What’s Tapping (9/12)

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!

• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Cryo Currency West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Decade of Dank West Coast Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Guilded Together New Zealand-hopped IPA, 6% (collaboration w/ Los Molinos Beer Co.)
• Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Farmhouse Peach Non-alcoholic Wheat Beer, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Aztec Brewery (Vista): Cerveza Cereza Cherry Sour Ale
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Baja Blonde Ale, 5.1%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): East to West IPA. 6.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Kraken Double IPA, 9.4%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Peanut Calico Amber Ale on Cask, 5.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Sour Wench Blackberry Berliner-style Weisse, 6.7%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy, Miramar): Thai Chili Wahoo Belgian-style Witbier, 4.3%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Thirst for Knowledge Festbier, 5.6%
• Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Ziggy Sourdust Passionfruit Sour Ale, 5.5%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): West Bestern West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Craft Coast Beer & Tacos and Westbound & Down Brewing)
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Medusa Imperial Milk Stout, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Tropicus Blood Orange Pale Ale, 5.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Black Plague Brewing (Oceanside, Escondido, North Park): Trouble Maker IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• BNS Brewing & Distilling (Santee): Riley’s Brown Ale, 6.5%
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Double Tropics Hazy Double IPA, 9%
• Booze Brothers Brewing (Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook): Secret Handshake West Coast Pilsner, 5.5% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Bandidos Mexican-style Lager, 5.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Bavarian Gold Helles-style Lager, 4.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Little Italy): Everybody’s Juicin’ Hazy IPA, 7.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burning Beard Brewing (El Cajon): Brainbox Pollution Hazy IPA, 8%
• Carlsbad Brewing (Carlsbad): 120 Days to Helles Lager, 5%
• Coronado Brewing (Bay Park, Coronado): Small Batch Cranberry Cinnamon Hard Cider, 5.8%
• Craft Coast Beer & Tacos (San Marcos, Oceanside): O’riginal California Pilsner, 5.7%
• Deft Brewing (Morena): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale on Cask, 5%
• Division 23 Brewing (Miramar): Un Mas Bière Saison, 7.8%

• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Honey Blu Blu Blueberry Honey Ale, 6%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Orange Creamsicle Beer Slushie, 5%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Take Two to Mango Honey Ale, 6%
• East Village Brewing (East Village): Fest Friends Forever German-style Festbier, 6%
• El Cid Brewing (North Park): Sideboys Pröst Oktoberfest Lager, 5.9%
• Eppig Brewing (Vista, Point Loma, Downtown): Festbier German-style Lager, 6%
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Enzo Italian-style Pilsner, 
• Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Krazy Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Boulevard Brewing)
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Ceremonious Reception American Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Liquid Photograph New Zealand-hopped Pale Ale, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Playing It Loud Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): All the Dank West Coast IPA, 7.2% (collaboration w/ Movement Brewing) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): 8Bit Sour Double IPA w/ Blackberry, Plum, Apricot & Passionfruit, 8.5% (collaboration w/ 8Bit Brewing) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Chew On This Sour Ale w/ Candy, 6% (collaboration w/ Odd By Nature Brewing) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Chill’r Blue Hawaiian Rum Barrel-aged Sour Ale w/ Pineapple, Coconut & Blue Curaçao, 5% (collaboration w/ Boss Rambler Beer Co.) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Cryo Eyez West Coast IPA, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Horus Aged Ales & North Park Beer Co.) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): FIVE Anniversary IPA, 7% *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Hydra Fluff Rum Barrel-aged Smoothie Sour Ale w/ Raspberry, Blackberry, Apricot, Calamansi & Marshmallow, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Mortalis Brewing) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Melona Sour V Sour Ale w/ Honeydew, Coconut, Pineapple & Vanilla Ice Cream, 6% *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Miami Fluff Smoothie-style Ale w/ Marshmallow, Mango, Guava & Coconut (collaboration w/ Tripping Animals Brewing) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Tropical Popsicle Sour Ale w/ Passionfruit, Orange, Guava & Vanilla Ice Cream, 5% (collaboration w/ Brouwerij West) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Ube Coconut Stout, 12% (collaboration w/ Horus Aged Ales) *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Ube Milkshake IPA, 7% *
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch): Ube Painkiller Rum Barrel-aged Smoothie Sour Ale, 5% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing) *
• Helix Brewing (La Mesa): Surveza Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Heritage Brewing & Barbecue (Oceanside): Saddle Bum Session IPA, 5%
• Hodad’s Brewing (Serra Mesa, Ocean Beach, Downtown): Mango Boss Fruited Blonde Ale, 5.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Festbier German-style Lager, 5.5%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): The Dorsty Lion Belgian-style Golden Strong Ale, 9%
• Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Fresh Off the Truck Wet-hop IPA, 7.3%

• InZane Brewing (Vista): Cucumber Lime Hard Seltzer
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Howl Stout, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Vera Hoppy Lager, 5.5%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Wildflowers Wet-hopped Lager, 6%
• Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad): Oktoberfest Märzen Lager, 5%
• Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Ketch Oktoberfest Märzen, 6%
• Mason Ale Works (Vista, East Village): Cray Cray West Coast IPA, 7%
• Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Freestyle Flow West Coast IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Pizza Port Brewing)
• Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Running in Triangles West Coast IPA, 6.6%
• My Yard Live Beer Co. (San Marcos): Flight of the Kiwis West Coast IPA, 7.2%
• New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Brewers Special Brown Ale on Cask, 6.6%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Art Is Hard Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Fashion Statement West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% (collaboration w/ Fast Fashion Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Lounge Work Double Dry-hopped West Coast Pale Ale, 4.6% (collaboration w/ Fast Fashion Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Rocket Surgery Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.1% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Sumo Slide Japanese-style Rice Lager, 4.6%
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Sunrise Valley IPA, 5.5% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)
• Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): Square Up IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing)
• Pizza Port Solana Beach (Solana Beach): Swell Seeker West Coast IPA, 6.3% (collaboration w/ Seek Beer Co.)
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Corylus Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout w/ Coffee, Hazelnut & Cacao, 12.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Resident Brewing (Downtown, Chula Vista): Hallo! Bavarian-style Festbier (collaboration w/ Puesto Cerveceria)
• The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Headbanger Double IPA, 9.1%
• Seek Beer Co. (North Park): De Oro Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%
• Smoking Cannon Brewery (Ramona): Sojourner Sunset Amber Lager (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer release)
• Societe Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Old Town): Suits & Hops West Coast IPA, 6%
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Next Levels Hazy IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Stone Brewing (Escondido, Point Loma, Oceanside, Downtown): 28th Anniversary Hazy Double IPA, 8.5%
• TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Big Dreams West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Three Frogs Beer Co. (Santee): Frog Nectar Hazy IPA, 6.4%

* indicates beers being tapped as part of Harland Brewing’s five-year anniversary event

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

ISM / Ghost Town Death Dealer | West Coast IPA (6.66%): ISM Brewing is a new operation in downtown Long Beach, housed in the original Beachwood Brewing location. Owner Ian MacCall has a real pedigree, having brewed on that system as part of the Beachwood team before serving for five years as the head brewer at Riip Beer Co. in neighboring Huntington Beach. So please believe me when I say that the man knows West Coast IPAs! Death Dealer is a stunner of a collab with Oakland’s Ghost Town Brewing, drenched in Mosaic with supporting roles for Columbus, Nelson and Superdelic. A keg of this selfsame beer was just tapped at Bottlecraft North Park at the time of this writing – drop in for a taste and some cans to go!

Urban Roots Edel-Pils | German Pilsner (4.8%): “Edel” translates simply as “noble”, both in the sense of “dignified” as well as the Noble family of hops stemming from Germany and Bohemia. This Sacramento Pilsner paying fealty to Old World lagers is indeed elegant! Clean Pilsner malt, snappy herbal hopping and a hint of sulfur on the back end make for an altogether cheerful lager. This beer took a little while to catch on last year at this time, but the 2024 edition has been off like a rocket – we are up to our fifth case on order at press time. Prost!

Urban Chestnut Oachkatzlschwoaf | Festbier (5.4%): Having lived and worked in Germany repeatedly over the years – not to mention being the proud uncle of a six-year-old binational nephew – I speak reasonably good High German. Yet this mouthful of a beer-title in the Bavarian dialect caused a great deal of brow-furrowing. The equivalent Hochdeutsch word would be Eichhörnchenschweif, displaying both vowel shift and vocabulary divergence. The German language loves compound nouns, so let’s break it down:

Eich = Oach = Oak
Hörnchen = Katzl (literally “little cat”) = Squirrel
Schweif = Schwoaf = Tail

So this festbier from St. Louis is called “Squirrel Tail”! The translation may be teased out but the meaning is still mystifying. The beer itself is a fall seasonal lager brimming with toasty notes and a longing for shaded picnic-table liters with friends.

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