The Bruery Vanilla Rain: A 19.9% Chocolate Rain Spin-Off Planned for 2027
BeerAlienLabel 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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Black Lung Coal Dust: A 12.5% Bourbon Barrel Stout Drops Tonight With Three Metal Bands
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.
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…
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…
The Bruery x Celestial Mechanics Lumen Noctis: A 15.1% Black Tuesday Blend
Deep-space scan picked up an object darker than the void around it, bottled at 12.7 ounces. Lumen Noctis is a new collaboration between The Bruery and Celestial Mechanics, and the label says it all starts with Black Tuesday. The 15.1% ABV bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with vanilla beans has cleared federal label approval, but there…
Confluence Brewing Anniversary: Karat Cake and Ferryman’s Mark 14 Years
The Confluence Brewing anniversary party happened yesterday, and the Des Moines brewery marked 14 years with four new beers, three live music sets and a carrot cake cutting at noon. The headliners were Karat Cake, a 7.6% ABV blonde stout with carrots, vanilla and spices, and Ferryman’s Bourbon Barrel, a 10.9% ABV bourbon barrel-aged Russian…
Gunner’s Daughter Day Brings 12 Stouts and a 16.2% Bottle to Westbrook
Gunner’s Daughter Day is today, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, and the doors open at noon at Mast Landing Brewing, 920 Main St., Westbrook, Maine. The brewery is pouring 12 versions of its flagship milk stout, Gunner’s Daughter. The one with the loudest signal is Double Barrel Gunner’s Daughter, a 16.2% imperial milk stout that spent…
Once Around the Sun 2026 Stout Drops for Thompson Island’s 7th
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, according to its event page. What’s in Once Around the Sun 2026 Thompson Island calls Once…
Bottle Logic Joins The Bruery and Offshoot to Form The Bruery Group
Three Orange County beer entities that grew up 1.6 miles apart are moving in together. Bottle Logic Brewing of Anaheim is joining The Bruery and Offshoot Beer Co. in a new company called The Bruery Group, both breweries announced Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. The deal is expected to close later this year, and financial terms…
Goose Island Surprises With Bourbon County Triple Barrel Stout
/// BARREL-DEPTH ANOMALY DETECTED IN CHICAGO SECTOR /// Bourbon County Triple Barrel Stout is Goose Island’s surprise addition to its 2026 Bourbon County Brand lineup: a rye stout aged for three years through three successive bourbon barrels, bottled at 18.7% ABV, and sold only in Chicago starting Black Friday, Nov. 27. Bureau scanners classify this…
Dancing Gnome Turns 10: Anniversary Beers Today, 10 Collabs Saturday
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…
Une Annee / Hubbard’s Cave fresh releases this week, including Blackberry Milk of the Murder Hornet
Terry BunchUne Anee / Hubbard’s Cave have another 4 fresh beers for you this week and they’re some good ones, including 2 new beers and the return of Fresh IIPA One Hop Galaxy for the first time in over a year! Blackberry Milk of the Murder Hornet is an 8.5% ABV Milkshake IIPA w/ Blackberries, Vanilla,…
Trillium Brewing releases South Pacific Souffle Imperial Stout with Tongan Vanilla Beans, Flight Coffee, and Cacao Nibs
Trillium Brewing’s second collaboration with their good friends from Garage Project, South Pacific Soufflé is a full flavored imperial stout brewed with a number of dark roasted malts and dark brown sugar. Trillium Brewing then conditioned it on Tongan vanilla beans, Flight Coffee, and Goodnow Farms cacao nibs. Tongan vanilla beans offer a truly unique and…
Pipeworks Brewing brings back Blueberry Cichlid and Coffee Break Abduction
Pipeworks Brewing announces the return of two fan favorite craft beers. Blueberry Cichlid and Coffee Break Abduction make their return at the Pipeworks Brewing dojo and will be available to distribution channels Jan 15. The Beer Alien staff are particularly amused by the name Coffee Break Abduction for obvious reasons haha. Blueberry Cichlid IIPA brewed with wildflower honey,…