What’s Tapping (8/15)

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): Fazers on Stun West Coast Double IPA, 8% (collaboration w/ Northern Pine Brewing)
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Summer Pilsner, 4.9%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Cryo Currency West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Decade of Dank 10-Year Anniversary West Coast Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Waves of Sun Non-alcoholic Hazy IPA, < 0.5%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Liberation Czech-style Pilsner, 5%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Divine Light Ale w/ Raspberry, 4.8%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Summon Ifrit Amber Ale, 6.1%
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): After Party Strawberry Limeade Hard Seltzer, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Prince of Bavaria Festbier, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Order Up! IPA, 6.8%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): SimcO’side IPA, 6.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): SunShape Hazy IPA, 6.4%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Hammer of Malts Festbier, 5.8%
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Zwickelcore Zwickel Lager, 6%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Deftoberfest German-style Pilsner, 5%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Near Deft Experience English-style Pale Ale, 5.6%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Strawberry Beergarita Slushie, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Working Lunch English-style Dark Mild Ale, 4.5%
• Eppig Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Pink Lemonade Kettle Sour Ale w/ Lactose, Raspberry, Cherry & Lemon, 6%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Keep ‘Em Comin’ Double Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Nelson!!! (It’s What We Like Here) Single-hop West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): 400 Mile Road West Coast IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Pedal Haus Brewery)

• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Stanky Dank Double IPA, 8%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Linda Knows Best Blonde Ale, 4.8%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Wasted Days, Hazy Nights Hazy IPA, 6%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Turtle Town Hazy IPA, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Resident Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Slammin SD Hazy IPA, 7%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Hasselhef German-style Hefeweizen, 5.2%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Rosey Buggah Blonde Ale w/ Strawberry & Rosehips, 4.8%
• Kairoa Brewing (University Heights): Swag Chain American Blond Ale, 4.8%
• The Lost Abbey Brewing (Vista, San Marcos, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, East Village): Righteous Son Barrel-aged Old Ale, 10.8%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Monsters’ Park: Canadian Heritage S’mores Edition Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Marshmallow, Vanilla, Cocoa & Maple Syrup, 14.2%
• Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Terrestrial Twilight Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Cacao & Cherry, 12%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Oktoberfest German-style Lager, 5%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 6.8%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale, 8%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Black is the New Black Barleywine, 10% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Birdie to Bogey West Coast Pilsner, 6.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Hop-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): X-Raying Citra Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Northern Pine Brewing (Oceanside, Carmel Valley): Roam v5 Hazy IPA, 6.6%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Rye You Crying? Hazy IPA, 7%
• The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Sinfully Wicked West Coast IPA, 6.7%

• Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Surfhenge Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Modest Method New Zealand-style IPA, 7.3%
• Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Surfin’ Tiki IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Altamont Beer Works)
• Prey Brewing (Vista): Mango Wheat Ale, 5.4%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Hazelsaurus Rex Imperial Stout w/ Hazelnut & Coffee, 12% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Mount Eden Oak Barrel-aged Saison w/ Kiwi & Quince, 6.9% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Resident Brewing (Downtown, Chula Vista): Everyday California Coastal Ale, 6%
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Corazon Espinado Mexican-style Lager, 5.5 *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Dancin’ in the Dark American Stout, 7.6% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): For the Love of… Hazy IPA, 7.3% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Pocket Pale Ale, 5.3% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Rapture Blonde Ale, 5% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Roxx Ann Red Ale, 6.3% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Uncle John’s American Lager, 4.8% *
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Watcha Say West Coast IPA, 7.3% *
• Rouleur Brewing (Carlsbad): Rapido Mexican-style Lager, 4%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Senti Access West Coast IPA (collaboration w/ Cerveceria Insurgente)
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Down Under Fiver Session IPA, 4.6%
• Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Double Trouble Double IPA, 8%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Outside of Eternity Hazy West Coast IPA
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Rhinestone Rodeo Dry-hopped Kölsch
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Rhinestone Rodeo Dry-hopped Lager
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Rhinestone Rodeo Kölsch
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Rhinestone Rodeo Pilsner

* indicates beers from brewery’s opening-day tap list

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Burgeon SimcO’side | West Coast IPA (6.5%): Tucked away in the inland portion of Carlsbad, Burgeon Beer Co. has a dizzying release schedule of hoppy offerings. This latest West Coast IPA pays homage to their neighbors directly to the north in Oceanside, as well as the wondrous hops varietal Simcoe. With whole-cone and Cryo Simcoe alongside classic C-hops, Centennial and Chinook, expect pine-marsh aromas and judicious bitterness. Cheers to our North County cities!

Enegren New Zealand Pils | Hoppy Pilsner (4.8%): Enegren Brewing famously utilizes a rock-solid German Pilsner base recipe to explore the outer reaches of single-hopping. For Bottlecraft’s tenth anniversary, we had the distinct honor of joining them at their Moor Park headquarters for the brew-day of a Motueka edition! Breaking with tradition (or starting a new one?), this iteration features not one but two varietals, both also from New Zealand: Rakau and Riwaka. Aromas of clover and cereal malt predominate, with a crisp finish.

GOAL. Hard Nectar LBM | Fruited Sour Ale (7%): This beer heralds the first of GOAL. Brewing’s series of “hard nectars” – generously fruited smoothie sours – to be distributed. Each letter in the abbreviation postscript corresponds to a fruit: liliko’i (i.e. passionfruit), guava and mango. With a density befitting such a heavy dose thereof, this one is for devotees of tropical cornucopias!

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