Hello and happy Friday!
Kids are now officially heading back to school in our neck of the woods which means that summer is coming to an end. We'll definitely be enjoying these last couple weeks on the beach with something light and crisp before stout season. Any summer buzzer-beaters on your agenda?
In this week's issue:
Route 66 turns 100 in style
A local tap house leads the charge against AI slop art
How to celebrate National Dog Day with your special pal
[ 01 // THE FLIGHT ]
Our faves from this week
🦪 Madison’s Working Draft teams up with Sardine seafood for Oyster Stout weekend. We love seafood, but oyster + beer may be where we draw the line.
⚾ Nothing says American Summer like Budweiser using literal baseball bats to brew a lager for the 2026 Field of Dreams game.
🍄 Residents of Deokjeok Island, Korea brewed Island192 from homegrown shiitake mushrooms. Sooo the mushrooms make it healthy, right?
🛣️ Happy centennial to Route 66! Go get your kicks with Boxing Bear Brewery and the New Mexico State Fair's Centennial Lager collab.
🤖 Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room fights AI slop "art" by hand-pairing bands with local artists to keep band posters human.
[ 02 // THE PINT ]
Beer & dog people, the only people we trust
National Dog Day is coming up on Wednesday, August 26, and we can’t wait to celebrate! A couple of breweries are bringing events and giveaways built for us beer + dog peeps.
Dogfish Head has us daydreaming about packing our bags and jet setting to their NYC Taproom to celebrate National Dog Day, with their inaugural Dog and Owner Lookalike Contest. We’ve all seen it; the dog dad who weirdly resembles his golden retriever, the spunky little chihuahua who somehow looks like her mom. You know what we’re talking about.
Buckle up, because there is now a contest to celebrate those amazingly weird connections we have with our dogs. On Wednesday August 26, 2026 three judges will determine the fate of the lucky dog (and human) winners.
And let’s just say, those prizes pack a punch. First place takes home a YEARS worth of Dogfish Head beers and cocktails, and a years worth supply of treats from Waggies by Maggie and Friends. In addition to the swag, you and your pup get a paid-for 3 night getaway to Dogfish’s own Dogfish Inn. A beer themed hotel? Count us in.
This may or may not be the craziest, coolest contest we’ve seen yet.
If you're closer to the West Coast, Lagunitas has something for you. Lagunitas are longtime dog people and are even the title sponsor of the World Dog Surfing Championships. This month they're sending one lucky dog and their human on the trip they've always wanted to take together.
The winner gets an adventure fund to cover the getaway, a full outdoor gear package, a professional photo session to remember it by, and a donation to the San Francisco SPCA in their dog's name.
To enter, you share a photo or video of you and your dog along with where you'd most want to adventure together and why, over at LagunitasDogDays.com. Entries close August 15, and the winning pair gets announced on National Dog Day itself.
Both breweries are circling the same simple idea, that the best days are the ones your dog gets to be part of. However you spend August 26, we hope there's a good beer and a happy dog somewhere in it. (Oh, and send us your beer + dog photos too please 😉)