What’s Tapping (6/12)

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!

• 3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Bayfront Sunset IPA, 6.5%
• 3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Flama Roja Amber Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• 3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Hops on a Plate Hazy Pale Ale, 5%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout: Stroopwafel Edition Coffee Imperial Stout w/ Caramel, Brown Sugar & Vanilla, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Karma Hazy IPA, 5.5%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Sol Mosaic IPA, 7%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Nitro Peanut Butter Milk Stout, 5.3%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Covenant 8 Year Anniversary IPA, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Eternal Summer West Coast IPA, 7.3% (collaboration w/ Tarantula Hill Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Gothica Negra Dark Mexican-style Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): In My Darkst Sour Mango & Pineapple Sour Ale, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Brewjería Company (Chula Vista): Galactic Defender Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): War Planes Hazy Pale Ale, 5.8%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): DeftCon 4 Belgian-style Quadrupel, 10.2%
• Dos Desperados Brewery (San Marcos): Right on Time Extra Pale Ale, 5.2%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Freehike West Coast Double IPA, 8.5%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Bad Lizzie San Diego IPA, 6.6%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Hibiscus Haze Hazy IPA w/ Hibiscus, 5.5%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Konichiwager Japanese-style Lager, 4.3%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Sunset Session Double Dry-hopped IPA, 4.9%

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): All Outta Angst West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): God for Morale Czech-style Pilsner, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just One Thing…Citra! Double Dry-hopped Hazy Single-hop Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Slow Motion Dominoes Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – 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): Fair Time Blue Cotton Candy-inspired Hard Seltzer, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Soak Up the Sun West Coast Pilsner, 5.5%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Galaxy Rye IPA, 6.4%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Springtheme Saison w/ Lemon & Lavender, 6%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): New Moon Rising Pastry Stout w/ Vanilla, Nilla Wafers, Cacao & Marshmallow
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Solstice Sunrise Golden Milk Stout w/ Coffee & Cacao on Nitro, 5.3%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Rye Dry Dry-hopped Rye Saison, 7%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): OG Krush IPA, 7%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista, Barrio Logan, Point Loma): Chosen One Hazy Double IPA, 9.9%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Alpha Therapy Mega-hopped IPA, 7%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Sebago Hazy IPA, 7%
• Mission Brewing (Miramar, La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Kensington, East Village): Milestone West Coast Pilsner, 5.5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Bourbon Barrel-aged Cocktail-inspired Stout, 11.3%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Brown Ale, 13%

• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Explorer ESB, 5.8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Blueberry Smashie Fruited Sour Ale, 4.5% (collaboration w/ Weldwerks Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Friends & Yokai Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing, Fidens Brewing, Root + Branch Brewing, TEST & Troon Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Manifest the Awesomeness Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Dogfish Head Craft Brewery) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Art is Hard: Purple Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Gramps Light American Lager, 4.5%
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere Kettle Sour Ale w/ Strawberry, Lime & Salt, 5.5%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Type-97 West Coast IPA, 7.5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Eclipsing Echoes West Coast Double IPA, 8.8% (collaboration w/ ISM Bing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): United Murky IPA, 6.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Quantum Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Singularity Irish-style Stout, 6.4%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Czech 1, Czech 2 Czech-style Pilsner, 4.7%
• San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): SD Hazy IPA, 7.5%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Fortune German-style Pilsner, 4.8%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): The Scrapper Black IPA, 7.7%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): My Caustic Romance Juicy West Coast IPA (collaboration w/ Wort Wrangler)
• Weir Beer Co. (Vista): All Dad’s Go to Heaven Mexican-style Lager, 

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Highland Park Hello, LA | West Coast IPA (6.8%): How has the flagship IPA by Highland Park Brewery never yet been profiled in the pages of this column? I must beg my readers’ forgiveness for this previous oversight. The pride of Los Angeles, this brewery makes flawless beers across the board. Hello, LA is a pitch-perfect expression of Citra and Mosaic hops working in harmony. I will be drinking a few of these this weekend and I suggest you do too!

Wayfinder / Bierstadt Infinite Hotel | Rice Lager (5.1%): Any Wayfinder Beer lager is worth drinking, and any Bierstadt Lagerhaus beer is a rarity around here. This crisp rice lager collab between the two outstanding breweries thus makes for an absolute no-brainer. Still wavering? Drop by Bottlecraft North Park for a taste off the draft-line before making a decision on cans! With generous carbonation and a lithe body, you may want to extend your stay at the Infinite Hotel.

Off Color Beer For Tacos | Lime Gose (4.8%): Though hailing from the Windy City, this creation by John Laffler combines two inexorable San Diego pastimes ‒ tacos and craft beer. A salted tart wheat ale with a touch of coriander and a healthy dose of lime juice, Beer For Tacos more than lives up to its moniker. The can’s whimsical pen-drawn artwork depicting Off Color’s nameless mouse mascot holding up a taco far larger than itself while surrounded by cacti rounds it all out. No food-pairing recommendation necessary with this one!

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