What’s Tapping (6/27)

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!

• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Layback Lime & Salt Non-Alcoholic Beer, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Can We Be Friends West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Beachwood Brewing)
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Czech Your Waimea Hoppy Pilsner, 5.1%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Guilded Together IPA, 6% (collaboration w/ Los Molinos Beer Co.)
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): The Seagull Has Landed West Coast IPA, 6.4%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Derby Day Debauchery Kentucky-style Common, 5.5% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Corpse Run IPA, 6.3%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Jucci Gang Double Hazy IPA, 8.5%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): In My Darkest Sour Mixed Berry, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): It’s a Vibe IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Strawberry Blonde Ale, 5%
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): Strawberry Kettle Sour Ale, 5.5%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Aloha Warrior IPA, 7.1%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Barrel-aged Simple Life Imperial Raspberry Ale, 10%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Saturday Savior Hazy IPA, 6.5%

• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): 7yr Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): 7yr Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): 7yr Smoothie Sour w/ Pineapple, Matcha & Coconut Cream, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): 7yr West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): DDH Radiant’r Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Lost In My Kaleidoscope Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Raspberry Yuzu Sour, 6%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): South Side Rippas Extra Pale Ale, 6% (collaboration w/ South O Brewing)
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Stingray Shuffle American IPA, 7%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Fixer Table Saison, 5.3%
• Mason Ale Works: West Coast Baby West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Kiwi Connect New Zealand-style IPA, 
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Red Rover Amber Ale, 5.4%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Common Cents Summer Lager, 4.3%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Under a Blood Orange Sky Double IPA, 8%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Weekender Wheat German-style Hefeweizen, 5.3%
• Night Parade Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Kanaloa Kölsch w/ Hibiscus, Pineapple & Pomegranate, 5.5%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Ancient Civilization Triple Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): City of the Future Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Get On My Lawn Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• OB Brewery (Ocean Beach): Making Waves Blonde Ale (collaboration w/ California Wild Ales)
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Paddle to NZ Juicy Double IPA, 8%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Nora the Explora Mexican-style Lager, 5%
• Pizza Port Solana Beach (Solana Beach): Lou P. Lin Double IPA, 9.2%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Summer Solstice Hazy IPA, 6%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Houblon Deluxe Murky Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Outer Range Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Sun Rays Like Stilts West Coast Pale Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Twilight Hues Smoothie Beer w/ Mango & Peach, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Local Riff Raff West Coast IPA, 6%
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Wild Card West Coast IPA, 7%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Pink Stardust Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): 7 Secrets New England-style IPA, 6.4%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Prospect Pils German-style Pilsner, 4.9%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Summer Saison fermented w/ WLP4021 Saison Blend II, 4.7%
• White Labs Brewing (Miramar): Summer Saison fermented w/ WLP4046 Simonaitis Lithuanian Farmhouse Ale Yeast, 4.5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Burgeon DDH Treevana | West Coast IPA (7.2%): The flagship West Coast IPA Treevana by Burgeon has become a beloved staple around greater San Diego area, dependable and delicious. If that ineffable combination of Amarillo and Mosaic appeals to you, then why not the same but more so? A special double dry-hopped edition has joined us for the first days of summer, intensifying the aromatic character of the beer. Enjoy now, at the peak of freshness!

Gold Dot Pils de Pils | German-style Pilsner (5.1%): The Bitburger Challenge, a friendly competition that has taken place just twice (in 2019 and again earlier this month), invites a dozen breweries to proffer an original German Pilsner recipe for consideration. Both the lucky attendees of the concomitant lager-fest that sprang up in Portland a few weeks ago as well as the judges on hand tasted all twelve submissions blind, with no foreknowledge as to which contender brewed which beer. Beyond bragging rights or modest acceptance, the winner receives a trip to Bitburg (the eponymous wellspring of Bitburger beer), located near the border with Luxembourg. By now, readers may have guessed that Pils de Pils by Gold Dot took home the grand prize ‒ and they would be right! Congratulations to Lisa and Kevin ‒ we wish them a wonderful time in Germany. Prost!

Cervejaria Japas Sāwa Plum | Fruited Sour Ale (4.7%): It may or may not come as a surprise to learn that the single largest Japanese diaspora is located neither in Los Angeles nor London, but rather São Paolo. Brazil as a whole easily hosts the greatest number of Nikkei (persons of Japanese heritage living outside of the Home Islands) of any country on earth. Three women from this sprawling, multifaceted community have formed a brewery emphasizing both their Brazilian identity as well as their ancestral roots. Reclaiming the hitherto somewhat pejorative term Japas for the name of their Cervejaria (the word in Portuguese will be instantly recognizable to readers of Spanish, analogous to Cervecería), the triumvirate of Maira, Yumi and Fernanda are drawing attention well outside of South America. Their Sawā series rotates various tree-fruits through a tart ale base, with gorgeous artistic impressions of each one imprinted on the label – this iteration showcases plums. Saúde / Kanpai!

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