Harvest beacon detected out of Chico: Celebration season has entered the atmosphere. Sierra Nevada Celebration 2026, the 45th edition of the brewery’s winter Fresh Hop IPA, has begun shipping, and Earthlings should see it on shelves across the country through the second half of October, according to a Sierra Nevada press release published by New…
A green truck, an Amarillo harvest and a father’s favorite pint: a Julian transmission with heart. Nickel Beer Green Truck is the wet-hop double IPA that Tom Nickel calls his favorite brew day of the year, and on Oct. 12, 2026, San Diego Beer News published his homebrew recipe for it, along with a tribute…
Boneyard Pub, Boneyard Beer’s restaurant at 1955 NE Division St. in Bend, Ore., is closing, and Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, is its scheduled final day. The brewery itself isn’t going anywhere: the original taproom at 37 NW Lake Place and the production brewery keep running, according to the press release published by the Northwest Beer…
Cheers to the Land 2026, the Oregon Agricultural Trust’s annual campaign pairing Oregon beer and cider with farmland protection, is underway: 16 breweries and cideries made beverages with Oregon-grown ingredients this year, and the fifth edition kicked off Saturday, Oct. 10, in Portland. Tapping events continue in Corvallis, Lincoln City and Eugene through Oct. 17,…
The Excelsior brewpub, the new project from Magnolia Brewing founder Dave McLean, is targeting a November opening at 1132 4th St. in San Rafael, Calif., in the former State Room Brewery space. What Now San Francisco reported the timing on Oct. 9, citing the San Francisco Chronicle’s roundup of anticipated Bay Area openings, which lists…
Oscar’s Pizza, a new pizzeria named for Highland Brewing founder Oscar Wong, will soft open on Highland’s 40-acre Asheville campus during the brewery’s 30th anniversary Cold Mountain weekend, Nov. 13-15, 2026. A full menu follows the week of Thanksgiving, and a grand opening is planned for December, according to Highland’s press release. The Bureau has…
Hop Suisse is a 6.9% double dry-hopped West Coast IPA from Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Co., brewed in collaboration with WhiteFrontier, a brewery in Martigny, Switzerland. It came out Friday, Oct. 9, in 4-packs and on draft, alongside a new hazy IPA called Freaky Tiki, according to Burgeon’s release post. A San Diego County brewery and…
The GABF 2026 winners are in, and San Diego County breweries took home 12 medals, seven of them gold, at the first outdoor Great American Beer Festival. Oceanside’s Craft Coast was named Brewery and Brewer of the Year in the 1,001-2,000 barrel size class, one of three California breweries to win that title. The Brewers…
Signal regained on Kalmia Street, Earthlings. Escondido Social Taproom, a taproom-only bar in the former Little Miss Brewing tasting room at 132 N. Kalmia St. in Escondido, was set to open Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. The venue’s website announces “Opening Friday, October 9th!!” and posts the hours below. The room went quiet in March 2025….
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