What’s Tapping (12/5)

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!

• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Checked Out Kettle Sour Ale w/ Blackberry, Peach, Cinnamon & Vanilla, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): The Dark is Rising English-style Porter, 4.7%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): The Dark is Rising English-style Porter on Nitro, 4.7%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): See Ya Later Double West Coast IPA, 8.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Round of Cheers Non-alcoholic Brut IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Grapefruit Sculpin IPA w/ Kiwi on Cask, 7%4
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Belma Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Cashmere Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Strata Pale Ale, 6.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Talus Pale Ale, 6.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Victory at Sea Imperial Porter w/ Coffee & Vanilla, 8.6%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Yule Tidings Spiced Winter Ale, 6.1%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Yule Tidings Spiced Winter Ale on Cask, 6.1%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Open Mind Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Trouble Maker IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Watch Me Fall IPA, 5.7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Turtle Power Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Western Grit Double Dry-hopped IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Westbound & Down Brweing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Leicht Leichtes Helles-style Lager, 3.1%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Hecho en Miramar Mexican-style Lager, 5.7%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, North Park): Shōgun Dusk in Kyoto Hojicha Lager, 4.5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, North Park): Shōgun Yuzu Blonde Ale, 5%

• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma): Smoked German-style Helles Lager, 4.5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Krush! (It’s What We Like Here) Double Dry-hopped Single-hop West Coast IPA w/ Krush Hops, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Garibaldi Hard Seltzer, 6% (collaboration w/ Oddish Wine)
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): India Pale Whale West Coast IPA (Christmas Label Edition), 6.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Lone Wolf Grodziskie, 3.5% (collaboration w/ Relentless Brewing)
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Shift Hazy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Trademark Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Log Jammin’ Maple Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 11.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Radder Santa Bourbon Barrel-aged Winter Warmer, 11%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Pistol Whipped Hazy IPA, 6.3%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Warrior’s Rest Imperial Stout w// Chocolate & Vanilla, 9.5%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Where’s Vera? Amber Lager, 5.5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Imperial Red Trolley Red Ale, 8.7%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Point Loma, Downtown): Pacific Swell West Coast IPA, 5.6%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Point Loma, Downtown): Rye Barrel-aged Imperial Milk Stout w/ Coffee, 10%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Jackson Farms Fresh Hop IPA, 7%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Quit Stalin Bourbon Barrel-aged Russian-style Imperial Stout, 11.7%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Spirit Animal Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Intensely Pronounced Aromatics Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): pFresh Coast West Coast Pilsner, 4.8% (collaboration w/ pFriem Family Brewers) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Mega-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped Quadrupel IPA, 13% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Aroma Constrictor Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• OB Brewery (Ocean Beach): Crooked Tree Red IPA (collaboration w/ California Wild Ales, Hodad’s Brewing, Karl Strauss Brewing, Ketch Brewing, Kilowatt Brewing & Pizza Port Ocean Beach)

• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Indie Roo Imperial Coffee Porter, 10%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Snow White Belgian-style Tripel, 10%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Tidal Fools Imperial West Coast Pilsner, 8% (collaboration w/ Berryessa Brewing)
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Ambient Pairing Pastry Stout w/ Maple & Vanilla, 10%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Riggity Riggity Triple IPA, 10%
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): 37 Pieces of Flair Black Double IPA, 8.3% (collaboration w/ Smog City Brewing)
• Pizza Port Brewing (San Marcos): Backside Rodeo Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Schussboom Brewing)
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): 26th Strong Ale Festival Barrel-aged Imperial Porter Blend w/ Coffee
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Hanging with the Gnomies Belgian-style Quadrupel, 9.3% (collaboration w/ Lake Arrowhead Brewing)
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Roll the Bones Double IPA, 8.5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Dark Nirvana Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Pecan & Marshmallow, 14.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Dreaming of Daylight Dark Lager, 5.2%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Off the Pier West Coast Pale Ale, 5.5%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Highwayman Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): CTZ (Citra, Talus, Zappa) IPA, 7%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Hey! Cerveza Man! Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Frequency Illusion Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): 3rd Anniversary Triple IPA, 8.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): 3X3 Animal Style Strawberry Milkshake IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Another Frequency Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Solaris Brewing & Blending) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Beer One Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 13% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Double Robot Stop Fruited Imperial Sour Ale, 10.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Standing There Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4% (collaboration w/ Harland Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Cellarmaker Dank of the West | West Coast IPA (6.5%): Reflecting an ongoing love for punning beer titles ‒ see also “Investment Danking”, a late-October release ‒ Cellarmaker Brewing has returned with the brilliantly named Dank of the West. An unabashedly bitter and resinous IPA, yet light on its feet at 6.5% ABV (alcohol-by-volume), this is a clarion-call for the California tradition of hoppy beers. The hops lineup is a layered blend of two old-school (Centennial and Simcoe) and two new-wave (Idaho 7 and Strata), setting up a dichotomy of olfactory and bittering influences. Cheers to Cellarmaker for continuing to hold the torch aloft for the West Coast IPA!

Living Haus Castorini | Italian-style Pilsner (5.2%): The Italian Pilsner is seemingly unstoppable! A long distance from its origins near the shores of Lake Como in northern Lombardy, this style has caught the imaginations of craft breweries everywhere. It makes a great deal of sense in our current Zeitgeist ‒ the return to lagers, the emphasis on lower-ABV beers (as none of us are getting any younger!), and yet still the demand for aromatic hops persists. With a bedrock of noble Tettnang and generous dosing of Hüll-bred Saphir and Spalter Select, Castorini is the latest new lager from our friends at Living Haus in Portland. Cin-cin!

Enegren Christmas Bock | Winter Bock (7.2%): There’s no denying San Diego is a hops town, but as the morning fog creeps in and the sweatshirts go on, a malt-forward lager is exactly what is called for. This ruddy maroon-hued bockbier provides delightful caramel aromas and bready satiation, tied off by spicy Hallertau and Herkules hops from Germany. The Tannenbaum festooning the label proudly proclaims the season. This beer will be featured at our Holiday Beer & Cheese event at Bottlecraft North Park on Tuesday, December 10 in conjunction with our partners at Venissimo ‒ follow the embedded link for tickets. Frohe Weihnachten!

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