What’s Tapping (2/26/26)

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!

3 Punk Ales (Chula Vista, Little Italy): Kill the Pour IPA, 6.5%
Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Beer Paper Pale Ale, 5.5%
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Athletic ESB Non-alcoholic Extra Special Bitter, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Hop Water Non-alcoholic Hoppy Seltzer, 0%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Oaked Barmy Golden Ale w/ Honey & Apricot, 11%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Roo the Day Australian-style Pale Ale, 5.5%
BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Milkshake Hazy IPA, 6%
Brewjeria Co. (Chula Vista): Hazy Slater New England-style IPA, 6.9%
Brewjeria Co. (Chula Vista): Pushing Daisies Belgian-style Saison, 6.5%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Perpetual Burst Hazy IPA, 6.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Redwood Remedy Amber Ale, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Curly Tail Irish-style Red Ale, 5.4%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Dawn of the Deft English-style Porter, 5.8%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Pils German-style Pilsner, 5%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Tourmaline Tan English-style Brown Ale on Cask, 5.8%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Liquid Jam Hazy IPA, 7.5%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Lucky Lemon Lime Beer Slushie, 4.5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): COG Bomb Hazy IPA, 7%
East Village Brewing (East Village): What’s It Called? Hazy Pale Ale, 6.8%
Gravity Heights (Sorrento Valley, Mission Valley): Hazy Horizon Hazy IPA

Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Good for Morale Czech-style Pilsner, 4.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Krush! (It’s What We Like Here) Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Like Super Profound Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): ‘Member Rakau?! West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Shhhhhh…This is Ryan’s Award Winning Brown Ale English-style Brown Ale, 5.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Slow Motion Dominoes Double Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Everything’s Jazz West Coast IPA, 6.6%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Five Oaks Amber Ale, 6%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): The Martian IPA, 7.1%
Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): Smokin’ Unicorn Scottish-style Ale
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Alta Mar Mexican-style Amber Lager, 5%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Brig Blonde Ale, 5.3%
Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan, Point Loma): Hard Luck Red Ale, 5.9%
Mcilhenney Brewing (Alpine): All Gas, No Brakes West Coast IPA, 6.6%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): 4:59 Session IPA, 4.6%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Elephant Valley Lager, 4.8%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Micro-Fu! Double Dry-hopped Extra Pale Ale, 4.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE

North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Miker-Fu! Check Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.2% (collaboration w/ Mikerphone Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Party Cup West Coast Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Novo Brazil Brewing (Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Ocean Beach, Mission Valley): Soft Trails English-style Porter, 4.9%
Novo Brazil Brewing (Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Ocean Beach, Mission Valley): Sunrise Slam Non-alcoholic Kombucha, 0%
The Original 40 Brewing (North Park): Undeniable Wealth Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1%
Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Howling Point IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Crow & Wolf Brewing)
Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Next Horizon IPA, 7%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): One More Hour Pale Ale, 5%
Rincon Reservation Road Brewery (Valley Center): Red Rattler Red Ale, 5%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Berry Hard Seltzer, 5%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Deceptacon West Coast IPA, 7.2%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Roxxx Anne Red Ale, 6.5%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Leisurely Place Keller Pilsner, 4.2%
Stone Brewing (Escondido, Oceanside, Downtown, Point Loma): Viking Space Probe Hazy Double IPA, 8.5%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): SD Proper Pale Ale, 5.7%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Papa Smurf Blueberry Lemonade Hard Seltzer, 5%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Rocko’s Modern High Life American Lager, 5%
Weir Beer Co. (Vista): Sailor Moon Wheat Beer, 5.2%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

Cellarmaker / Everywhere West Kept Secret | West Coast IPA (6.7%): NorCal and SoCal ‒ our powers combine! With a shared penchant for West Coast IPAs and New Zealand-derived hops, Cellarmaker Brewing and Everywhere Beer make for a beautiful partnership. West Kept Secret ‒ brewed and canned off at the former’s facility in Berkeley ‒ is absolutely loaded with Krush, Mosaic, Nectaron and Riwaka, making for intensely tropical aromas of pomelo, guava and açai berries.

Fair Isle French Pils | French Pilsner (5%): Fair Isle Brewing has quickly become a staff favorite around here. The farmhouse ales from this Seattle operation are exceptional, full stop. The brewers there has also shown a deft hand with dry-hopping ‒ notable for a brewery that specializes in styles outside of the American IPA. This new arrival from them has been an instant hit at Bottlecraft North Park, brewed with Washington-derived malt and Alsatian hops ‒ Mistral and Strißelspalt ‒ for a gentle peppercorn presence. À votre santé!

Jester King Doom Forge Figure 8 | Imperial Coffee Stout (12%): The iconic Jester King Brewery outside of Austin is renowned the world over for mixed-fermentation farmhouse ales. In more recent years, however, we have been seeing more “clean” beers emanating from the Hill Country farmstead. Doom Forge is a hulking imperial stout with a healthy dose of Suukala coffee from Figure 8, an Austin-based roastery. The terroir-driven coffee itself was grown in Inzá, a high-altitude town of Colombia, and is characterized by vibrant red fruit tones.

Click here to explore the quality beers at Bottlecraft’s three San Diego locations