What’s Tapping (3/12/26)
Our weekly list of new and fresh beers debuting at breweries throughout San Diego County plus recommendations from Bottlecraft
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!
Arcana Brewing (Carlsbad): Strawberry Blonde Ale
Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Krush Mo’ Simcoe West Coast IPA, 6.7%
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Fancy Like Non-alcoholic American Pale Ale, < 0.5 % – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): La Catrina India Pale Lager, 5.6%
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Sextant Oatmeal Stout on Nitro, 6%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Dream Small Session IPA, 3%
Bay City Brewing (Point Loma, East Village): Tea Wolf Hard Tea, 5%
Bear Roots Brewing (Vista, Escondido): Birra Feliccia International-style Pale Lager, 4.8%
Brewjeria Co. (Chula Vista): San Diego Latino Film Festival Blonde Ale, 4%
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Chilly Bin New Zealand-style Pilsner, 5.1% (collaboration w/ Mcilhenney Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
Burgeon Beer Co. (Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, Downtown): Mixed Greens Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): War Zone West Coast IPA, 72%
Chula Vista Brewery (Chula Vista): Life of Layers Hazy IPA, 6.3%
Culture Brewing (Solana Beach, Encinitas): Cold India Pale Lager, 7.2%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deft Leichesweizen Light German-style Wheat Ale, 3.5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Dragon Krush Pale Ale w/ Dragon Fruit & Mango, 5.2%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Kampala Special Ugandan-style Lager, 5.5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Stay calm Helles Lager w/ Coffee, 5.5%
Fall Brewing (Miramar, North Park, South Park): Tribal Worldwide Lager, 4.5%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Bier Munich-style Helles Lager, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
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 Radiant’r Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 6.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Doom Sludge West Coast Black IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Liquid Photograph New Zealand-style Pale Ale, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Living in the After West Coast Pilsner, 5.6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Saison for Papa Hoppy French-style Saison w/ Petit Blanc, 6% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Zombi Shark Fight Italian-style Pilsner, 5.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Rover’s Irish-style Red Ale, 5.5%
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Superphonic West Coast IPA, 7% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing)
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Raise Helles Lager
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Dramatic Effect Ale w/ Honey & Vanilla, 6.3%
Julian Beer Co. (Julian): Rooster and the Warlock Red Ale, 6.2%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Opening Day West Coast IPA, 6.7%
Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Farallon Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.1%
Michi Brew Co. (San Marcos): Mungo Extra Pale Ale, 5.9%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): 8 West Tropical Wheat Ale, 5%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Grazias Especial Amber Lager, 5.8%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): Hooligan Irish-style Stout, 4.6%
Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Cheat codes West Coast IPA, 5.8%
Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA, 7.2%
Mother Earth Brew Co. (Vista): Red Setter Irish-style Red Ale, 4.6%
New English Brewing (Sorrento Valley): Pure & Simple West Coast IPA, 6.5%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Birdie to Bogey West Coast Pilsner, 5.4% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Double-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast Double IPA, 8% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Lupulin Collider Batch 6 Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Triple IPA, 10% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Aroma Constrictor Triple Dry-hopped Hazy IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port (Imperial Beach): Westy West Coast Pilsner, 5.7%
Pizza Port (Ocean Beach): Guillaume Belgian-style Blonde Ale, 4.3%
Pizza Port (Solana Beach): Broken Chair Porter, 5%
Pizza Port Carlsbad Village (Carlsbad): West West Y’all Cold IPA, 6.4%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Future Jamz Fruited Sour Ale, 5.7%
The Roadies Brewing (Vista): Peach Apricot Hard Seltzer, 5%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Domino Theory Hazy IPA, 6.2%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): New Day Modern Lager, 5.2% (collaboration w/ Social Project Brewing)
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station (Point Loma): Pucks & Pints 8 Pale Ale, 5.8%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Delaney’s Irish-style Red Ale, 5.2%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Hammerhead West Coast IPA, 7.5%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Velvet Shadow Dry Irish-style Stout, 4.9%
TapRoom Beer Co. (North Park, Pacific Beach): Shadow’s Call Dry Irish-style Stout, 4.9%
Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager
Chuckanut Italian Pilsner | Italian Pilsner (4.9%): Tipo Pils Day looms! We are spending the month of March honoring the 30th anniversary of this iconic beer from Lombardy. Located about halfway between Milan and the shores of Lake Como, Birrificio Italiano has inspired a whole generation of brewers with their dry-hopped German Pilsner recipe, refashioned in retrospect as the ur-Italian Pilnser. Chuckanut Brewery from Washington state has a terrific rendition of this hop-forward style, with dual-purpose Hallertau Perle and Tradition in the bittering and classic Noble varietals Tettnanger and Saaz on the aromatic side. Cin-cin!
O’Hara’s Irish Red | Irish Red Ale (4.3%): The craft beer industry in the Republic of Ireland has been a bit slower to emerge than in the United States, but nonetheless a number of quality producers have begun to make names for themselves. One of the most venerable independent firms is O’Hara’s, located in County Carlow, which has been brewing for almost 30 years! Coincidentally or not, they are one of the very few craft breweries from the Emerald Isle that can be sourced here in San Diego. Their Irish Red is a coppery umber-toned ale with a notable cocoa tinge on the finish. Sláinte!
O’Hara’s Irish Stout | Irish Stout (4.3%): While San Diego doesn’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the same fervor as (say) Boston, there is always a noticeable uptick in interest around this time of year for the beers of Ireland. Their year-round Irish Stout is for the Guinness drinker in your life ‒ roasty, with baker’s chocolate characteristics and a slight herbal tinge from Fuggles hopping. With the signature low ABV (alcohol-by-volume) typical to the style moreover, this is a stout that can be enjoyed in rounds. Cheers!
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