What’s Tapping (5/23)

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, 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): Familia Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy): Kingdom of the Crystal Red Ale, 6.2%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Little Italy): Stafford Place New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Chasing the Muse West Coast IPA on Cask, 7% (collaboration w/ Ballast Point Brewing)
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Goldleaf’s Lament IPA, 6.9%
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista): Pineapple Express New England-style IPA, 7.8%
• Blue Fire Brewing (San Marcos): Don Piña Pineapple Ale, 7%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Family Name West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% (collaboration w/ Living Haus Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Summer of 66 IPA, 6.6% (collaboration w/ BLAH Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Dreamer Deceiver Hazy IPA, 7%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Garage Days OG IPA, 7.8%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Ould Skool English-style Pale Ale, 4.1%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Spider Wild Cider, 8.3%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Strawberry Buzz Wild Cider, 8.3%
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): OB Pause Double Hazy IPA, 8.1%
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Commander Amber Ale, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Hey Carubu Head Sour IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Mango de Verdad Mango Chamoy Ale, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Crossing Wizard West Corner IPA, 6.5%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Miramar Mule Beer Slushies, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Kampala Special Ugandan-style Lager, 5.5%

• Eppig Brewing (Point Loma, Downtown): Meister Kottbusser, 5.3%
• Eppig Brewing (Point Loma, Downtown): Paradise Point Fruited Sour Ale, 5.2%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Going…Going…Gone Extra Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Basically Local Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Better Late Than Deader West Coast IPA, 7%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bird Nerd German-style Pilsner, 5.3%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): The Spring G&T Gin & Tonic Hard Seltzer, 12%
• 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): Double IPA, 8%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Japanese Lager Kuro Dark Lager, 5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Li Hing Mui Sour, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Pandan Mai Tai Sour Ale, 5% (collaboration w/ Common Corners Brewing)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): SURveza Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• InZane Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Blonde Ale, 5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Red, White & Brew American IPA, 7.2%
• Mason Ale Works: Can’t Resist the Oats Hazy Double IPA, 9.5%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Family Tree West Coast IPA, 7%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Higher Times Triple IPA, 11%
• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Hoppy Wheat Ale, 4.5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Bloody Orange IPA w/ Blood Orange, 7.2%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Whole Lotta Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Razorbock Helles-style Lager, 6.2% (collaboration w/ Bellhop Brewing)

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): And the Beat Goes On Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Birdie to Bogey West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Doctor-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Pier Beer Czech-style Pilsner, 4%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Kickstart Kolsch, 5.4%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Party Punch Berliner-style Weisse w/ Strawberry, Mango & Grapefruit, 7%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Still Sending It Anniversary IPA, 7%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Murkshake Triple IPA w/ Strawberry & Vanilla, 10.2%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Mystère Imperial Stout w/ Almond, Coffee & Vanilla, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Sunset Crush Cream Ale w/ Strawberry & Vanilla, 5.8%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Rising Tide Friendly Neighborhood IPA (collaboration w/ 3 Punk Ales Brewing, Chula Vista Brewery & Groundswell Brewing)
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Day & Night Sour Ale w/ Prickly Pear, Passionfruit & Lime, 6.6%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Digital Chicken Hoppy Helles-style Lager, 5.1%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Good News Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7%
• Tarantula Hill Brewing (San Marcos): Dankerman IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Artifex Brewing, Burgeon Beer Co. & Craft Coast Beer & Tacos)

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Trillium Summer Street | Hazy IPA (7.2%): A hefty Trillium drop has arrived! In addition to old favorites such as Fort Point, Congress Street and Vicinity, we received a few new SKUs in cans for all of your Boston getaway nostalgic memories. Summer Street takes the precepts of a pitch-perfect hazy IPA and applies the wonderful pine-forward Simcoe hop to the formula. Enjoy on your street, in the summertime.

Alvarado Street Dream Ridez | West Coast Pilsner (5.2%): Part and parcel of the ongoing tenth anniversary celebrations, Alvarado Street presents a four-way collab in this gently hoppy pilsner. In conjunction with Firestone Walker, Highland Park and Humble Sea, Dream Ridez has the unorthodox combination of Admiral Maltings malts (both pilsner and two-row) and rice to lighten the body. Mosaic takes the wheel aromatically with McKenzie and Spalter Select as the backseat drivers.

Great Notion Bicycle Day | Fruited Sour Ale (7.5%): The title of this mind-bending beer is a direct reference to the 19th of April 1943, when the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the world’s first intentional LSD trip and experienced a very strange bicycle ride home. Hailed as a caesura in the history of psychedelic exploration (and in contrast to plant-based examples, very much a product of modernity), Bicycle Day has in the intervening decades taken on a mythic quality of its own. The beer pours an ectoplasmic green yet gives off aromatic impressions of a medley of berries, with a gentle tartness underlaying the whole experience. Bike safely everyone!

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