What’s Tapping (12/11/25)

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!

• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Winter Wonder Non-alcoholic Winter Warmer,  < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Ale Nog Spiced Cream Ale on Nitro, 6.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): The Aussie IPA, 6.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Gingerbread House Spiced Winter Warmer, 6.6%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Orkney Scottish-style Export Ale, 4.7%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Yule Tidings Spiced Winter Ale, 6%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Tempest IPA, 6%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Chula Vista Especial Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): War Planes Hazy Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Winter Warmer, 6.7%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Tourmaline Tan English-style Brown Ale on Cask, 5.8%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Great Grandpappy Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 11.5%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Handful Helles-style Lager, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Zeitgeist Germany-style Pilsner, 4.9%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Jade Samurai Barrel-aged Imperial Matcha Latte Stout – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Secret Caves Wine & Spirit Barrel-aged Imperial Stout – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Velvet Ronin Barrel-aged Imperial Ube Stout – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): I’m the One Two Times Anniversary Pilsner, 5.2%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): This Is Not My Beautiful Wife Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): American Light Lager, 4.2%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Blonde Ale, 4.7%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Coffee Stout, 5.5%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Limeade Hard Seltzer, 5%

• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Pilsner, 5.4%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): Tropical Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Good Pressure Brewing (Allied Gardens): West Coast IPA, 6.7%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Answers for Everything Double Dry-hopped Hazy Tripel IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Expressions of Gratitude West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): A Few Things I Like Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Give Yourself Permission Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Tangier!?! In This Economy ?!? Single-hop West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Field & Oak Rustic Porter w/ Oaked Lemongrass, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Tiramisu Stout w/ Chocolate, Coffee & Vanilla, 8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Fun Times Blonde Ale, 5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Haze for Horses Hazy IPA, 7%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): King Rufus Chocolate Rye Porter, 6%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Crusher West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): All Gas No Brakes West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Family Trees West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): 2015 Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): 2016 Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): 2017 Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): 2018 Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): 12th Anniversary Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 11%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Green Truck Wet Hop Double IPA, 8%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Julian Apple Pie Ale, 6%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Danking Holiday ’25 Quintuple Dry-hopped Hazy Quintuple IPA, 15% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Funderlust Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Breakside Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Infinite Content Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Owl Farm Unique Fermentations (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Big Blue Blueberry Sour Ale, 9%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Crooked Tree Red IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Ocean Beach brewers)
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Jules Winfield Imperial Stout, 9%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Sunset Stroll IPA, 7%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Australis Murky Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Evergreen Cream Ale w/ Pandan & Coconut, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Red Rock Ridge Amber Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Tranquil Trail West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Solar Flare Blood Orange Wheat Ale, 5.8%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Dangerous Optimism West Coast IPA, 7%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Doppelbock, 7.5%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Widow Belgian-style Strong Dark Ale, 9.2%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Sunkissed Blonde Ale, 5.7%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Human People Old Tricks | West Coast IPA (6.7%): In addition to a smattering of lagers, our friends at Human People in Seattle just sent down cans of a new West Coast IPA recipe! Old Tricks is generously hopped with Krush, Mosaic and Simcoe. The latter two have a lineage, as Mosaic is a daughter of Simcoe, making this a family reunion of sorts? This beer exemplifies a wonderful cross-section of the bounty of the Yakima Valley in the here and now.

Wayfinder Golden Tiger | Polotmavý (5.3%): Devotees of Czech-style lagers are well familiar with the term “Tmavý”, meaning simply “dark”. Our colleague Devin at Bottlecraft Little Italy even has a dog named Tmavý, to take one such local example! A Tmavý Pivo in Bohemia and Moravia is a malt-driven lager with deep russet coloration and the ability to be both hearty and refreshing at once. The even more obscure style Polotmavý is usually rendered as a “Czech amber lager”, but literally means “half-dark”. This three-way collab between Oregonians Wayfinder Beer and Heater Allen, and the incomparable Colorado-based Bierstadt Lagerhaus is a tribute to U Zlatého Tygra (= “At the Golden Tiger”), one of the finest places in Old Town Prague for fresh draft lager. Na straví!

Cellarmaker Wreather Madness | Holiday Spiced Ale (7.5%): The Gingerbread Man sits snugly in his easy chair at home, the fireplace alit to warm his right foot while a curled-up cat snoozes at his left. He exhales smoke rings towards the decorated Christmas tree and everything twinkles merrily. Who could ask for anything more? This one is for those who crave winter spicing in their beer, replete with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and vanilla. Happy holidays!

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