What’s Tapping (2/13)

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!

• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Raspberry Espresso Non-alcoholic Stout w/ Lactose, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Haze Down Under New Zealand-style Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): TurboZero Non-alcoholic Sparkling Hop Seltzer, < 0.5%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista): Birra Feliccia Pale Lager, 4.8%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Deftones Imperial Phantom Bride IPA, 9%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Must Be the Honey Blonde Ale, 5.5%
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Media Noche Dark Mexican-style Lager, 5% (collaboration w/ Northern Pine Brewing)
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Invita Mexican-style Lager w/ Salt & Lime, 4.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Old Buds IPA, 6.6% (collaboration w/ ISM Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos): Spirit of the Old West West Coast IPA (collaboration w/ Westbound & Down Brewing)
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Perception Dunkel, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Grateful Deft Kellerbier, 6.1%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Punch List Porter, 5.7%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Spring Break Juicy IPA, 7.4%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Cluck Buddies Tropical Hazy IPA, 7%
• Docent Brewing (Carlsbad): Supertonic Coffee Oatmeal Stout, 8.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Bourbon Barrel-aged Harbor Nights Baltic-style Porter, 12%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Blood Orange Jazz Hands Berliner-style Weisse, 4.5%

• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): BonnieWeizzen German-style Wiezen, 6%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): We Love L.A. San Diego-style IPA, 6.6%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): HD Supreme Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Perfect Curves West Coast Triple IPA, 11%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Rollin’ on Te’s West Coast Double IPA, 85%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Try D’s Nuts Dessert Stout w/ Coconut & Honey-roasted Peanuts, 11%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bar Rat Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Fast Fashion) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Forced Optimism Hazy IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): I Knew That Years Ago Double IPA, 9.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): You Can’t Be Fancy All the Time Rice IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Breakside Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Searching (with Pêche) Foeder-fermented Sour Ale w/ Peach, 5.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Summit to Sea West Coast IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Roadhouse Brewing)
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Upright Demise Imperial Pilsner, 8.8%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Barreled Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Porter, 11%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Board Schwarz German-style Black Lager, 5.5%
• Lightning Brewery (Poway): Red Arc IPA, 8.3%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Al Gas, No Brakes West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): 4Seasons Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Brown Ale w/ Coconut, Chocolate & Coffee, 13%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): European-style Dark Lager, 5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Rabble Rouser Red Ale, 5%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Elder-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Russian River Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Lupulin Collider Batch 5 Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Phantasmic Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Lake Bound New Zealand-style IPA, 7.2%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): La Patrona Mexican-style Lager, 4.7%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Mariette Belgian-inspired Kettle Sour Ale w/ Pink Peppercorn & Lime, 7%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Honey Brown English-style Mild Ale, 4.8%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Deja Fruit Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Peach, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Maplesaurus Rex Imperial Stout w/ Maple Syrup & Vanilla, 12.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Noche Emo Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Miramar): New Day IPA, 6.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Glance Ahead West Coast Pilsner, 5% (collaboration w/ Pizza Port Brewing)
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): O’side Bogan Australian-style Pale Ale, 4.5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Strandbier Kölsch, 5.6%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): True Dark Bourbon & Rye Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Maple & Coffee, 12%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): West Coast IPA fermented w/ WLP077 Tropical Ale Yeast Blend
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): West Coast IPA fermented w/ WLP090 San Diego Super Ale Yeast

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Beachwood Jukebox Jammer | West Coast IPA (7.1%): All right, I am going to go ahead and say it: I do not much care for Talus hops. This varietal appeared on the scene a few years ago and promptly began nudging its way onto hop-bills, often in combination with Mosaic. Descended from (the similarly polarizing) Sabro, Talus comes off to me as redolent of rosemary, a flavor I welcome alongside marcona almonds but not necessarily in an IPA. Please note: everyone’s physiology and taste-buds are different, so this is not meant to be prescriptive but rather observational. Hence it is a pleasant surprise whenever a hop-forward beer with Talus on the docket turns out to be delicious, as with this new one from Beachwood Brewing. Partnered up with Mosaic once again but also with classic, dank Columbus, Talus has won me over in the safe hands of the Long Beach hop wizards. Cheers!

Human People Lovers | Helles Lager (4.5%): A Valentine’s Day beer if ever there was one! Our friends at Human People Beer in Seattle have crafted a soft and welcoming pale lager for you and your loved ones. Cerulean skies with gauzy fluffy clouds make up the abstract art on the can. This is a beer for dreamers and romantics, or just those who delight in a well-crafted bottom-fermented offering.

Brooklyn Black Ops | Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout (12.4%): Once upon a time, this beer came only in 750-milliliter corked-and-caged bottles, with an asking price of $25 or thereabouts. My how the times have changed! Now in 16-ounce cans for $5.75 apiece, this wintertime seasonal is just about the best deal in barrel-aged stouts around. Slumbering for a spell in Four Roses cooperage, Black Ops is a welcome return to form for Brooklyn Brewery and easily their most exciting new limited release in our market of late.

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