What’s Tapping (5/8)

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 staff 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!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Belmont Park Centennial IPA, 6.2%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Prague Noir Czech-style Dark Lager, 5.5%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): The Rule of Two Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Vanilla, 13.2%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): What the Hop? West Coast Pilsner, 5%
• Brewery X (Harbor Island): Berried Strawberry Lager, 4.2%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): New Buds Hazy IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Varietal Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Party of One Pale Ale, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): C3-POrter
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Imperial Strike IPA
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): It’s a Trap-ricot Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Apricot
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Jabba the Hop Sour Ale
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Juicy Jed Hazy IPA
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Lightsaber Lager
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Sai-son Jinn Saison
• California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Sith Happens Barrel-aged Stout
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carslbad): Hoppin’ w/ Homies West Coast IPA (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Beer & Tacos)
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft de Garde Biere de Garde, 6.9%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Winter Saison, 5.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Don’t Beat a Deft Horse Dunkelweizen, 5.4%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Spray Tan Coconut Porter, 5.8%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Imperial Purple Imperial Sour Ale w/ Plum & Apricot, 9.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Mangonada Beer Slushie, 5%

• East Village Brewing (East Village): Flight of the Peach Fruited Ale, 7%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Road to El Dorado Hazy Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Five Suits Brewing (Vista): Al Torque Peruvian-style Lager, 5.6%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Doom Sludge Black IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Smiles for Miles Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Alvarado Street Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Summer G&T ’25 Gin & Tonic Hard Seltzer, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Li Hing Mui Sour Ale w/ Passionfruit & Li Hing Mui Powder, 6.1%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): The Missing Linc West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing, Cerveceria Wendlandt, Fall Brewing, Lumberyard Brewing, Ravenna Brewing, Relentless Brewing, Seek Beer Co., Single Hill Brewing, TapRoom Beer Co., Uprise Brewing & Whistle Punk Brewing)
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Ube Haupia Pie Stout, 12% (collaboration w/ Horus Aged Ales)
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa, Ocean Beach, Downtown): Pier Pressure Double IPA, 8.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): All Carb Diet Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.2%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Anatomical Blonde Lager, 5%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Señorita Mexican-style Lager w/ Hibiscus & Lime, 4.4%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Liquid AC English-style Summer Ale, 5.4%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Big Mother Triple IPA, 10.5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Featherweight Light IPA, 5.3%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): First Sunburn Citrus Wheat Beer, 5.1%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Mother Earth Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): PX: Blended Reality Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Explorer ESB, 5.8%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): ChitGPT Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Palette of Colors Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Sorta Mostly Nectaron Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Waka Waka Waka West Coast Pilsner, 4.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Oggi’s (Carmel Mountain, Santee, College Area, Mission Valley, Point Loma, Del Mar, Encinitas, Vista): Bien Fria Mexican-style Lager, 5.1%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Crazy Pils German-style Pilsner, 5.5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Amigo Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Coastin’ Tropical IPA, 6.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Double the Habit Smoked Porter w/ Coffee
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Pantera Imperial Stout w/ Coffee & Coconut, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Peach Blossom Pie Bourbon Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Peach & Vanilla, 8.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Fissile Material Double IPA, 8%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Headbanger Double IPA, 8.5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Beat L.A. Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): OG West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): SD American Pilsner, 6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): On My Mind West Coast IPA, 6%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Have a Good Time West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): St. Malo Czech-style Lager, 4.6%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): La Bamba Mexican-style Lager, 5.3%
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): The Spicy Marg Hard Seltzer, 10%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

All three of this week’s picks are currently on draft at Bottlecraft North Park. Stop by and ask for a sample! Bottles and cans available for onsite enjoyment and or to go as well.

ISM / Original Pattern Repetitive Compulsion | West Coast IPA (6.7%): Alongside all of the other wonderful breweries in Oakland, Original Pattern Brewing has woven itself snugly into the tapestry of craft beer there. Located in the grid just off Jack London Square, this small operation presents a mosaic of choices for the discerning beer-drinker. No distribution to Southern California appears to yet be on the horizon, so in the interim enjoy this collaboration with ISM Brewing out of Long Beach! With a heavy Antipodean hop character (Eclipse from Oz as well as Nelson and Riwaka from New Zealand) alongside Citra and Simcoe, this is a multifaceted IPA! Notes of zingy gooseberries, peach fruit leather and resinous pine abound.

Schilling Jakobus | German Pilsner (5%): Outside of anniversary festivals at North Park Beer Co., Schilling Beer Co.’s beers have hitherto never been available around here! Located in the New Hampshire hamlet of Littleton, abutting the Connecticut River that forms the natural border with Vermont, this brewery makes absolutely stellar lagers of all stripes. Jakobus is a bright and cheerful pilsner in the German style, with a flaxen hue, and a gently herbal hopping of Hallertau Mittelfrüh and Saphir. I can say without reservation that this is the best new lager to hit our shelves of late. Prost!

Firestone Walker Parabola 2024 | Barrel-aged Imperial Stout (13.8%): As the bourbon market bifurcates ever further, some age-statement editions from certain producers have become all but out of reach for the casual connoisseur. Sometimes the closest encounter may be in the second use of the oak casks in which the liquid is aged, into which a burly malt-driven beer may rest for a spell. So it is with one of the more famous barrel-aged stouts of California: Parabola by Firestone Walker Brewing. This year’s version ‒ the seventeenth! ‒ is a blend of 12-year Elijah Craig and 11-year Henry McKenna in provenance.Click here to explore the quality beers at Bottlecraft’s four San Diego locations.

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