San Diego Beer Week is in full swing, and North Park Beer Co. is using the moment to tell its own origin story. The brewery has released Origins of Fu!, a triple dry-hopped West Coast double IPA built on the original hop lineup of its flagship Hop-Fu!, alongside two collaboration beers brewed with Los Angeles based Highland Park Brewery.

Origins of Fu! is the headliner, and the backstory is the point. Founder and brewmaster Kelsey McNair built his reputation as a homebrewer on Hop-Fu!, a recipe that won gold in the American IPA category at the National Homebrew Competition in 2010, 2012, and 2014 before becoming the beer that launched the brewery in 2016. The new double IPA goes back to that starting point. As the brewery puts it, “A long time ago, in a garage far, far away, Kelsey was whipping up a beer that you’ve come to know and love: Hop-Fu!”

The beer itself is a West Coast double IPA at 8 percent, triple dry-hopped with the original Hop-Fu! hop squad of Amarillo, Citra, Citra DynaBoost, Citra Cryo, Columbus Cryo, and Simcoe. Expect notes of mixed berry, purple grape, tropical candy, and citrus zest, with a touch of dank resin and a dry, bitter finish.

Two Collabs With Highland Park

The two Highland Park collaborations give the release week some range. X-Raying Pillow is a triple dry-hopped hazy double IPA at 8.4 percent, built from Mosaic, Citra, and Galaxy hops, with notes of fresh berries, guava, vibrant orange, and peach. It leans soft and juicy where Origins of Fu! leans sharp and bitter.

Shared Detour heads the other direction entirely. The West Coast pilsner, at 5.8 percent, is dry-hopped with HBC-1134, NZ-109, Tangier, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin, and Nelson Sauvin Cryo, with notes of lemon, grapefruit peel, sauvignon blanc, sweet tangerine, and a delicate touch of rose water. For a week built around big IPAs, it is the crisp, drinkable counterweight.

The Flagship Still Anchors It All

The release also puts the spotlight back on Hop-Fu! itself, the double dry-hopped West Coast IPA at 7.5 percent that remains the brewery’s flagship. Hop-Fu! took gold in the American-style IPA category at the 2022 World Beer Cup and silver in both 2024 and 2026. Origins of Fu! works best when you know that history, because the new beer is essentially a love letter to the recipe that started everything.

How To Get Them

Cans of all three new releases are available for pickup at North Park Beer Co. locations and for shipping across California. A new Origins of Fu! tumbler glass, a 17 ounce Nordic tumbler featuring art from the beer label, drops Wednesday at the North Park taproom.

The releases land in the middle of a packed San Diego Beer Week schedule for the brewery, which runs through Sunday, November 15, with a Tuesday Supper at Bankers Hill tonight, a sold out collaboration beer dinner with Grand Fir Brewing on Thursday, a pizza party and tap takeover with Highland Park at the Crown Point Pizza Shop on Saturday, and the fourth annual Macaroons Day at the Dark Bar in North Park on Sunday.