Beer Alien https://beeralien.com a place for people to read about Beer News Review and Events Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://beeralien.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cropped-BeerHead-Facebook-32x32.png Beer Alien https://beeralien.com 32 32 Deviant Dale’s Imperial IPA Returns: Oskar Blues Release Details https://beeralien.com/deviant-dales-imperial-ipa-return/ https://beeralien.com/deviant-dales-imperial-ipa-return/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:20:11 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53345 /// INCOMING INTERSTELLAR SIGNAL /// Attention human craft beverage consumers! We have intercepted a high-priority distress signal—or rather, a victory roar—echoing from Earth’s craft beer sector. A legendary monster originally unleashed in 2017 has broken containment. Greetings, Earthlings! Your resident BeerAlien journalists have been monitoring planetary craft movements, and our sensors just spiked hard in...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/deviant-dales-imperial-ipa-return/feed/ 0 Hop Forensics: Does Hazy IPA Go Bad Faster Than Clear IPA? (The Chemistry of Hop Degradation) https://beeralien.com/does-hazy-ipa-go-bad-faster-than-clear-ipa/ https://beeralien.com/does-hazy-ipa-go-bad-faster-than-clear-ipa/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:18:03 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53331 Welcome to our new series, Hop Forensics, where we break down the underlying chemistry, brewing mechanics, and sensory science behind your favorite craft beers. Our first investigation: Does Hazy IPA go bad faster than clear IPA? The short answer is yes—unquestionably. Hazy IPAs (NEIPAs) spoil, oxidize, and lose their desirable flavor profiles significantly faster than...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/does-hazy-ipa-go-bad-faster-than-clear-ipa/feed/ 0 Stone Brewing 30th Anniversary: San Diego Craft Beer Festival 2026 https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-30th-anniversary-san-diego/ https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-30th-anniversary-san-diego/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:33:37 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53245 San Diego craft beer lovers, unite! The crown jewel of Southern California’s craft beer scene is back and bigger than ever. On Saturday, September 12, 2026, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station will host the official Stone Brewing 30th Anniversary celebration, marking three decades of groundbreaking brews, iconic West Coast IPAs, and...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-30th-anniversary-san-diego/feed/ 0 Tröegs Independent Brewing & PSPCA Launch 1 Amazing Pet Adoption Drive https://beeralien.com/troegs-independent-brewing-pspca-pet-adoption/ https://beeralien.com/troegs-independent-brewing-pspca-pet-adoption/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:01:22 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53269 Tröegs Independent Brewing has officially announced the launch of “PALs with your Pal,” a new partnership with the Pennsylvania SPCA (PSPCA) designed to raise awareness for pet adoption and help rescue animals find loving homes. Running throughout the months of September and October, the independent, family-owned brewery will highlight a featured adoptable pet each week....

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]]> https://beeralien.com/troegs-independent-brewing-pspca-pet-adoption/feed/ 0 “Stone Pierce the Veil IPA” Beer Review https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-pierce-the-veil-brewed-loud-ipa-review/ https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-pierce-the-veil-brewed-loud-ipa-review/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:49:25 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53253 When two iconic San Diego institutions collide, expectations run high. Stone Brewing has teamed up with San Diego’s own post-hardcore heavyweights, Pierce the Veil (and frontman Vic Fuentes), to craft Stone Pierce the Veil IPA—a 6.5% ABV West Coast IPA brewed to celebrate the band’s sold-out hometown show. This release relies on a heavy-hitting quartet...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-pierce-the-veil-brewed-loud-ipa-review/feed/ 0 Stone Brewing Escondido Is Closing: The Gargoyle’s Next Mutation Under Firestone Walker https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-escondido-closing/ https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-escondido-closing/#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:22:21 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53247 Greetings, Earthlings and fellow craft beer explorers. Over our solar years monitoring human zymurgy, few terrestrial monuments have impressed our reconnaissance teams like the megalithic Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Escondido. It stood not just as a production facility, but as a cathedral of humulone and lupulin—a planetary landmark where humans gathered to...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/stone-brewing-escondido-closing/feed/ 0 Vail Craft Beer Classic 2026 Returns To Colorado in June. Tickets On Sale https://beeralien.com/vail-craft-beer-classic-2026-returns-to-colorado-in-june-tickets-on-sale/ https://beeralien.com/vail-craft-beer-classic-2026-returns-to-colorado-in-june-tickets-on-sale/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:42:54 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53239 Greetings, Earthlings. Your BeerAlien correspondent has detected a significant gathering of fermented beverages in the Rocky Mountains. Team Player Productions has announced the return of the Vail Craft Beer Classic, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary on June 12–13, 2026, in Vail Village. This highly anticipated Colorado craft beer festival will once again showcase more...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/vail-craft-beer-classic-2026-returns-to-colorado-in-june-tickets-on-sale/feed/ 0 Switchback Brewing Debuts Krush N.A. IPA Using BrewVo Technology at CBC https://beeralien.com/non-alcoholic-ipa-innovation-switchback-brewvo/ https://beeralien.com/non-alcoholic-ipa-innovation-switchback-brewvo/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:27:09 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53230 There is a quiet contradiction unfolding within human brewing culture, and it has reached a new stage of evolution. A liquid once defined by its intoxicating properties is now being reconstructed—carefully, deliberately—without them. At the center of this shift is Switchback Brewing Co., which has aligned itself with Sustainable Beverage Technologiesto advance a technology that...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/non-alcoholic-ipa-innovation-switchback-brewvo/feed/ 0 The Future of Vegas Craft Beer: Great Vegas Festival of Beer Under New Ownership https://beeralien.com/great-vegas-festival-of-beer-brothers-molloy-acquisition/ https://beeralien.com/great-vegas-festival-of-beer-brothers-molloy-acquisition/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:09:52 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53226 The Las Vegas craft beer scene is officially leveling up. After more than a decade of defining Nevada’s brew culture, Motley Brews has announced the sale of its iconic festival portfolio to Brothers Molloy Events. This isn’t just a corporate handoff; it’s a strategic evolution. Led by veteran event producer Lucas Molloy, the transition marks...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/great-vegas-festival-of-beer-brothers-molloy-acquisition/feed/ 0 The Thrilling Return of Yuengling Phillies Lager 2026: An Interstellar Report https://beeralien.com/yuengling-phillies-lager-2026/ https://beeralien.com/yuengling-phillies-lager-2026/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:07:50 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53220 Greetings, sentient beings of the Milky Way and beyond. As a senior correspondent for the Galactic Observer, I have been tasked with analyzing the latest human obsession: the Yuengling Phillies Lager 2026 limited-edition release. I’ve spent many solar cycles attempting to decipher the complex social hierarchies and nutritional rituals of the bipedal inhabitants of Earth....

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]]> https://beeralien.com/yuengling-phillies-lager-2026/feed/ 0 Alien Beverage Report: Humans in Tennessee Are Canning Sweet Tea https://beeralien.com/nashville-sweet-tea-co-tennessee-expansion/ https://beeralien.com/nashville-sweet-tea-co-tennessee-expansion/#respond Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:49:10 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53212 There are certain liquids on Earth that humans treat with unusual reverence. Coffee.Beer.And in the southern region of the United States — sweet tea. During a recent scan of Tennessee’s grocery supply chains, I detected a rapidly spreading beverage signal labeled Nashville Sweet Tea Co. Unlike beer, this liquid is not fermented.It is simply tea…...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/nashville-sweet-tea-co-tennessee-expansion/feed/ 0 Ratio Beerworks Sends “No Shade” Pilsner Across Colorado https://beeralien.com/ratio-beerworks-no-shade-pilsner-colorado/ https://beeralien.com/ratio-beerworks-no-shade-pilsner-colorado/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:10:45 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53206 Earth transmission intercepted from the mountainous craft-beer territory known as Colorado. The source of the signal: Ratio Beerworks, an independent Denver fermentation outpost preparing to send one of its liquid creations — No Shade Pilsner — across the entire state for the first time. The expansion arrives shortly after the brewery completed 11 revolutions around...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/ratio-beerworks-no-shade-pilsner-colorado/feed/ 0 Alien Field Report: Scotty Returns to Highland Gaelic Ale https://beeralien.com/alien-field-report-scotty-returns-to-highland-gaelic-ale/ https://beeralien.com/alien-field-report-scotty-returns-to-highland-gaelic-ale/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:58:05 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53203 Greetings, carbon-based fermentation enthusiasts. Your friendly extraterrestrial correspondent from BeerAlien.com has intercepted an interesting cultural transmission from the mountainous beer-producing region known as Asheville, North Carolina. The local craft-beer civilization—specifically the entity called Highland Brewing—has revived a historic visual lifeform associated with one of their oldest fermentation artifacts: Gaelic Amber Ale. Allow me to translate...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/alien-field-report-scotty-returns-to-highland-gaelic-ale/feed/ 0 Chuckanut’s Barrel-Aged Export Stout Emerges After a Year in Orbit https://beeralien.com/chuckanut-barrel-aged-export-stout/ https://beeralien.com/chuckanut-barrel-aged-export-stout/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:40:17 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53195 On this planet, humans measure patience in months. Brewers measure it in barrels. For more than one Earth year, an Export Stout from Chuckanut Brewery rested inside Westland Distillery whiskey barrels, absorbing oak, spirit and time. Now the vessel has opened. The contents have been transferred to kegs and cans. The signal is live. Final...

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]]> https://beeralien.com/chuckanut-barrel-aged-export-stout/feed/ 0 Highland Brewing Celebrates Lunar New Year https://beeralien.com/highland-brewing-lunar-new-year-fire-horse/ https://beeralien.com/highland-brewing-lunar-new-year-fire-horse/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:41:09 +0000 https://beeralien.com/?p=53188 Greetings, Earth-brewers and interstellar imbibers. As the Year of the Fire Horse approaches, one of Western North Carolina’s most respected fermentation outposts is preparing something far more meaningful than a seasonal release. Highland Brewing Company is blending heritage, community, resilience and symbolic craft in a Lunar New Year celebration that reaches beyond the taproom and...

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