What’s Tapping (8/31)

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): Secret Safari Pale Ale, 5%
• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): Speedway Stout Affogato Edition w/ Espresso & Vanilla, 12% – BUY ONLINE
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Dark Magician Braggot w/ Black Currant & Honey, 9.5%
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Hermit’s Graff Ale-Cider Hybrid, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): No Name IPA, 7.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Barometer Drop Baltic-style Porter, 8.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Miramar, Morena, Little Italy): Wiscommon Rye California Common, 5.1%
• BattleMage Brewing (Vista): White Wolf IPA, 6.2%
• Black Plague Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, North Park): Gothica Mexican-style Lager, 5.5% – BUY ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, North Park): Tony Hawps IPA, 6.5% – BUY ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Escondido, Little Italy): Mixed Greens Double IPA, 8.5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Lavender Bee Honey Ale w/ Lavender, 5.5%
• Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista, Eastlake): Pepino Perez Hazy Blonde Ale w/ Cucumber & Lime, 5%
• Creative Creature Brewing (San Marcos, El Cajon): Smacker’s Strawberry Gose, 5%
• Culver Beer Co. (Carlsbad): Seventh Dimension Hazy IPA, 6%

• Deft Brewing (Morena): Black Forest Summer Schwarzbier, 5.3%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Gose Mule w/ Lime & Ginger, 4.7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Miramar Mule Beer Slushies, 5%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Cruising Ale-titude Honey Ale, 5.7%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Hoppy Travels West Coast Hazy IPA, 7.1%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar): Baja Negra Mexican-style Amber Lager, 4.5%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa): Bros on da Nose Hazy IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Booze Brothers Brewing)
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Banana Boat Crew Kettle-sour Ale, 7%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Different Animal, Same Beast Hazy IPA, 7%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Feel the RASP Pale Ale w/ Raspberry, 5%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Incognito West Coast IPA, 7%
• Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Scottish Ale, 5%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Stand Up Belgian-style Tripel, 7.7%
• Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Hop Monster Hazy IPA, 7.3%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Vienna Lager, 5.5%

• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Magic Axe Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Brujos Brewing & Fidens Brewing) – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): NPBC7 Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.4% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): NPBC7 Quadruple Dry-hopped Hazy Quadruple IPA, 15% – BUY ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): NPBC7 West Coast Pilsner, 5.2% – BUY ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Golden Coast Original Steam Beer, 5.1%
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): Puka Shell Pale Ale
• Resident Brewing (Downtown): The Void Imperial Black IPA, 8.3%
• Rip Current Brewing (San Marcos, North Park): Totally Stratacal Hazy IPA, 6.3%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Oshansaido Japanese-style Lager, 5.5%
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown): Enjoy By 10.31.23 Hazy IPA, 9.4%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park): Day Moon Contemporary White IPA, 6.2% (collaboration w/ Modern Times Beer)
• Thorn Brewing (Barrio Logan, Mission Hills, North Park): Stickey Henderson West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing)
• Thorn Brewing (Barrio Logan, Mission Hills, North Park): Sun Soaked West Coast IPA, 7% – BUY ONLINE
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Seasonal Greens Juicy Hazy IPA, 6.8%
• Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Vice Peach Prickly Pear Berliner-style Weisse, 5.2%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Everywhere Togetherness | West Coast IPA (6.9%): Everywhere Beer continues to impress with its hoppy offerings. This beer fits the nomenclature perfectly, being a collab with North Park Beer Co. A triple (!) dry-hopped West Coast IPA with a rogue’s gallery of varietals: HBC 586, Mosaic, Mosaic Incognito, Nelson, Nelson Cryo and Riwaka. This Pacific Northwest/New Zealand blend is powerfully aromatic with a gentle texture owing to the premium Pilsner base malt.

Weihenstephaner Festbier | Fest Bier (5.8%): Easily the most anticipated seasonal releases from the self-described “oldest brewery in the world” (claiming nearly a thousand years of brewing tradition), Festbier by Weihenstephaner is brewed in the Wies’n style. How does this differ from the hitherto predominant Märzen? Glad you asked! Both contain Pilsner and Munich malts, but where Märzens have a higher proportion of Munich (imparting that lovely toasty, bready nuttiness), for Wies’ns it is the other way around. This makes for an ideal pale strong lager for the late summer into early autumn. Prost!

Harland DPM Sour | Fruited Sour Ale (5%): Sour beers that are both affordable and tasty seem to have become an endangered species of late. Thankfully, Harland Brewing continues to experiment with differing fruit combinations while keeping the price tag on the lower side. The initials for this beer stand for a tropical medley of fruits: Dragonfruit, Passionfruit and Mango. To my nose, the passionfruit comes through the strongest, but don’t take my word for it. Crack a can and see for yourself!

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