What’s Tapping (5/16)

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!

• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Tropical Dreams Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Mango Tepache Wheat Ale w/ Mango, Pineapple & Cinnamon, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Poolside Bliss Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• All My Friends Are Rappers (San Marcos): AMFAR IPA
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Beer Paper West Coast Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Cornicade Hoppy American Lager, 4.9%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Rolling Brownout Imperial Brown Ale, 8.2%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Berliner Weisse, 3.1% (collaboration w/ The Original 40 Brewing)
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Segwit Belgian-style Witbier, 5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Castlevania New Zealand-hopped Specialty IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ 8Bit Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Daywalker Red Ale, 6.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): In My Darkest Sour Raspberry Kettle Sour Ale, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Beachsicle Cream Ale w/ Orange & Vanilla, 4.8%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Island Skies Hazy IPA, 6.3% – PURCASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Keepin’ It Real IPA, 6.2% – PURCASE ONLINE
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Guerita Blonde Ale, 5.2%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos, Oceanside): Sad Cowboy West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Hey Caruba Head Sour IPA
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Uzu My Yuzu Hard Seltzer
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Bruxelles Trip Belgian-style Tripel, 9.4%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Day of the Deft Irish-style Stout, 5.2%

• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deft Season Spring Saison, 6.1%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Legion’s Revenge Extra Special Bitter, 5.8%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Plug In West Coast IPA, 7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Tropical Blonde Ale, 5.5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): The Villager West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Swinging Citra Double Dry-hopped Thiolized Hazy IPA, 7%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Oui Oui French-hopped Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Pure Project Brewing)
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): German for Light Munich-style Helles Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just One Thing…Citra! Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double Single-hop IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Second Hand Embarrassment IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Balter Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Sleepin’ In Hazy IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Smooth is Fast West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Camp Beer American Light Lager, 4.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Tea Time Pale Lager w/ Tea, 5.2% (collaboration w/ GOAL. Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): That Lil Extra Pale Ale, 5.1%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Anatomical Blonde Lager, 4.8%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Martian IPA, 7.3%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, San Marcos, Carlsbad): Queen of Tarts Barrel-aged Dark Sour Ale w/ Cherry, 6.3%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Red, White & Brew American IPA, 7%
• Mason Ale Works: West Coast Baby West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Brite Lites Helles-style Lager, 4.6%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): 15H 40M Japanese-style Rice Lager

• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Wreck It Greg Summer IPA, 5.8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): A.C.-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Baker’s Man Imperial Stout w/ Cacao, Espresso & Vanilla, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Crispy-Fu! West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): The Sea Reflects the Sun Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Three and a Half West Coast IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Jetty IPA, 7.5%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Mom’s Favorite Cream Soda Imperial Stout, 9%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Fingers of Gold Murky IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): #ISO Murky Triple IPA w/ Dragon Fruit, 10.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): 44 San Diego Pale Ale, 4.4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Commitment Issues Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Marble Wave Matcha Latte Hard Seltzer on Nitro, 5%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Double Bastard Ale, 10.5%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Enjoy by 07.04.24 Tangerine & Pineapple IPA, 9%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): PB Haze Hazy IPA, 7%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): POG Hard Seltzer w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava fermented w/ WLP001 California Ale Yeast, 4.4%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Grapefruit Tangerine Hard Seltzer fermented w/ WLP101 Beyond Cultures Yeast, 4.5%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): R&D West Coast IPA fermented w/ WLP029 Kolsch Ale Yeast, 7%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): R&D West Coast IPA fermented w/ WLP1983 Charlie’s Fist Bump Yeast, 6.8%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Alvarado Street DDH to Taste | Hazy Double IPA (9%): Alvarado Street Brewery is celebrating ten glorious years of brewing prowess! A veritable cornucopia of special releases serves to mark the occasion, a worthy milestone if ever there was one. With collaborative partners Other Half out of Brooklyn, Trillium from Boston and the incredible Burial Brewing from Asheville, this hazy Double IPA is suffused with Simcoe before double dry-hopping with Chinook, Citra and Riwaka for a lupulin-soaked decennial. Cheers and congratulations to our friends in Monterey & Salinas!

Lowercase Alsatian Pilsner | French Pilsner (5%): By this point most of us have encountered an Italian Pilsner in some form or another – but what denotes a French Pilsner? Though France is (and likely always will be) a predominantly wine-drinking country, there are fascinating pockets of brewing history and tradition to be found, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the country. The region of Alsace-Lorraine – besides being known for some of the best Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris on earth – lies smack dab up against Germany and has many of the wonderful syncretic elements found in borderlands. Beer brewed here often incorporates corn (!) for a lighter body and is hopped with the floral Strißelspalt grown locally. Taking inspiration from this is the lager-focused brewery Lowercase in Seattle, who have also added further ingredients emanating from France in the form of pilsner malt grown in Champagne. Without giving too much away, I foresee more Alsatian Pilsners on the horizon…À votre santé!

Fremont Brew 8000 | Barrel-aged English Barleywine (13.4%): Once a staple of the barleywine world, the English barleywine (as distinct from its brasher American cousin) has been a bit moribund of late. Luckily we have Fremont Brewing, who always showcases the wonderful expressiveness of Maris Otter and bourbon barrels for their “Thousands” series. Brew 8000 confidently joins the parade with that ineffable raisiny toffee malt character and wizened aging in bourbon barrels. Drink now or stash for colder nights or an upcoming camping trip!

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