What’s Tapping (5/28/26)

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!

Artifex Brewing (Oceanside): Shoulda Coulda Czech-style Pale Lager, 
Athletic Brewing (Miramar): Athletic Lite Lime & Salt Non-alcoholic Beer, < 0.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Ballast Point Brewing (Little Italy): Nacreous Hazy IPA, 6%
BattleMage Brewing (Vista): Ryeders of Rohan Rye IPA, 6.1% (San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer collaboration)
Belching Beaver Brewery (Oceanside, Vista, North Park): Galactic Juice Box Hazy Strong Pale Ale, 5.8%
California Wild Ales (Point Loma, Ocean Beach): Warzone IPA, 7.2%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Austere Abbot Belgian-style Singel, 4.9%
Deft Brewing (Bay Park): Deftoberfest Bavarian-style Märzen, 5.5%
Dogleg Brewing (Vista): Ko Low New Zealand-style Pale Ale, 5.9%
Duck Foot Brewing (Miramar, Leucadia): Mangonada Beer Slushie, 5%
East Village Brewing (East Village): Sandlot Belgian-style Saison, 6%
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Guava in Berlin Berliner-style Weisse w/ Guava, 3.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Happily Deceased West Coast IPA, 7.2% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): It’s a Bad Day to be in a Bad Mood West Coast Pilsner, 5.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Just One Thing…Nelson! Double Dry-hopped Hazy Single-hop Double IPA, 8.7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Green Cheek Beer Co. (Oceanside): Like Super Profound Japanese-style Rice Lager, 5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Harland Brewing (Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bay Park, South Park): Color Form West Coast IPA, 6.7% (collaboration w/ Burgeon Beer Co.)

Home Brew Mart (Morena): Dream Vacation in the Dells Cream Ale, 5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): First Light in Iceland Mango Pale Ale, 5.5%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Springtheme Saison w/ Lavender & Lemon, 6.3%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Summer of 89° Kviek IPA, 6.6%
Home Brew Mart (Morena): Variant IPA, 7.2%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Hoppin Pils West Coast Pilsner, 5%
Hopnonymous Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Normal Heights): Take Me to Church West Coast IPA, 7%
InZane Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Lime Hard Seltzer, 5.7%
InZane Brewing (Vista): Strawberry Vanilla Cream Ale
Karl Strauss Brewing (Downtown, Sorrento Mesa, 4S Ranch, Carlsbad): The Late Rose Belgian-style Strong Dark Ale
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Alta Mar Mexican-style Amber Lager, 5%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Celestial Navigation San Diego IPA, 7%
Ketch Brewing (Kearny Mesa, Downtown, Point Loma): Go, Go, USA! West Coast Pilsner, 5.7%
Mason Ale Works (Barrio Logan): Emperor Hazy Double IPA, 9%
Mike Hess Brewing (North Park, Downtown, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach, Alpine): 8 West Tropical Wheat Ale, 4.8%
Mission Brewing (Miramar, East Village, Kensington, La Jolla, Carmel Valley): Hartley’s North Park Edition Amber Lager, 5.6%
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): A Brighter Green Triple Dry-hopped Hazy Double IPA, 8.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): Not Dead, Just Sleeping Double Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7% – PURCHASE ONLINE
North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): NP Munich-style Dunkel, 4.8%

North Park Beer Co. (North Park, Bankers Hill, Pacific Beach): TDH Hop-Fu! Triple Dry-hopped West Coast IPA, 7.5% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pizza Port Bressi Ranch (Carlsbad): Smol Swell Belgian-style Table Beer, 3.5%
Pizza Port Brewing (Carlsbad, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach): Krush Point West Coast IPA, 6.9% (collaboration w/ Distant Brewing)
Prey Brewing (Vista): Lumière Belgian-style Table Beer, 5.1%
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Golden Sol West Coast IPA, 7.3% – PURCHASE ONLINE
Pure Project Brewing (Vista, Carlsbad, Miramar, North Park, Bankers Hill): Houblon Deluxe Murky Double IPA, 8.5% (collaboration w/ Outer Range Brewing) – PURCHASE ONLINE
San Diego Brewing Co. (Mission Valley): Hop Trick IPA, 6.3%
Seek Beer Co. (North Park): Watershed Moment Japanese-style Rice Lager, 4.1%
South O Brewing (Oceanside): Loungin’ West Coast IPA, 7.5% (collaboration w/ Bottle Logic Brewing)
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Goombah Italian-style Pilsner, 5.6%
Sunny Gr
ove Brewing (Santee): Rage Bait Hazy Pale Ale, 5.9%
Sunny Grove Brewing (Santee): Sunkissed Blonde Ale, 5.7%Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): For the Glory of Belgium Belgian-style Tripel, 11%
Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Froggy Style West Coast IPA, 6.6% (collaboration w/ Hodad’s Brewing)
Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): New Zealand-style Hoppy Pilsner, 4.6%
Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Pit Top German-style Pilsner, 5%
Viewpoint Brewing (Del Mar): Rob’s Gone Melon American Wheat Ale w/ Watermelon, 5.4%

Gene Fielden | Bottlecraft North Park Manager

As the month of May draws to a close, this week’s theme is “May”!

Hofbräu Maibock | Maibock (7.2%): Leaning on Munich malt for nuttiness and that ineffable white-grape aromatic element that works so well with the cooked-cereal impression imparted by decoction, the Maibock from Hofbräu helps to define the style. Literally “May bock”, these pale strong lagers herald the arrival of late spring. Hofbräu is one of the “big six” breweries within Munich city limits that is permitted to have its own Festzelt (festival tent) at the autumn jamboree of Oktoberfest, while the brewery’s tasting room smack in the downtown of the city is one of the most popular tourist destinations all year round. Prost!

Loba Paraiso | Gose (4.5%): ¿Una gose de Guadalajara? ¡Por su puesto! The holiday of Cinco de Mayo may have already come and gone this month, but Paraíso is suitable all throughout the year in our climate! Cerveza Loba hails from the Jaliscan capital and has successfully melded the Gose ‒ a beer style native to eastern Germany ‒ with guava. The redolent fruit proves to be an ideal match for the tart and lightly salty wheat-based beer. Inordinately refreshing and low in alcohol, this is a brunch beer if ever there was one. ¡Salud!

Chimay Grand Réserve | Belgian Strong Dark Ale (9%): To belabor the theme this week, our final entry is from the Trappist monks at Chimay (note second syllable) in Scourmont down in southern Wallonia, all but walking-distance from the French border. The Grand Réserve ‒ popularly known as “Chimay Blue” ‒is a pitch-perfect abbey ale on the darker hue of the spectrum. Utilizing caramelized candi sugar for color, aroma and flavor ‒ think figs, dates and sugarplums ‒ in conjunction with the expressive Chimay yeast strain, this is a timeless beer. À votre santé!

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