What’s Tapping (11/7)

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!

• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Krush’n Superdelic Extra Pale Ale, 6.1% (collaboration w/ Tarantula Hill Brewing)
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Das U-Boot Märzen, 6%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Pumpkin Spice Nut Brown Ale, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Be With You Thai-style Rice Lager, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Hard Seltzer w/ Blueberry, 5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Ready Front Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Noche de los Muertos Imperial Stout w/ Cinnamon, 9%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Chiswick’s Special ESB on Cask, 6.1%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista, Temecula): Mostraveza Mexican Mocha Milk Stout, 7.8%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista, Temecula): Sun Diego: Boysenberry Pie Sour Ale w/ Boysenberry & Spices, 5.8%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Maidenless Hazy IPA, 6.1%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Frosted Fakes: S’mores Imperial Pastry Stout w/ Graham Cracker, Chocolate, Vanilla & Marshmallow, 8.5%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside): True Grit Andy’s IPA, 7%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): In My Darkest Sour Ale w/ Blueberry & Pomegranate, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Olde Ways American Light Lager, 4.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): 11 Year Anniversary IPA, 6.5%
• Brewjería Company (Chula Vista): Caramelo Belgian-style Dubbel, 7.9%
• Brewjería Company (Chula Vista): Los Farmworkers Wheat Ale w/ Pineapple & Mango, 5.8%
• Brewjería Company (Chula Vista): Tri-C West Coast IPA, 7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Cloud Chaser Hazy IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Special Delivery Extra Pale Ale, 5.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Strawberry Blonde Ale, 5%

• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): Defotberfest Northern German-style Pilsner, 5.1%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park/Morena): Kirschbier Gose w/ Cherries, 4.3%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Dark Night Robust Porter, 5.5%
• Five Suits Brewing (Vista): Dubbel Down Belgian-style Dubbel, 7.5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bier Helles-style Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Member IPA? Single-hop California IPA w/ Mosaic, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Which Echoes Belong? Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Out of Range IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Outer Range Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Hoppin’ New Zealand-style Pilsner, 4.8%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Midnight Train Imperial Dessert Stout, 11%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bailey’s Ghost Smoked Pumpkin Porter, 6.8%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Mental Drift IPA, 7.1%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Three Sisters Czech-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Midwatch Coffee Milk Stout, 5.2%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): O’Boy! IPA, 6.5%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Slam Dunkle German-style Dunkel Bock, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Puesto Cerveceria)
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): 4 Seasons Autumn ’24 Oak-aged German-style Lager, 5.9%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Bloody Orange IPA w/ Orange, 7.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): One Thousand Time’s the Charm Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 11% (collaboration w/ Green Cheek Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Cheeky to Bogey West Coast Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Green Cheek Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Experimental-Fu! Batch 2 Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Who Needs Sleeves Anyway? Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): 7th Anniversary Extra Pale Ale, 5.1%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): La Morena Rica Porter, 4.8%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Norse Woman American IPA, 6.8%
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Spooky Imperial Stout, 8.5%
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Stoop Kid Dark Czech-style Lager, 4.2%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Prairie Wolf American Light Lager, 4.3%
• Prohibition Brewing (Vista): Hoppy #13 Triple IPA, 9.9%
• Prohibition Brewing (Vista): NZ Pale New Zealand-style Pale Ale, 6.2%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Meditative Moment Imperial Stout w/ Coffee, Cacao & Vanilla, 12.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Méthode Pêche Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Peaches, 6.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Resident Brewing (Downtown, Chula Vista): Dia de los Michis Stout w/ Marigold, Cinnamon & Piloncillo Sugar, 7.3%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): San Diego Stout American Stout, 6.5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Ancho-spiced Stout w/ Chile Pepper, 6.5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Nitro Cold Brew Stout w/ Coffee, 6.5%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Apprentice West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Butcher Imperial Stout, 9.7%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Debutante Belgian-style Amber Ale, 6.5%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Small Worlds West Coast IPA, 7%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Point Loma, Downtown): Stone Imperial Stout, 10.5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Midnight Snack Porter, 6.1%
• Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Midnight Bliss American Stout, 6%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

In the spirit of San Diego Beer Week, all of this week’s picks are hoppy collaborations between local craft breweries.

Fall Brewing (et al) Capital of Craft 2024 | West Coast IPA (6.6%): Happy San Diego Beer Week to all! A longstanding tradition of the San Diego Brewers Guild, the annual Capital of Craft is invariably a mega-collab between one host brewery and a bevy of other independent operators in the county. The 2024 iteration is a West Coast IPA cooked up on Fall Brewing’s system, joined by Black Plague Brewing, Blind Lady Ale House (BLAH) Brewing, Hodad’s Brewing, Hopnonymous Brewing and Ketch Brewing. At the time of this writing, cans of this commemorative IPA are on our shelves and a keg is pouring freely at Bottlecraft North Park, so drop by and ask for a taste!

Burgeon / North Park Beer / Pure Project Delta Sequence | West Coast IPA (6.8%): This three-way collaboration between some of the most respected brewers of hoppy beers in San Diego is a can’t-lose proposition. Essentially a mashup of each respective brewery’s flagship West Coast IPA ‒ Treevana for Burgeon, Hop-Fu! for North Park Beer Co. and Pure West for Pure Project Brewing ‒ this recipe stuffs all the hops from all three recipes into a single can, making seven distinct varietals in total. Mosaic is furthermore represented in Cryo form, and Citra in both Cryo and Incognito incarnations. Eagle-eyed observers will note that the the ABV (alcohol-by-volume) of Delta Sequence lands at 6.8%, which happens to be the average of the three inspiration beers.

GOAL. / Mcilhenney Alpine to the Boulevard | West Coast IPA (6.7%): “Alpine” is not merely a mountain range or a style of cheese, but also a town in East County with an outsized influence on local craft-beer history. The eponymous brewery half an hour up the hill from San Diego made otherworldly hoppy beers, and arguably put the Nelson varietal on the map. Its successor project, McIlhenny Brewing, has kept to this lofty standard since opening in 2021, family-owned and fiercely independent. “The Boulevard” can only refer in this case to El Cajon Boulevard, so consequential that its western terminus boasts an archway sign ordinarily reserved for neighborhoods. GOAL. Brewing is headquartered upon said boulevard, alongside Seek Beer Co. and Barley & Sword Brewing. These geographical elements combine to form the name of this beer, replete with Citra and Nectaron hops. Cheers to collaborative efforts and our shared heritage of West Coast IPAs!

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