Boston Beer Outlook: Volume Guidance Cut, Margin and EPS Floors Raised After Q3 2026
BeerAlienBoston Beer now sees 2026 volume down mid-single digits but raised its margin and EPS floors. Rally Dog and LYTT go national in 2027; Sinless stays in test.
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Monday Night Brewing For My Friend Honors Winston Wood, a Beloved Bulldog
/// Good-boy signal intercepted from Atlanta: a bottle has been dedicated to a bulldog; and WE are filing this one under transmissions that deserve respect./// Monday Night Brewing For My Friend is a blended barrel-aged strong ale made in memory of Winston Wood, a bulldog. Atlanta’s Monday Night Brewing has listed it at 13.5% ABV…
Dovetail Winter Hopfenlager Turns Sierra Nevada Celebration Into a Double-Decocted Lager
Dovetail Winter Hopfenlager is the fourth and final beer in Dovetail Brewery’s seasonal Hopfenlager series, and it is a tribute to Sierra Nevada Celebration. Chicago’s Dovetail scheduled the release for Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, per Jolly Pint, which reports the details as the brewery published them. What Dovetail Winter Hopfenlager is made of Dovetail says…
AleSmith Speedway Stout Gets Two 12% Special Releases: Mexican Chocolate and Jamaica Blue Mountain
Pit-stop alert from the San Diego sector: two jet-black cans just rolled out wearing checkered flags, and nobody has published a lap time. Two new AleSmith Speedway Stout special releases are on the way from AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California: a new Mexican Chocolate edition and a returning Jamaica Blue Mountain edition. Both…
Chandler Street Breweries Closing: Community Beer Works, Thin Man and Smoldered Society Shut Down
The Chandler Street Breweries closing was announced Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. Community Beer Works, Thin Man Brewery and Smoldered Society, the three Buffalo craft beer brands that made up the shared venture, are ceasing all operations effective immediately, according to Spectrum News 1. The taproom at 166 Chandler St. in the Black Rock neighborhood closes…
Heineken Vergina Ruling: Dutch Court Orders Massive €111M Payout to Greek Brewer
The Heineken Vergina ruling is in. The Amsterdam District Court has ordered Heineken and its Greek subsidiary Athenian Brewery to pay €111 million (about $124.5 million) to Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB), the maker of Vergina beer, the drinks business reports. Heineken says it will appeal. A note on the date. The court’s published judgment is…
Crowns & Hops Intuit Dome Debut Is a Proud Win for Inglewood
Crowns & Hops Intuit Dome news arrived via Brewbound, whose Oct. 21, 2026 distribution roundup ran under the headline “Crowns & Hops Gets Into the Intuit Dome.” The Black-owned Inglewood brewery is now in the home arena of the LA Clippers, also in Inglewood. That is about as local as it gets: an Inglewood beer…
Brews to Barns Act Would Give Brewers a Tax Credit for Spent Grain
The Brews to Barns Act, introduced Oct. 22, 2026, would create a credit against the federal excise tax on beer for brewers that donate spent grain for local agricultural use. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax, and Brad Schneider (D-IL), a member of the Ways and Means Committee,…
The Bruery Portified 2027 Edition Lands With Cacao Disposition
The Bruery Portified has a 2027 edition on the way at a 19.8% ABV punch. The Placentia, California, brewery is also lining up Cacao Disposition, a 14.9% bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, according to MyBeerBuzz, which published both labels. One caveat up front: this is a single-source report. MyBeerBuzz says The Bruery has not yet released…
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass Tropical IPA Joins the Non-Alcoholic Lineup
// Supply-drop report from Chico: a new can has been spotted;and the Bureau’s breathalyzer barely flickered. // Sierra Nevada Trail Pass Tropical IPA is the next non-alcoholic beer headed for the Sierra Nevada lineup. The label, published by MyBeerBuzz, shows a non-alcoholic tropical IPA at less than 0.5% ABV in 12-ounce cans, and MyBeerBuzz says…
Lone Tree Hop Zombie Imperial Red IPA Rises in Colorado
Lone Tree Hop Zombie is back for its 14th year. Lone Tree Brewing Company will tap Hop Zombie Imperial Red IPA at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, for one day only at its Main location, according to the brewery’s announcement published by MyBeerBuzz. The brewery’s own pitch sets the tone: Hop Zombie is…
GTA 6 Beer Trademarks: Tripping Animals Files Pißwasser, Patriot and More
GTA 6 beer may be leaving the screen. Tripping Animals Brewing, based in Doral, Florida, near Miami, has label approvals on file with the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) for three beers tied to Grand Theft Auto VI: Pißwasser, Patriot and No Mames Vice City, GTAVice.net first reported. Before anyone books…
Boag’s Brewery Closing: Last Tasmanian-Brewed Boag’s Bottled After 145 Years
The Boag’s brewery closing in Launceston, Tasmania, is now down to its final days. The last Tasmanian-brewed Boag’s beers were bottled on Oct. 21, 2026, ending 145 years of local production, ABC News reported. The brewery shuts for good on Nov. 6, and 42 local jobs go with it. A note on sourcing: this Boag’s…
Whims Brewing Closing: Atco, NJ, Brewery to Wind Down at End of 2026
Whims Brewing closing at the end of 2026 is now official. The Atco, New Jersey, brewery at 302 White Horse Pike plans to wind down at the end of the year, owner Dorien Saunders announced on social media on Monday, Oct. 20, 97.3 ESPN reported. Whims has been open about five years. Two caveats about…
Easy Does It Non-Alcoholic Beer Lands in San Diego and Oregon
Easy Does It non-alcoholic beer is heading south and north at the same time. The Los Angeles brand, co-founded by pro skateboarder Erik Ellington, announced on Oct. 21, 2026, that Karl Strauss Distributing will carry it in San Diego, and Day One Distribution will take it to Oregon, its first market outside California. The news…