion Fruit & Mint Hard Seltzer Cocktail
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Spiced Cider & Orange Cocktail
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Sugar Plum Spritzer & Rosemary Double
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): 11th Anniversary Wet Hop IPA
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Barrel-aged Lion’s Pride Old Ale (collaboration w/ Bagby Beer Co.)
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): O’Boy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)

• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Odd Strategy Wet Hop Harvest Ale (collaboration w/ TapRoom Beer Co.)
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Pride of Chops IPA (collaboration w/ Beachwood Brewing)
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Bract to Basics: NZH-106 New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Dank Mechanism Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ ISM Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Triple X-raying Nelson Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Legiontown Hoppy Lager, 5.5%
• Oggi’s (Carmel Mountain, Vista, Encinitas, Del Mar, Point Loma, Mission Valley, College Area, Santee): Float Your Bones Double IPA, 8.4%
• Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Big Blue Imperial Blueberry Sour Ale, 9% 
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Fallout Shelter Hazy IPA, 7.4%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Jam On It Kettle Sour Ale w/ Raspberry, Blackberry & Lime, 6.5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Secret Swami’s IPA, 6.8%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Oran Irish-style Dry Stout, 4.5%
• Protector Brewery (Miramar, Downtown): Cold War Imperial Stout, 8%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Grapefruit Ginger Hard Seltzer, 5%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Sound of Silence Milk Stout, 6.7%
• San Diego Brewing (Mission Valley): Nitro Cold Brew Nut Brown Ale w/ Spices, 5.7%
• San Diego Brewing (Mission Valley): Old Town Nut Brown Ale, 5.7%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Thoroughly Modern West Coast IPA, 6.2%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Going Way Back West Coast IPA, 7.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Point Loma, Downtown): Lukcy Basartd Ale Dry-hopped & Oaked American Strong Ale, 9.6%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Temper Tantrum Double IPA, 8.5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

The theme this week is pairs of characters!

Beachwood / Green Cheek Adventures of Lucky & Cheeky | West Coast IPA (7%): When two of the absolute best hoppy breweries in our neck of the woods team up, it is a safe bet to just go for the full four-pack. Taking as inspiration their respective mascots ‒ Lucky the hop cone and Cheeky the Parakeet ‒ this surprisingly light-bodied West Coast IPA is stuffed full of Mosaic, Nectaron and hop terpenes for aroma. Grab a pal and go on an adventure with this one!

Moonlight / Bottlecraft Fratelli | Italian-style Pilsner (5.2%): Over the course of my time at Bottlecraft, I have been involved in the creation of a number of collaborative beers with independent craft breweries both near and far. Those of us on the retail and service side of the beer-ecosystem would have nothing to offer without the extraordinarily talented people who actually brew the beer that makes our lives that much better. This one is intensely personal, however, as it combines my tenth work anniversary (and that of my Bottlecraft Little Italy counterpart Ian Cutler) with Moonlight Brewing, a Santa Rosa operation close to my heart. In conjunction with head brewer Zac Greenwood, we formulated the recipe ‒ Eraclea and Weyermann Barke malts, a hop-blend of Spalt/Tettnang/Saphir, soft deionized water ‒ before flying up in early October for the brew-day. Fratelli simply translates as “brothers” ‒ those who are familiar with The Goonies will recall that the antagonists are the “Fratelli brothers”, a joke that I did not understand until many years later ‒ reflecting the fact that Ian and I were hired on the very same day at Bottlecraft a decade ago!

Cellarmaker Coffee & Cigarettes | Smoked Coffee Porter (7.7%): This is easily my favorite non-hoppy beer from Cellarmaker Brewing ‒ a delicate blend of earthy coffee, gently roasted malts and a whisper of smoke. Every single morning, I drink coffee out of a mug featuring both anthropomorphic avatars from the label: a twitchy wired coffee cup and subdued ashtray. Drink this while watching the series of short black-and-white films by Jim Jarmusch under the selfsame name.

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