What’s Tapping (4/27/23)

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!

• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Cow Bell IPA, 6.9%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): MORE Cow Bell Double IPA, 8.5%
• Ataraxia Aleworks (Kearny Mesa): Smooth Sailin’ Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Chelada Non-alcoholic Michelada, < 0.5%
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Sunset Stoke Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Kitchen Sink Triple IPA, 11%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Yuzu Lily Red Wine Barrel-aged Blonde Ale w/ Yuzu, 4.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy, Morena): Anzac Australian-style Sparkling Ale, 5.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy, Morena): RESPECT Vienna-style Lager, 6.4%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Visat): Latte All Day Cream Ale w/ Coffee, 5.4%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Pyro West Coast Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Dream State Hazy IPA, 6.3%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Infinite Wild IPA, 6.3%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (Oceanside): Ganja Smugglin’ Terp’d Double IPA w/ Terpenes, 8.4%
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Smackers Strawberry Gose, 5%
• Creative Creature Brewing (El Cajon): Surf Roots Hard Seltzer w/ Lemon, Lime, Coconut & Spirulina, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Bruxelles Trip Belgian-style Tripel, 9.4%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Tourmaline Tan English-style Brown Ale, 5%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Jobsite Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Beergarita Beer Slushies, 5%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): I Love a Clean IPA Cold IPA, 6.5%

• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Fragments of Reality Gose w/ Passionfruit & Caruba, 4.5%
• Five Suits Brewing (Vista): Suit Yourself West Coast IPA, 7%
• Groundswell Brewing (Grantville, Chula Vista): Central & Remote Belgian-style Strong Golden Ale, 9%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Tropical Daydream Sour Ale, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Western Tropics Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Western Collective)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Pours American Lager, 4%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Flashy Fundamental New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Thaï-me of My Life Mango Sticky Rice Kettle Sour Ale, 7.1%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Hazy Talk Hazy IPA, 7%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Razz Sour Ale w/ Raspberry, 6%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Smoked Porter, 6%
• Mission Brewing (East Village): Foggy Shores Hefeweizen, 5.6%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Bridge the Gap West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Liquid Vacation New Zealand-hopped Pilsner, 5.2%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): My Yard Light American Light Lager, 3.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Free Stylin’ Tiple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Nearly Departed Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Triple Dry-hopped Art Is Hard Hazy IPA, 7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Waka Waka Waka West Coast Pilsner, 4.7%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Lake Bound Nelson IPA, 7.2%
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Sunny Vibes Mexican-style Lager, 5.1%

• Oceanside Brewing (Oceanside): Sun Club Creamsicle Session Sour Ale w/ Honey & Vanilla
• One Season Brewing (Grantville): Coastal Eddy Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Pacific Beach AleHouse (Pacific Beach): 15th AleHouse Anniversary Ale Imperial IPA, 8.5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Joys of Summer West Coast IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Tres Casas Tropical IPA, 6%
• Plan 9 Alehouse (Escondido): Lethal Mullet Double IPA, 9.6%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Drew Smith West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Spare Change Session IPA, 5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): No Quarter Murky IPA, 7.8%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Planifolia Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Vanilla, 13.4%
• Rough Draft Brewing (Miramar): Double Yellow Daisy Hazy Double IPA, 9.6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): High Note Fruited Sour Ale w/ Tangerine & Pineapple, 5.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Modern Escape Hazy Double IPA w/ Guava & Passionfruit, 8%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): The Strand Mai Tai Berliner-style Weisse, 5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Zen Scientist Rice Lager, 4.8%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast, 7.1%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Hazy IPA fermented w/ WLP077 Tropicale Ale Yeast, 7.5%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Tabberer IPA dry-hopped w/ Nectaron Hops and fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Dry Yeast, 7.2%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Tabberer IPA dry-hopped w/ Nectaron Hops and fermented w/ WLP095 Burlington Ale Yeast, 6.8%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos): Vice Blackberry Peach Berliner-style Weisse, 5.2%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Highland Park Wowee | Hazy IPA (7.3%): The title of this beer is no misnomer! Wowee encapsulates the pure delight of 100% Nelson hops in a dynamite hazy IPA made by one of the finest breweries in Southern California. Highland Park Brewery only makes sporadic appearances in San Diego, making this gem of a beer all the more enjoyable. Drink this while listening to Pavement’s Wowee Zowee.

Moonlight Reality Czeck | Czech-style Pilsner (4.9%): Reality Czeck only missed inclusion in last week’s all-Moonlight column merely due to the fact that three beers is our (entirely arbitrary) maximum. Snappy and herbal like the pilsners of western Bohemia, with a delicate spiciness from the Noble hops. Since distribution of this beer hit cans in my native Bay Area, I have become an enthusiastic purchaser of it at the original Berkeley Bowl, just two blocks from my father’s house. It thus brings me immense joy to be able to gaze upon it at my place of work. More Moonlight releases to come this spring, so watch these pages…webpages, that is.

Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Saison Bernice | Mixed-Fermentation Saison (6.5%): Saison Bernice is a truly iconic beer and a calling card. Some breweries have a single beer that encapsulates their entire ethos, one which is pointed to as the ideal first impression and most frequently consumed. Bernice embodies that for Santa Adairius Rustic Ales. If you must only limit yourself to a single beer by SARA, make it this one. Upon spying it on our shelves when it first dropped a year ago, a longtime industry regular said to me: “This is my favorite beer.” No qualifications, exceptions or reservations. Soft, effervescent cereal malt combines with multiple yeast strains for a sense of delicate eggshell funk. I will be taking home more than one bottle of this, and I recommend that you do, too.

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