Telemetry from the Golden State shows fewer new brewhouses lighting up, and two North County beacons going dark. The number of craft breweries in California fell 5% from 2023 to 2025, from 987 to 939, according to a CalMatters...

A tour bus has been sighted trading itself for a sailboat. Tropical Hazy Blues, a limited juicy IPA from Oskar Blues Brewery, is available on draft and in 6-packs from Oct. 14 through Nov. 30, 2026, according to the...

Harvest telemetry from the Chicago suburbs: the hops were still practically breathing. Noon Whistle Fresh Hop IPA, officially Centennial Fresh Hop IPA, goes on tap Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at both Noon Whistle Brewing locations in Lombard and Naperville,...

Ten solar cycles on the Oregon Coast, and the cans are getting a new face. Public Coast Brewing Co. of Cannon Beach, Ore., marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 13, 2026, with a new can label design and logo...

Seven orbits complete in Rehoboth Beach, and the annual stout has emerged from its barrel. Once Around the Sun 2026, Thompson Island Brewing's barrel-aged imperial stout, releases in bottles Thursday, Oct. 15, during the Delaware brewery's 7th birthday celebration,...

A whale-sized signal has surfaced off the San Diego coast. Pure Project's Baja Breach IPA, a 7% West Coast IPA brewed with conservation group WILDCOAST, leads a three-beer release at Pure Project taprooms on Thursday, Oct. 15, alongside an...

One heist, one funeral, zero actual casualties. North Park Beer Co. has released two new cans this week: Picking Dragons' Pockets, an 8.2% triple dry-hopped hazy double IPA, and Dead as a Doornail, a 6.2% double dry-hopped West Coast...

Signal from the Pacific Rim: the four Japanese motherships are being scanned for price coordination. Japan's Fair Trade Commission inspected Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Suntory Spirits and Sapporo Breweries on Oct. 7, 2026, in a suspected Japan beer price-fixing...