What’s Tapping (9/4)

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 staff recommendations about beers they are excited about that can be found at their bottle shop locations in North Park, Little Italy and Point Loma!

• AleSmith Brewing (Miramar): AleSchmidt Oktoberfest Märzen Lager, 5.5%n – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Mage Marion Semi-dry Mixed Berry Braggot, 10%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Be With You Thai-style Rice Lager, 5%
• Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): The Remedy West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Jalapeño Smokescreen Smoked Helles Lager w/ Peppers, 5.5%
• Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Ship’s Hull English-style Brown Ale, 5.8%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Diamond Wit Belgian-style Witbier, 5%
• Barley & Sword Brewing (North Park): Festbier German-style Lager, 5.8%
• Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Pineapple Milkshake IPA, 6.1%
• Breakwater Brewing (Vista): Seven Seas Tentacle IPA, 6.5%
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Tangled Bines Hazy IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Vera Nice Extra Pale Ale, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Season: Autumn Smoked Saison, 5.6%
• Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Grateful Deft Kellerbier, 5.7%
• Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Espresso Beer Slushie, 5%

• East Village Brewing (East Village): Hoppy Travels West Coast IPA, 6.2%
• Embolden Beer Co. (Miramar, Kearny Mesa, North Park): Diamond Record New Zealand-hopped IPA, 7%
• Fox Point Brewing (Encinitas): Charity Case Wet Hop IPA, 7%
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Chance Favors the Prepared Mind Double Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): DDH The Other Brian Double Dry-hopped Hazy Double Single-hop IPA w/ Citra, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): False Memories West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Radiant Beauty West Coast IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Zombi Shark Fight Italian-style Pilsner, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Koru Current West Coast IPA, 6.5%
• Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Bay Park, South Park): Tropicana Cabana Sour Ale w/ Cantaloupe, Papaya, Orange & Vanilla, 6%
• Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Silk & Honey Wheat Ale, 6.3%
• Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Tacos el Villasana Mexican-style Lager, 4.5%

• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Apple Pie Ala Mode Apple Ale w/ Vanilla, 6%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Bloodsicle IPA w/ Orange on Nitro, 7.9%
• Nickel Beer Co. (Julian): Juicy Not Hazy Wet Hop IPA, 6.5%
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Arctic-Fu! Double Dry-hopped Cold IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): House of Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Mess With the West, Die Like the Rest Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Art is Hard: Gold Label Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): OB Haze Hazy IPA, 7%
• Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Rye Tai Rye IPA, 6.8% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
• Poor House Brewing (North Park): Lucky 13 Unfiltered West Coast IPA, 6.9%
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Cloud Pleaser Murky IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Ambitious Ales) – PURCHASE ONLINE
• Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Wide Wale West Coast Double IPA, 8.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
• South O Brewing (Oceanside): Foam Curls German-style Fest Bier, 5.6%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

This week’s column is a single-brewery focus: Fast Fashion Brewing!

Fast Fashion / Interstellar Amusements | Hazy IPA (6.8%): Brian Strumke personifies Stillwater Brewing out of Maryland, but has recently resettled in Seattle. In his new Pacific Northwest domicile he has launched Fast Fashion, a beer brand whose theme is that of the modern clothing industry. Amusements is a hazy IPA brewed in conjunction with Interstellar Brewing out of Mexico City! Mosaic, Motueka and New Zealand Cascade make for a frothy and fruit-forward beverage.

Fast Fashion Crop Top | German-style Pilsner (5.2%): The alabaster mannequin on the label of this beer stares impassively into space, or would do so in any event if it had eyes. The black crop top on its torso only goes as low as the midriff, but with enough room on the fabric to declare the Noble hops spotlighted in this beer: “Hallertau Mittelfrüh, Hersbrucker, Tettnang”. Classics from Bavaria one and all, these varietals are well-utilized in this bright Pilsner.

Fast Fashion / Schilling Status Symbol | Amber Lager (5%): The incomparable Schilling Beer Co. out of New Hampshire makes exceptional lagers of all stripes. This collaborative beer is a goldenrod lager hopped with our old friend Hallertau Mittelfrüh, as well as Spalter Select. Floral and chestnut aromas abound on the bouquet, while judicious bitterness starts at the mid-palate and carries through into the finish.

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