The stage behind the bar in Vista went quiet at the end of August. Now The Roadies Brewing, the brewery and live-music venue that closed then, is staging a comeback with two new partners: Mexico City Cuisine and Metrico Hospitality Group. Owners Diane and Sean Hilz told San Diego Beer News on Sept. 25 that…
Countdown check, Earthlings: the Dancing Gnome 10th anniversary celebration starts today, Friday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT), when the Sharpsburg brewery near Pittsburgh releases three anniversary beers. Saturday, Oct. 10, brings 10 collaboration beers, including one with Maine’s Bissell Brothers. Here’s the two-day flight plan. The Dancing Gnome 10th anniversary schedule…
Freckled Jawn Brewing holds its grand opening today, Friday, Oct. 9, at 1003 N. Evergreen Ave. in Woodbury, New Jersey, the former home of Eight & Sand Beer Co. Regular hours start today, according to 42Freeway, following soft-opening pours earlier this month. A new specimen has landed in South Jersey, and the Bureau’s file on…
Same grain, same hops, two breweries, two very different IPAs. That’s the pFriem x Fort George collaboration: pFriem’s Vacation Destination, a West Coast IPA, and Fort George’s Destination Vacation, a hazy IPA, both 7% ABV. They released Oct. 8 on draft and in 16 oz 4-packs at both breweries’ tasting rooms and roll out through…
The can reads like a field report: “Beginnings: 1870’s. Concrete structures: 1915-1954. Chrysalis: 1972 – Present. Rebirth: Future Imminent.” That’s Graffiti Mill West Coast IPA, a 7.0% ABV collaboration between Minneapolis’ Utepils Brewing and Graffiti Mill, and it officially releases today, Friday, Oct. 9, at the Utepils taproom. Earthlings, the lager specimen has gone West…
Carlsberg Britvic has proposed a Marston’s Brewery closure that would end brewing at its historic site in Burton upon Trent in summer 2027. On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, Carlsberg Britvic told colleagues and trade unions it plans to shut the brewery and the primary logistics operation on the site, subject to consultation. About 310 roles…
The Hardywood Starr Hill deal puts Virginia’s two biggest craft brewers under one roof: Richmond’s Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has acquired Crozet’s Starr Hill Brewery in an all-equity deal. The breweries announced it on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, and said the transaction closed Oct. 1. Price? Not disclosed. Both brands, their breweries and their taprooms…
/// AUDIO-TO-HOPS CROSSOVER DETECTED ///Track two on Mastodon’s new album is called “Poisonous Weapons,” and in Memphis it’s also a beer. Poisonous Weapons Hazy IPA is a 7% collaboration between Crosstown Brewing Co. and Mastodon, named for that song and for the band’s current tour. It debuted on draft Sept. 4, 2026, so it isn’t…
Burning Beard Brewing’s new home is still grounded. As of Oct. 9, 2026, the El Cajon brewery has moved its equipment into a former airplane hangar at Gillespie Field, but it can’t open until the building is cleared for non-aviation use, a call that now appears to rest with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). No…
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