What’s Tapping (6/5)

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!

• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Hard Tea Sweet Peach & Dragonfruit White Tea Blend w/ Butterfly Pea Flower & Acai, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Sundream Hazy IPA, 6.5%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Aztec Amber Altbier, 5.7%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): El Dorado Blonde Ale, 4.1%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Grapefruit Simirillo IPA, 6.6%
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Simirillo IPA, 6.6%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Big Eye IPA, 6.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Prague Days Czech-style Premium Pale Lager, 5.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Wort Wrangler IPA, 7.2%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Chill Touch Shandy, 4.5%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Peaches Fruited Blonde Ale, 5%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): What We Brew in the Shadows Dark Lager, 4.9% (collaboration w/ Barley & Sword Brewing)
• Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Bite the Bulleit Belgian-style Tripel, 11.9%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Double Trouble Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): Eternal Summer West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Tarantula Hill Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido): In My Darkest Sour Pineapple & Mango Sour Ale, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Brewjería Co. (Chula Vista): Anything for Dolores Wheat Ale w/ Pineapple & Mango, 5.8%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Easy Breezy Double Dry-hopped IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Coronado Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Fin Chaser Hazy IPA, 6.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Redwood Remedy Amber Ale, 6.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE

• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Banksy Extra Special Bitter, 6%
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos): Matcha Matcha Fruit Sour Ale, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Spring Saison, 5.6%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): MacDeft Export Scottish-style Export Ale, 5.1%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): The Villager West Coast IPA, 7%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Death by a Thousand Cuts Hazy IPA, 7%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bier German-style Helles Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Gettin’ to the Point Double Dry-hopped Triple IPA, 10.2% (collaboration w/ Troon Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): The Inability to Sit Still Double Dry-hopped New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7% – 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): Nut Brown Ale w/ Hazelnut, 5.2%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): ZOmbito Fizz Mojito-inspired Hard Seltzer, 8% (collaboration w/ Beer Zombies Brewing)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Fun Times Blonde Ale, 5%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa, Ocean Beach, East Village): Stingray Shuffle American IPA, 7%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Oh My Stars! IPA, 7%
• Home Brew Mart (Morena): Phishy Phishy Phishy Phish! American Pale Ale, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Five Oaks Amber Ale, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Journeyer Single-hopped IPA w/ Galaxy, 7.4%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Pistol Whipped Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Colorada Watermelon & Kiwi Hard Seltzer, 5%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Ozark Oatmeal Stout, 5%
• Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Taupō New Zealand-style Pilsner, 4.8%

• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Small Batch FWD Pale Ale, 5.3%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Small Batch Italian-style Pilsner, 5%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Four Seasons Winter Strong Ale w/ Maple, Cinnamon & Vanilla, 12.6%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Whole Lotta Hazy IPA, 6.7%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Nelson Collider Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): NP Pils Bavarian-style Pilsner, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Hop-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Grapefruit Puncher West Coast IPA w/ Grapefruit, 7%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Che Figata Italian-style Pilsner, 4.8%
• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): South Bound & Down West Coast IPA, 7.1%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Rivermouth Raspberry Wheat Ale, 4.6%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Sun Party Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Planifolia Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial tout w/ Vanilla, 14.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): My Delirium West Coast IPA, 7.4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Energetic Allure Gluten-free Sour Ale w/ Mango & Orange Gelato, 6%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Fortune Pilsner, 4.8%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Much More West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Pool Noodle Blonde Ale w/ Passionfruit & Prickly Pear, 4.8%
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Libertad Loma Dark Lager, 5.5%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): All-Star New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5.2%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Cellarmaker Double Dobis | Hazy Double IPA (8.2%): For those who love Citra! Cellarmaker Brewing has many beers containing the term “Dobis”, all of which are saturated with 100% Citra hops. With lupulin material emanating from multiple lots as well as the selfsame varietal in Cryo form, this beer runs the gamut of possible aromatic expressions ‒ pineapple, Cara Cara oranges and a certain resinous quality. Drink now, for it it is not getting any fresher!

Wayfinder Kollaps | Kölsch (4.7): A well-made Kölsch is a thing of beauty. A direct response to the Pilsner wave that washed out of Bohemia and Bavaria in the mid-1800s, this style came to fruition in the western German city of Köln (Cologne for Anglophones and Francophones). Maintaining the bright golden malt of the Pilsner style as well as filtration for brilliant transparency but utilizing an ale yeast, a Kölsch is light-bodied with a whiff of esterification, like a good dry Riesling. Reminding us that lagering is a process and not just a family of beers, this is a top-fermented lager! With the world-famous Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) on the label, Wayfinder Beer pays homage to this style’s origins and home city.

Grimm Ambient Fizz: Raspberries | Fruited Sour Ale (4.5%): While Grimm Artisan Ales may be better-known for IPAs (both hazy and otherwise), the sour beers that emanate outward from this Brooklyn operation are worth a taste as well! This particular offering is spontaneously fermented (hence “ambient”) and aged up in oak for some tannic structure, then studded with raspberries. The low ABV (alcohol by-volume) makes this an excellent early-afternoon sour beer.

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