Beer Alien https://beeralien.com Interstellar Craft Beer News & Brewery Reviews Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:15:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://beeralien.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cropped-BA-32x32.jpg Beer Alien https://beeralien.com 32 32 10 Barrel Mostly Down and Ommegang Citrette: Label Watch https://beeralien.com/10-barrel-mostly-down/ https://beeralien.com/10-barrel-mostly-down/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:15:27 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54426 Label Watch, the Bureau’s least glamorous and most addictive surveillance program, has two new cans on the scanner this week. 10 Barrel Mostly Down is a 6.1% ABV Hopburst Northwest IPA in 12-ounce cans, Earthlings, and it shares the tray with Brewery Ommegang Citrette, a 3.8% Belgian-style ale with lemon. Both come from label art...

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New Holland Juice Boost Space Machine Gets a 2026 Can: Tangerine, Passionfruit, 6.5% https://beeralien.com/new-holland-juice-boost/ https://beeralien.com/new-holland-juice-boost/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:37:56 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54405 New Holland Brewing's Juice Boost Space Machine Fruit Fusion Hazy IPA has a new 2026 12 oz. can. It looks like a new label and name, not a new recipe.

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The Bruery Vanilla Rain: A 19.9% Chocolate Rain Spin-Off Planned for 2027 https://beeralien.com/the-bruery-vanilla-rain/ https://beeralien.com/the-bruery-vanilla-rain/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:35:57 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54402 Label art shows The Bruery Vanilla Rain, a 19.9% imperial stout aged in Elijah Craig and Heaven Hill barrels with Madagascar vanilla. How it will be sold is still unclear.

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San Diego Halloween Beers 2026: Candy Sours, Cursed Seltzer and a Pumpkin Stout https://beeralien.com/san-diego-halloween-beers/ https://beeralien.com/san-diego-halloween-beers/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:28:57 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54399 Six San Diego Halloween beers spotted in the Oct. 22 What's Tapping roundup, from Harland's candy-loaded Tasty Graves sour to Barley & Sword's 3.1% Poison Apple.

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Black Lung Coal Dust: A 12.5% Bourbon Barrel Stout Drops Tonight With Three Metal Bands https://beeralien.com/black-lung-coal-dust/ https://beeralien.com/black-lung-coal-dust/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:24:21 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54395 Black Lung Brewing releases Coal Dust, a 12.5% Oppidan bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla, tonight, Oct. 24, at a metal show in Grayslake.

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Detroit Fall Beer Festival 2026: Nearly 90 Michigan Breweries Pour at Eastern Market Today https://beeralien.com/detroit-fall-beer-festival/ https://beeralien.com/detroit-fall-beer-festival/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:56:29 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54364 The 17th annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival runs today, Oct. 24, 1-6 p.m. at Eastern Market, with nearly 90 Michigan breweries, 450+ beers and wrestling.

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Oakshire Public House Will Stay Open in Eugene as Founder Decides Not to Sell https://beeralien.com/oakshire-public-house/ https://beeralien.com/oakshire-public-house/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:56:02 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54369 A month after announcing a companywide closure, Oakshire says its Eugene Public House will stay open under existing ownership, with beer made by an Oregon partner.

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Aldus Brewing and Wege Pretzels Pack Four Pretzel Beers Into One Hanover 12-Pack https://beeralien.com/pretzel-beer-variety-pack/ https://beeralien.com/pretzel-beer-variety-pack/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:55:20 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54372 Hanover's Aldus Brewing and Wege Pretzels team up on a 12-pack with Pretzel Wheat Ale and three sweet-and-salty pretzel beers, arriving in PA and western MD in November.

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Waconia Brewing Company Reopens Nov. 5 Under Owners Who Were Longtime Regulars https://beeralien.com/waconia-brewing-company/ https://beeralien.com/waconia-brewing-company/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:54:35 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54375 Waconia Brewing Company closed Jan. 31 after 11 years. Former regulars bought it and plan to reopen Nov. 5 with old favorites and new beers.

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Marble Brewery Northeast Heights Closing: Albuquerque Taproom Pours Last Beer in December https://beeralien.com/marble-brewery-northeast-heights-closing/ https://beeralien.com/marble-brewery-northeast-heights-closing/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:52:49 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54356 Marble Brewery will close its Northeast Heights taproom at 9904 Montgomery NE by the end of December, citing rent. Downtown and Westside stay open.

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Braeloch Brewing Stays Put After Kennett Square’s 1903 Trolley Barn Sells for $2.3 Million https://beeralien.com/braeloch-brewing/ https://beeralien.com/braeloch-brewing/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:50:23 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54352 Braeloch Brewing's 1903 trolley barn in Kennett Square reportedly sold for $2.3 million, but the brewery has a long-term lease and says nothing changes.

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Boston Beer Outlook: Volume Guidance Cut, Margin and EPS Floors Raised After Q3 2026 https://beeralien.com/boston-beer-outlook/ https://beeralien.com/boston-beer-outlook/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:29:05 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54359 Boston 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 https://beeralien.com/monday-night-brewing-for-my-friend/ https://beeralien.com/monday-night-brewing-for-my-friend/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:11:56 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54337 /// 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...

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Dovetail Winter Hopfenlager Turns Sierra Nevada Celebration Into a Double-Decocted Lager https://beeralien.com/dovetail-winter-hopfenlager/ https://beeralien.com/dovetail-winter-hopfenlager/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:02:30 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54334 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...

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AleSmith Speedway Stout Gets Two 12% Special Releases: Mexican Chocolate and Jamaica Blue Mountain https://beeralien.com/alesmith-speedway-stout/ https://beeralien.com/alesmith-speedway-stout/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:01:23 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=54331 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...

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