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What’s Tapping (6/22/23)

Our weekly list of freshly tapping beers with quality Bottlecraft recommendations

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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!

  • Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Glory to the Heroes Double Dry-hopped Cold Pale Ale, 5.2%
  • AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Funwave Hazy IPA, 7.3%
  • Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Stripper Dust Hazy Double IPA, 8.5%
  • Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Apricot Farmhouse Non-alcoholic Ale, < 0.5%
  • Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Linda Vista Extra Pale Ale, 6.3%
  • Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Made Into a Monster Irish-style Stout on Nitro, 4.1%
  • BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Chaos Bolt Sour Ale w/ Passionfruit & Raspberry, 5%
  • BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Handlebar West Coast IPA
  • BLAH Brewing (Normal Heights): Your Cousin from Boston Vienna-style Lager (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
  • Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Hopcondido IPA, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Escondido Brewing)
  • Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Vibrant West Coast Pilsner, 5.6%
  • Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Pepino Perez Hazy Blonde Ale w/ Cucumber & Lime, 5%
  • Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (Oceanside): Old West West Coast IPA, 7.4%
  • Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest Märzen, 5.8%
  • Deft Brewing (Morena): DoubleDeft Secret DoppelSticke Altbier, 9.8%
  • Deft Brewing (Morena): Sunset in Bruges Flanders-style Red Ale, 5.9%
  • Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Beergarita Beer Slushies, 5%
  • East Village Brewing (East Village): Sunrise Hike Red Lager, 5.3%
  • Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Lite Up the Sky American Light Lager, 4.2%
Mission Brewery recently tapped a pale lager called Pathfinder at its brewery and tasting room in downtown San Diego’s East Village neighborhood
  • Eppig Brewing (Vista, La Jolla, Point Loma): Beach Beer Mexican-style Lager, 5.2%
  • Fall Brewing (North Park, South Park): No Pop Needed Hazy IPA, 7.2%
  • Groundswell Brewing (Grantville, Chula Vista): Tiki Rice Lager, 4.8%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): K38 Tepache Sour Ale, 7%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): La La Lager American Light Lager, 4.5%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Seven IPA, 7%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Transfusion Sour Ale, 5%
  • Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Rindstone Cowboy West Coast IPA w/ Grapefruit, 7.1%
  • Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Two Amigos Mexican-style Lager w/ Lime, 5.2%
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Apricot Amber Ale, 7%
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): New Year’s Brut Pale Ale, 5%
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Vanilla Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout, 10%
  • Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Controlled Chaos American Sour Ale w/ Cherry & Lime, 6.6%
  • Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Nectaron of the Gods IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Pizza Port Brewing)
  • Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Anchor Down Triple IPA, 12.7%
  • Mission Brewing (East Village): Pathfinder Pale Lager, 4.7%
  • My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Basic B@tch Honey Blonde Ale, 6%
  • My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Hits from the Zahm West Coast IPA, 6.5%
Seasonal Greens, a hazy IPA double dry-hopped with Sabro and Mosaic hops, is one of three beers returning to the taps at Wild Barrel Brewing in San Marcos
  • Mujeres Brew House (Barrio Logan): Easy Crsher Pre-Prohibition-style Pilsner, 4.8%
  • Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Anchor Star Corn IPA, 7.3% (collaboration w/ Nickel Beer Co.)
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Denny Kong Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5%
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Hitcha with Citra West Coast Pilsner, 5%
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Price is Right Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Green Cheek Beer Co.)
  • Poor House Brewing (North Park): San Diego Especial Mexican-inspired Lager, 4.8%
  • Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): No Work, Just Hops Pale Ale, 5.3% (collaboration w/ Maltose Falcons, QUAFF, Society of Barley Engineers & Tijuana Homebrew Club)
  • Resident Brewing (Downtown): Soft Serve Swirl Nitro Stout w/ Vanilla & Cacao, 6.5%
  • Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Impact Zone IPA, 6.3%
  • Rouleur Brewing (Carlsbad): Crusheur Light American Lager, 4%
  • Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Boundless Options Pale Ale, 5.7%
  • South O Brewing (Oceanside): Larrikin Australian-style Lager, 4.9%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Roulette Dares Hazy IPA, 7.2%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Sometimes the Doggies Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 5.4%
  • Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Hipster Sweet Dreams Imperial Pastry Stout, 11%
  • Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Inland Marine Layer Hazy Double IPA, 7.6%
  • Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Seasonal Greens Hazy IPA, 6.8%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Everywhere Bottlecraft Turns Twelve | West Coast IPA (6%): One dozen years of Bottlecraft! We are celebrating the occasion this Saturday the 24th with an incredible draft list, Cantillon bottle-pours and the release of our 12th anniversary IPA. This year’s partner brewery is relative newcomer, Everywhere Beer Co., which has impressed us mightily since debuting not long ago in Orange. A crisp, light-bodied take on the West Coast IPA, it boasts Cascade hops grown in New Zealand as well as Citra, Citra Incognito, Motueka and Riwaka. I’m looking forward to seeing everybody this weekend!

Fieldwork King Citra | Hazy Double IPA (8.7%): A Fieldwork drop is quite rare around here and usually consists strictly of kegs. We receive cans as little as once a year, making the occasion all the more delectable. King Citra is a burly and all-too-hazy double IPA with our old favorite, Citra, at the forefront for a hit of Key limesicle density. As a native of Berkeley, I am always thrilled when Fieldwork Brewing comes to town. Join me in hailing the king!

Mother Earth / Bale Breaker Four Seasons Summer | West Coast Double IPA (8.5%): Located in the heart of Yakima and founded by a hops-growing family, Bale Breaker is one of the finest breweries in Washington State. All of the beer they produce is consumed locally, however, which makes this collab a special treat for us down here in Southern California. Though Mother Earth Brew Co. is headquartered in Vista, a second production facility opened in Nampa, Idaho some years back, staking a claim to the Pacific Northwest, as well. This double IPA is loaded with Citra, Galaxy and the new face, HBC 586, which will surely earn a trademark name soon.

Click here to explore the quality beers at Bottlecraft’s four San Diego locations.

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