What’s Tapping (3/16/23)

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. 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): Boogie Wookie Munich-style Dunkel, 5%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Dark Magician Black Currant Braggot, 9.5%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Foul Roko Citrus Blast Hard Seltzer w/ Pineapple, Blood Orange & Lemon
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Irish Red Non-alcoholic Iris-style Red Ale, < 0.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Demigod West Coast IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Artifex Brewing)
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): False Idol Blonde Ale, 5.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Skeleton Krew California Pilsner, 5.3% (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Beer & Tacos)
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Cold Plunge Cold IPA, 6.4% (collaboration w/ Embolden Beer Co.)
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Evergreen Dream IPA, 6.3%
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Strawberry Blonde Ale, 6%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (Oceanside): Lúpuloco California Pilsner, 5.8%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (Oceanside): O’side or Noside West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Horus Aged Ales)
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Kung Fruit Sour Ale w/ Mango, Lime & Thai Chili
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Red Raspberry & Peanut Butter Smackers Gose, 5%
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Appa Zappa Neo Mexicanus-hopped Lager, 4.5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): DeftCon 4 Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10.3%
• Dogleg Brewing (Vista): Fore Wright Pale Ale, 5.7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Horchata Beer Slushies
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Oaty McOatface Oatmeal Stout, 5.1%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Tripel Play Belgian-style Tripel, 9.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Virtuoso Coffee Brown Ale, 6.2%

• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): 86’d Prohibition-style Lager, 5.4%
• Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): We Could Be Heroes Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa): Nectar Bomb! Hazy Pale Ale, 6%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa): Score Some Nelson IPA, 6.8%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Bay Park, South Park, Carmel Valley): Citra! Citra! Single-hop IPA, 7%
• Heila Brewing (Vista): Boho Blonde Ale, 5.6%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stoned In Paradise Hop-hazed Tropical Session IPA, 4.2%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Hogan’s Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 7.8%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Daddios Pale Ale, 5.9%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Life’s a Stage New Zealand-hopped Double IPA, 8.2%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Hasselhef German-style Hefeweizen, 5.5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Two Tortugas Belgian-style Quadrupel, 11.1%
• Mikkeller Brewing San Diego (Little Italy): Træblod Imperial Stout w/ Maple & Coffee, 12.1%
• Mission Brewing (East Village): Full Nelson Single-hop IPA
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Common Orbit Hazy Double IPA, 8.1%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Star Jungle Hazy Pilsner, 5.5%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): The Pub at Lake Cuyamaca Anniversary Märzen
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Axes of Fu! Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Fidens Brewing)
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Birdie to Bogey California Pils, 5.4%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): The Fu! Crew Double Dry-hopped Unfiltered West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Chocolate/Brown Ale, 14.3%
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Jameson Strong Ale, 10%
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Jameson Strong Ale w/ Vanilla, 11.3%

• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Strong Ale Birefall, 13.2%
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Strong Ale
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Strong Ale Tennessee, 13.8%
• Oceanside Ale Works (Oceanside): Bourgeoise Barrel-aged Strong Ale w/ Vanilla, 9.2%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Chute Da Pier IPA (collaboration w/ Deschutes Brewing)
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park. Bankers Hill): Lady Jane’s Lament Bourbon Barrel-aged Arctic Ale, 12.2%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Lief Méthode Traditionnelle (M.T. III), 7%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Sacred Space Belgian-style Singel, 5.6%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Foggy Nelson Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Rouleur Brewing (Carlsbad, North Park): Tandem Pale Ale, 5.6% (collaboration w/ Docent Brewing)
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): R&D #3 Tropical Stout on Nitro, 6.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Positive Vibes Always Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• WestBrew (Vista, East Village): Sandman Brown Ale
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager w/ Lemon fermented w/ WLP840 American Lager Yeast, 4.5%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): American Lager w/ Lime fermented w/ WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast, 4.5%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA w/ Phantasm fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast, 7.1%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA w/ Phantasm fermented w/ WLP0777 Tropicale Ale Yeast Blend, 7.4%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Catch You on the Hazy Side Hazy Double IPA, 7.5%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Vice Apricot Peach Berliner-style Weisse, 5.2%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Vice Black Currant Berliner-style Weisse, 5.6%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Vice POG Berliner-style Weisse w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava, 5.2%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Beachwood / Urban Roots Steely Jam | West Coast IPA (7.1%): A returning collaboration between our Long Beach friends and the Sacramento brewery, Urban Roots, Steely Jam unfurls tropical varietals at all frequencies. Mosaic (both as such as well in Cryo form) plus Strata make for aromas of pineapple, passionfruit and orange blossom. In a departure from the established Beachwood Brewing aesthetic, the can-art depicts two skeletal metalheads wearing shades and bopping to the music. Enjoy at high volume!

O’Hara’s Irish Red | Irish Red Ale (4.3%): The family-owned brewery, O’Hara’s, which is located in County Carlow in the Republic of Ireland, has been at the forefront of craft brewing on the Emerald Isle for almost 30 years now. Being a sterling example of the dry and roasty style, their Irish Stout is a year-round staple on our shelves at Bottlecraft North Park. In the lead-up to spring, it is joined by O’Hara’s Irish Red, an altogether chocolaty iteration of the classic ales of the isles. For the first time ever, it arrives to us in nitrogenated cans, offering a softer texture with no risk of foaming over and out of your glass. Sláinte!

Avery Tweak | Bourbon Barrel-aged Coffee Imperial Stout (13.1%): Gold foil-wrapped 12-ounce bottles are a hallmark of Avery’s special projects, usually heralding an innovative sour ale or a massive barrel-aged stout. Tweak is among the most adored of this dramatis personae and has returned with a lower (!) ABV (alcohol-by-volume) for the 2023 release. This roasty bruiser was brewed with heaps of coffee beans that themselves had been conditioned on a barrel-aged stout, making this an ouroboros of malt, caffeine and whiskey. Arguably the espresso martini of the beer world?

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