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What’s Tapping (9/21)

Our weekly list of freshly tapping beers with quality Bottlecraft recommendations

Brandon HernándezSeptember 21, 2023
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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!

Hop’n on the 1, a West Coast IPA dry-hopped with New Zealand varietals, is available at Belching Beaver Brewery’s taprooms in Oceanside, Vista and North Park
  • GOAL. Brewing (North Park): Festbier, 5.2%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Cool Down Sour Ale, 5%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Eli-Hefen-Mac Hefeweizen, 5%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Märzen German-style Fest Bier, 5% (collaboration w/ Tripping Animals Brewing)
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): NZ Hazy New Zealand-hopped Hazy IPA, 6.7%
  • Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, South Park, Bay Park, Carmel Valley): Ube Milkshake IPA, 7%
  • Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa): Don’t Stop Beleafing Wet-hop Amarillo Hazy Double IPA, 8.2%
  • InZane Brewing (Vista): Märzen, 5.3%
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Hair Metal Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 7.2% (Homebrew Summer collaboration)
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Dragonfruit Triple IPA, 11%
  • Jacked Up Brewery (Escondido): Red Rye Ale, 5%
  • Kilowatt Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Ocean Beach, Oceanside): Little Slice of Orange Belgian-style Summer Ale w/ Orange, Coriander & Lemon Peel, 5%
  • Mason Ale Works (Miramar): Dankenstein’s Monster Unfiltered Double IPA, 10%
  • Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): Kiwi Connect New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7%
  • Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Marina District, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Pershing Pilsner, 5.9%
  • Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Marina District, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Rising Hope IPA w/ Mango, 6.5%
  • Mission Brewing (East Village, Kensington): Festbier Vienna-style Lager, 5%
  • Modern Times Beer (Point Loma, North Park, Encinitas): Trend Laser Hazy IPA, 6.5%
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Razor Buds Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – BUY ONLINE
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Shred-Fu! Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Shred Beer Co.) – BUY ONLINE
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): Strategic Selection Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% (collaboration w/ Highland Park Brewery) – BUY ONLINE
  • North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill): TDH Art is Hard: Pink Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – BUY ONLINE
Jaywalking with the Mob, a West Coast double IPA hopped with Citra Cryo, Citra, Mosaic Cryo and Azacca, is now available at Seek Beer Co. inside the North Park Brewery Igniter facility
  • Nova Easy Kombucha (Ocean Beach, Chula Vista, Eastlake, National City, Imperial Beach): Beach Lager, 4%
  • The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Fresh Hop Special Lager, 5.8% (collaboration w/ Seek Beer Co. & Viewpoint Brewing)
  • Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Jetty West Coast IPA, 7.2%
  • Poor House Brewing (North Park): Hausfest Oktoberfest-style Lager, 5%
  • Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Tales from the Deep Murky Double IPA, 8.3% – BUY ONLINE
  • Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Uncovered Roots Imperial Purple Stout w/ Ube, Coconut, Cacao & Coffee, 9% – BUY ONLINE
  • Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Under the Oaks Festbier, 5.1%
  • Puesto Cerveceria (Mission Valley): Perfect Pilsner, 5%
  • Resident Brewing (Downtown): La Jolla Cove Hazy IPA, 6.7%
  • Resident Brewing (Downtown): South of the Orchard Mexican-style Lager w/ Peach & Lime, 4.8%
  • Rough Draft Brewing (Miramar, Carmel Valley, La Jolla): Sausagefest Oktoberfest-style Lager, 5.6%
  • Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Indoor Voice Hazy IPA, 7%
  • Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Jaywalking with the Mob West Coast Double IPA, 8.5%
  • Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Kokua IPA, 4.7%
  • Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Take a Beat Czech-style Lager, 4.2%
  • South O Brewing (Oceanside): La Salina Boysenberry Gose, 4.8%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Figures in the Fog Hazy IPA, 7%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): New Magic Wand Hoppy Lager, 5%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park%, Pacific Beach): NP Haze Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.2%
  • TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Stories from the Deep End West Coast IPA, 6.1%
  • Wild Barrel Brewing (San Marcos, Temecula): Inland Marine Layer Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7.6%

Gene Fielden | North Park Bottlecraft Manager

Highland Park Scattered Density | Hazy Double IPA (8%): A collaboration beer with Troon Brewing out of New Jersey, this new-wave hazy double IPA is a revelation. Not only is the hop-bill entirely composed of New Zealand varietals, but one of them is entirely new to our shores. Fans of Nelson Sauvin may already recognize Freestyle Farms as a top-class producer. Now meet a grow operation in the same neighborhood, Eggers Hops. Descended from German immigrants to the South Island, the Eggers family has been cultivating hops for over a century and a half, making them unquestionable experts in the field. This is my first encounter with their proprietary varietal, Eggers Special, alongside NZ-grown Cascade, old standby Nelson and Motueka in the form of hop Kief. This newfangled method of adding hops ‒ despite etymological origins in the Kif mountains of Morocco ‒ is not a powder or crystalline matter, but rather a compressed foaming liquid not unlike a whipped-cream canister. The sensory results are spectacular, with lychee, Key lime and pineapple characteristics. 

Fieldwork Vox Pop | West Coast IPA (6.9%): A mysterious mélange of hops festoon this lean West Coast IPA, with Mosaic underpinnings but also some surprise cameos. The bright and berry-toned Australian varietal, Enigma, is joined by the bergamot-inflected Idaho 7 and the immortal Centennial. The lattermost was originally bred as a sort of “super Cascade” after Sierra Nevada Brewing brought the world’s attention to the grapefruity and resinous possibilities of the Pacific Northwest, and is perhaps best-known as the soloist in Bell’s Brewery’s Two Hearted Ale. Short for Vox Populi, meaning “voice of the people”, Vox Pop has become a journalistic shorthand for unrehearsed short interviews with the proverbial person on the street. Try this beer and let us know your opinion!

Burgeon Single Source | Wet-hopped IPA (6.5%): The first wet-hopped IPA of the year hit our coolers on Wednesday, September 20! A West Coast IPA brewed with fresh Strata cones, this beer was limited to just a single case per account and will not last long. If cans elude you, please swing by Bottlecraft North Park in the coming days to taste it on draft, as Burgeon Beer Co. was generous enough to allocate us a keg. Cheers to wet hop season!

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Brandon HernándezSeptember 21, 2023
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