What’s Tapping (7/18)

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!

• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Baja Breeze IPA, 6.5% (collaboration w/ Cerveza Morenos)
• Abnormal Beer Co. (Rancho Bernardo): Road to Rich’s West Coast Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Lake Arrowhead Brewing)
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Ever Faithful Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Watermelon Gose, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): NZ IPA New Zealand-style Non-alcoholic IPA, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Schwarzwald Dunkelweizen, 4.3%
• Barrel & Stave Brewing (Vista): Tropic Like It’s Hot West Coast IPA, 7%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Orange Creamsicle Hazy IPA, 6.2%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Executioner Hazy Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Permanent Vacation West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Tarantula Hill Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Kelvin Strong West Coast IPA, 6.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Tier One West Coast Pale Ale, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Universal Secret Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Lieber Augustine Vienna-style Lager, 5%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Supertubes Hazy IPA, 7.3%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Fear the DeftStar Kottbusser, 5.3%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Zeitgeist German-style Pilsner, 4.9%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Conflict of Interest West Coast IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Harland Brewing)
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Skåll New Zealand-style Pale Ale, 5.9% (collaboration w/ Ska Brewing)

• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Hibiscus Haze Hazy IPA w/ Hibiscus
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Konichiwager Japanese-style Lager
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Little Oaks Vienna-style Lager
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Sunset Single-hop Pale Ale w/ Mosaic, 5.5%
• GOAL. Brewing (North Park): The Chosen Dessert Stout w/ Vanilla, Coconut, Almond & Macadamia, 11%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Forever at the Push of a Button Double Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Lizard Jam West Coast Pilsner, 5.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Over Notification’d American IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Space Melter West Coast IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Brouwerij West)
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Helix Pale Ale, 4.8%
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Puff Puff San Diego Pale Ale, 5.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Juice Box Hero Fruited Hard Seltzer, 6%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Radder Santa Christmas in July Bourbon Barrel-aged Winter Warmer, 11%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Volante West Coast Lawnmower Lager (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Bad Ass Bitch Double IPA, 9.7%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Garston Gold 2.0 New Zealand-hopped West Coast IPA
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Pitted Peach Gose w/ Peach, 4.7%
• Lightning Brewery (Poway): Export-style Pilsner 
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Alpha Therapy Mega-hopped IPA, 7%
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Fair Point Hazy IPA, 6.5%

• Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington, Carmel Valley): Scrum New Zealand-hopped Extra Pale Ale
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Who’s Whoo Hazy IPA, 7.2%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Tri 21 Project Double IPA, 8%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Collections of Shared Thought Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Burial Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Culmination of Interpretation West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% (collaboration w/ Burial Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Sorta Mostly Dead Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): 2 Row Jimmy West Coast IPA, 6%
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): Kogatana Japanese-style Lager, 4.7%
• Pizza Port (Carlsbad): Terpene Station West Coast IPA, 6%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Single Origin Coffee Stout, 7.3%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Vibrant Views IPA, 7%
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Amalgamation IPA, 6.6%
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Breaker West Coast IPA, 6%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Dizzy Midnight Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Maple & Coffee, 13.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Radiant Reverie Méthode Traditionnelle 2-year Blend w/ Pluot & Mango, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Accordion Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Lost Ones Fruited Sour Ale, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Sea of Trees West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Seek Beer Co.) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown): Zumology IPA, 7.5%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Almanac Love | Hazy IPA (6.1%): Love is a universal constant, and also a year-round hazy IPA with a rotating hop-bill from Almanac Beer Co. in the Bay Area. Around this time of year, the version released is bedecked in rainbow colors and brewed in support of the Oakland LBGTQ Community Center in that selfsame city’s Lake Merritt district. This year’s Pride edition of Love is dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Sabro. Love is love ‒ happy Pride to all!

Burgeon / Mcilhenney Chilly Bin | Hoppy Pilsner (5.1%): When the brewers at Burgeon Beer Co. concocted this collaborative Pilsner with McIlhenney Brewing out of Alpine last November, little did they realize what a sensation it would prove to be. Cans sold out in six hours and a second batch was hurriedly prepared for release a month hence. To cap things off, the beer took home a pair of prizes at the San Diego Beer News Awards earlier this year, in the Can Design and Collaboration Beer categories! Hopped with a binload of New Zealand varietals, this triumphant third appearance will surely not be the last.

Prairie Spicy Pickle Monster | Sour Ale (5.5%): If you have a favorite flavor combination ‒ whether fruits, vegetables or dessert ‒ there is a good chance that Prairie has made a sour beer out of it. Core offering Rainbow Sherbet smells so precisely like its namesake that it could be mistaken blind for the real McCoy. Similarly, the autumnal release Pumpkin Pie Treat hits all the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and toasted marshmallow notes one might expect from the baked good. And so it is as well with the bizarrely inventive Spicy Pickle Monster: a salty dill tart ale, which tastes even better with a splash of gin.

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