What’s Tapping (3/2/23)

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): Blackberry Pie Imperial Berliner-style Weisse, 6.8%
• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Key Lime Pie Imperial Berliner-style Weisse, 6.8%
• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Lemon Meringue Pie Imperial Berliner-style Weisse, 6.8%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Fearless West Coast IPA, 6.8%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Horny Devil Belgian-style Golden Strong Ale, 10%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista): Blush Orange Cara Cara Orange Hard Seltzer
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Tropical Terps IPA, 6.6%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Don Piña Pineapple Ale, 7%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Mango Hard Kombucha, 5.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Riwaka Roots Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Tight Focus New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7.1%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Banksy ESB, 6%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado, Imperial Beach): The Mariner West Coast Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Societe Brewing)
• Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Baltic Porter, 7.4%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft Leicht Leichtbier, 3.2%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest Pils German-style Pilsner, 4.6%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest Märzen, 5.8%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Don’t Beat a Deft Horse Dunkelweizen, 6%

• Deft Brewing (Morena): Fear the Deft Star Kottbusser, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Half-a-Weizen Hefeweizen, 5.1%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar): Sour Cherry Limeade Beer Slushie
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, La Jolla): Hear Me Roar IPA, 7.4%
• Gravity Heights (Sorrento Mesa): Sparkle Boiz Australian-style Sparkline Ale
• Half Door Brewing (East Village): Huckya Huckleberry Hard Seltzer
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Galaxy Rye IPA, 6.4%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Better Off Alone Hazy IPA, 7.1%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): New Stratasphere West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Dragon Fruit Hazy Triple IPA, 11%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Lucky Shamrock Pale Ale, 6%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Raining Juice Hazy IPA, 7.8%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown): Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Electric Waste Beer Red IPA, 6.8%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Tower X West Coast IPA, 7.3%
• Kings & Convicts Brewing (Miramar): Prezzie Pale Australian-style Pale Ale, 5%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Parallel Paradise Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): MT Pils, 4.8%
• Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Amor a la Mexicana Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%

• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Hits from the Zahm West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Red Rover American Amber Ale, 5.4%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): American Barley Wine, 11.2%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Apple Pie Ale, 6%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Covington American Pilsner, 6%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Wading in the Tides Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Two Tides Brewing)
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Chasing Pizza Hazy IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Resident Brewing)
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Freya’s Last Ride Corn Lager, 5.5%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Chasing Nelson Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• Second Chance Beer Co. (Carmel Mountain Ranch, North Park): Fistful of Gummies Berry Edition Kettle Sour Ale, 5%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Downtown, Harbor Island, Oceanside): Patio Magic Double IPA w/ Phantasm, 8.8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Bee the Scene Honey Blonde Ale, 5.4%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Bread Van English-style Bitter, 4.2%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Paw Manz Contemporary Pilsner w/ Spelt, 5% (collaboration w/ Lazarus Brewing)
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Juice Monster Hazy Double IPA, 8.7%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): St. Paddy’s on the Juice Hazy Double IPA, 7.8%
• 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

Cellarmaker The Dripping Tap | West Coast IPA (6.3%): A new recipe from Cellarmaker Brewing, which is now headquartered in my hometown of Berkeley. The Dripping Tap incorporates an altogether dank medley of hops, with old favorites Centennial, Mosaic and Simcoe joined by as-yet unnamed HBC 586. Limonene and Pine-Sol® aromas waft out of the glass en route to a bracing bitterness.

Ayinger Maibock | Maibock (7%): It is the end of February at the time of this writing, which means that the bocks of May are arriving! This strong pale lager traditionally heralded the onset of of springtime in Bavaria, distinct from ruddy doppelbocks in color and flavor but otherwise adhering to many of the same guidelines. Debuting in packaged form in our market, the Maibock from Ayinger is a masterful example of the style. Grapenuts and white-grape grain aromas lead to a light-hued but sturdy and warming spring lager. Prost!

8 Bit Super Mario Tart: Supercharged | Kettle Sour Ale (7.8%): Zooming back onto the racecourse after a hiatus in distribution throughout Sn Diego County, 8 Bit Brewing out of Murrieta dropped a smattering of hoppy beers upon us last week as well as the latest in its Mario Tart series. Invariably a kettle-sour with a cornucopia of tropical fruits, this lineup is vibrantly hued and fresh without excessive residual sugar. The Supercharged iteration imparts an intriguing mélange of black currant, marionberry and peach with a bright magenta tone for your backdrops. Watch out for the shells!

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