Graphic courtesy of Derek Campos, Senior Graphic Designer, Next Glass
It's Pumpkin Beer Season!
🎃 Pumpkin beers—trick or treat? Yes, this style is polarizing, but love 'em or hate 'em, pumpkin beers are an iconic part of the fall season.
🥧 Today, you'll find quite the patch of pumpkin/yam beers on the shelf—some imperial, some barrel-aged, some made with pie spices, and others with real pumpkins.
🧡 If you hate pumpkin beers, you've probably stopped reading by now. But if you're good on the gourds, check out our newest badge, pumping up the polarizing pumpkin.
✅ Check in any (1) pumpkin/yam beer from October 9th to October 31st, and you'll receive the Pumpkin Beer Season Badge (2026).
🍻 We're all for giving the gourd some love in October, and you can too! Shout out who makes your favorite pumpkin beer.
🗓️ Each year, on the first Friday of October, we honor the time, patience, and devotion that define this cherished tradition.
🪵 Beer can lie in barrels for years, biding its time until the perfect moment arrives for it to be enjoyed—and that kind of dedication is nothing to bark at. From foeders to spent spirits barrels to new French Oak barrels, barrel aging is vast.
✅ Check-in (1) beer from any of the styles commonly involved in barrel-aging from October 2nd to Sunday, October 11th, to unlock the 2026 Barrel Aged Beer Day badge.
📝 For this specific badge, you may find barrel-aged beers across a number of different styles on Untappd! In order to be as inclusive as we could, we'd like to acknowledge the following styles can, but may not always, be barrel-aged: Altbier (Sticke, Traditional), Barleywine (American, English, Other), Belgian Dubbel, Belgian Tripel, Belgian Quad, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Golden Ale, Bière de Champagne, Bock (Doppelbock, Eisbock, Hell/Maibock/Lentebock, Single, Weizenbock, Weizendoppelbock), Brown Ale (American, Belgian, English, Imperial, Other), Brett Beer, Dark Ale, Farmhouse Ale (Bière de Coupage, Bière de Garde, Bière de Mars, Brett, Grisette, Kornøl, Other, Sahti, Saison), Historical Beer (Kentucky Common), Lager (Amber, American, American Light, American Pre-Pro, Dark, Export, Helles, IPL, Japanese Rice, Leichtbier, Mexican, Munich Dunkel, Other, Pale, Polotmavé, Rotbier, Smoked, Strong, Světlé, Tmavé, Vienna, Winter), Lambic (Faro, Framboise, Fruit, Geueze, Kriek, Traditional, Other), Pumpkin/Yam, Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy, Rye Wine, Sour (Flanders Oud Bruin, Flanders Red Ale), Old Ale/Stock Ale, Porter (American, Baltic, Coffee, English, Imperial, Imperial Baltic, Imperial Coffee, Other, Smoked), Stout (American, Belgian, Coffee, English, Export, Imperial, Imperial Coffee, Imperial Milk/Sweet, Imperial Oatmeal, Imperial Pastry, Irish Dry, Milk/Sweet, Oatmeal, Other, Oyster, Pastry, White/Golden), Strong Ale (American, English, Other), Table Beer, Wild Ale (American, Other), Winter Ale, or Winter Warmer.
🤔 If you're stumped as to how we missed one, give it a shout out at @untappd.
Fall is our favorite time of the year. When the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, all we want to do is grab a cooler full of beer, pull on our favorite comfy sweater, and hang with our friends around the campfire.
If you agree this is the best season, we have a $700+ prize pack for you from our friends at EAST OAK, Morning Recovery, and Titan by Arctic Zone to make this time of year unbe-leaf-able!
East Oak Pitmate™ Tabletop 20-Inch Electric Smoker
Two 24 packs of Morning Recovery (winner can select any flavor)
A $250 gift card to arcticzone.com
From October 1 through November 30, enter the Fall Beer Gear Giveaway for your chance to win, and don't forget to check in your favorite fall beers along the way. No purchase necessary!
Want to explore the unique breweries of North Carolina, all while earning a chance to win an amazing NC Beer Month Sweepstakes prize? Throughout October, as you visit independent craft breweries across North Carolina, use Untappd, the popular "drink socially" smartphone app, to unlock limited edition NC Beer Month Passport badges and earn entries in the annual NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes!
The NC Beer Month Passport + Sweepstakes runs October 1st through October 31st, 2026. One lucky winner will be selected to win the following NC Beer Month Sweepstakes prize: NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes Prize - A Charlotte Vacation - a two-night stay in Charlotte - a gift card to a local brewery - tickets to a Charlotte sports game - and more!
To Participate: Use Untappd to tag the North Carolina brewery you visit and accumulate the following four limited edition NC Beer Month Passport Badges, and up to three chances to win! Badge 1: Welcome to NC Beer Month 2026! Badge 2: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 1: Your 5th check-in earns you one sweepstakes entry Badge 3: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 2: Your 10th check-in earns you an additional sweepstakes entry Badge 4: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 3: Your 15th check-in earns you a third sweepstakes entry
Legal: Must be 21 years or older to participate. No purchase necessary to enter or win. You must tag the NC brewery to check-in, and can only check into each location once. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 AM EST on October 1, 2026, and ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on October 31, 2026, courtesy of the NC Craft Brewers Guild. Click here for official NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes rules
Badge Criteria:
Badge 1: Welcome to NC Beer Month 2026! : Check in any one (1) beer at a North Carolina brewery between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026. Badge 2: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 1: Check in any (1) beer at a five (5) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026. Badge 3: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 2: Check in any (1) beer at a ten (10) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.
Badge 4: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 3:Check in any (1) beer at a fifteen (15) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.
Some IPAs hit hard. Some go down easy. The Space Dust Series does both. At the center is Space Dust IPA, a bold 8.2% IPA with a remarkably smooth finish that's made it a legend behind the bar. It's the original trick: bold flavor, remarkably smooth. From there, the series opens up. Juice Dust Juicy IPA adds a splash of real orange juice for a citrus-forward twist. Phaze Dust Hazy IPA leans hazy and soft with a more laid-back profile. And Easy Dust Non-Alc IPA brings all that character without the buzz. Different styles. Same sleight of hand. Bold IPAs. Remarkably smooth. That's Mischievously Drinkable. Now it's your turn to experience it.
Check in any one of the Space Dust Series IPAs between October 1 and December 31 to unlock the Mischievously Drinkable Untappd badge.
Whether you're sticking with the original Space Dust or trying something new, there's no wrong move here. Just follow the flavor and enjoy the ride.
Badge Criteria: Check in any one (1) of Elysian Brewing Dust Series IPAs (Space Dust IPA, Juice Dust Juicy IPA, Phaze Dust Hazy IPA or Easy Dust Non-Alc IPA) between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026.
There should be more holidays dedicated to beer. But since there aren't, Punch Cigars is going all out for Oktoberfest with this sick new badge!
If you haven't heard, Punch Cigars is the Official Cigar of Beer Lovers (officially unofficial, of course), and we have a whole lineup of epic cigars that pair beautifully with Märzens, Festbier, and all the other types of beer you might like best.
"But wait, I thought cigars were prohibitively expensive and difficult to get into?"
Think again! Punch Cigars are made to be enjoyed whenever and wherever good times are had. No matter what beer you reach for, there's a Punch Cigar that'll go perfectly with it.
Don't believe us? Check out our website to find sweet cigar and beer pairings. (And a whole bunch more awesome stuff.)
The diversity and breadth of beer in 2026 is undeniable, with thousands of beers across hundreds of styles, the brewing world has never had more choices available.
That is why this time of year feels so special. Each September, for just a few weeks, the world comes together to celebrate just a pair of German style beers, all centered on the culture and history of Munich. At The Flying Saucer, Oktoberfest is the time of year to bring in the best in German beer, food and tradition.
For the next few weeks you will find the best German lagers, not only from Munich but from around the world, served with sizzling bratwurst and more delicious German fare and that's not to mention, trivia, stein hoists, glassware giveaways and more! Check out what's going on at your location: https://www.beerknurd.com/oktoberfest/?utm=intweb
Join us beginning September 19th, only at The Flying Saucer.
Badge Criteria: Check in any Oktoberfest style beer (Marzen or Festbier) at any Flying Saucer location from 9/19/26 through 10/4/26.
Graphic courtesy of Derek Campos, Senior Graphic Designer, Next Glass
🍋 Happy Sour Beer Day!
🍾 We have a fresh new Sour Beer Day badge ripe for celebration!
🍬 No need to sugarcoat it, these tart treats may not be for everyone, but with so many options, there's gotta be a sour beer for every person.
🫐 After all, who doesn't love a bit of berried treasure?
✅ Check in any (1) sour beer from September 17th to Sunday, September 27th, to unlock this limited-edition badge.
📝 Untappd defines a sour beer as any style of Brett Beer, Farmhouse Ale (Bière de Coupage, Bière de Garde, Bière de Mars, Brett, Grisette, Kornøl, Other, Sahti, Saison), Lambic (Faro, Framboise, Fruit, Geueze, Kriek, Traditional, Other), IPA (Farmhouse or Sour), Historical Beer (Berliner Braunbier, Lichtenhainer), Non-Alcoholic – Sour, Sour (Berliner Weisse, Fruited Berliner Weisse, Flanders Oud Bruin, Flanders Red Ale, Fruited, Gose, Fruited Gose, Other or Pastry/Smoothie), and Wild Ale (American, Other)
💭 What sour are you checking in today? Drop us a comment on IG @untappd
This year's Canadian Beer Day is more than a day on the calendar — it's a celebration built by Canadians and Brewed into Canadian culture.
From neighbourhood breweries to the pubs where we gather, Canadian Beer Day celebrates the people, places, and traditions that make Canadian beer part of every community across the country. It's a nationwide celebration of the people who grow our ingredients, brew our beer, serve our communities, and create the places where memories are made — right here at home.
Every pint has a story. It starts with Canadian farmers, brewers, truckers, restaurants, bars, and thousands of passionate people working together to keep Canadian beer local. In fact, more than 90% of the beer sold in Canada is brewed right here at home.
This October 7, join breweries, bars, restaurants and beer lovers from coast to coast to coast as we raise a glass to the communities behind Canada's favourite beverage.
Graphic courtesy of Derek Campos, Senior Graphic Designer, Next Glass
🥨 This month marks the official start of the 191st Oktoberfest celebration—the annual festival that attracts millions of visitors to Munich, Germany, to imbibe a very specific style of beer.
🍻 Whether you're enjoying festivities in Munich or celebrating locally, we are super excited to recognize the event by releasing a new iteration of our annual "Celebrate Oktoberfest" Badge.
✅ To earn the Celebrate Oktoberfest (2026) badge, simply check in any (1) beer with the style of Märzen or Festbier between September 4th and October 4th.
🛒 Searching for Oktoberfest beers to unlock this badge? Look no further than the Untappd Shop, where we have the Untappd Oktoberfest Beer Box now available! These are going fast, so secure yours before it's too late.
💭 What's your favorite Oktoberfest style—Märzen or Festbier? Follow us on IG (@untappd) and let us know in the comments!
There's a moment that eventually comes for every beer or cocktail lover: You want the ritual, the flavor, the social lift, but the next-day fog isn't worth it anymore. Maybe it's a Tuesday and a full pint feels like too much. Maybe you don't want to wake up with a hangover. Maybe you just want to try something new.
That's the gap that alcohol alternatives are made to fill, and the category has gotten a lot more interesting than the choices of a few years ago.
We went looking for the drinks that hold up when compared to your usual order, not just the ones with the loudest marketing. Here are five alcohol alternatives worth trying, plus a few pointers for finding the right one for you.
Many Drinkers Are Making the Switch
Cutting back on alcohol doesn't mean giving up the tradition. Mocktails, nonalcoholic spirits, kombucha, and hemp-derived THC drinks are picking up steam: NA spirits and ready-to-drink mocktails grew 70% between 2024 and 2025, according to NielsenIQ, even as nonalcoholic beer retains the largest share of the category.
THC drinks are bubbling up just as quickly. NielsenIQ measured $239 million in mainstream retail sales for the category over the 52 weeks ending June 27, 2026. That's a 135% jump year over year, and that figure doesn't even count dispensary or direct-to-consumer sales. They also found that roughly half of adults in the United States say they're interested in trying a cannabis-infused beverage. That tracks with what we're seeing on shelves: These cans have moved out of specialty shops and into the same store coolers as beer, wine, and hard seltzer.
The appeal is straightforward. There's no hangover to plan around the next morning, most options run lower in calories than a beer or cocktail, and they're easy to pace for customizing your experience. For people cutting back on alcohol without cutting out the social experience, that combination is hard to beat.
How to Pick the Ideal Alcohol Alternative
A few things to consider before you grab a can:
Know what's in the can. A 5 mg THC drink compares to a light beer or glass of wine, while 20 mg is for consumers who know their tolerance. A zero-proof spirit or NA mocktail should mean exactly that, and even kombucha carries trace alcohol from fermentation. Check the label if you're avoiding alcohol entirely.
Match the format to the occasion. A seltzer or kombucha works for a backyard hang or a ballgame. A sippable spirit alternative fits a slower night in. A shot is designed for portability and speed, not for lingering.
Know how it's meant to be enjoyed. Most nanoemulsified THC beverages kick in within 15 minutes or so, though this varies by product and by person. Give the drink time to work before deciding you need another. NA spirits and kombucha don't have an onset to wait for, so you can pace them any way you like.
Look for lab testing or an ABV you can trust. Reputable THC brands post third-party lab results for potency and purity. Reputable kombucha and NA spirit brands should be just as up-front about alcohol content, since fermentation and de-alcoholization can leave trace amounts. If a brand doesn't make that information easy to find, that's worth noting.
Five Alcohol Alternatives We Reach For
Best Tasting: 5 mg Crescent 9 THC Seltzer Variety Pack
Photography courtesy of Crescent Canna
The 5 mg Crescent 9 THC Seltzer Variety Pack is where we go for flavor. Crescent Canna built this line to compete with hard seltzer on taste, not just effect, and uses real fruit juices, purees, and terpenes instead of leaning on artificial sweeteners.
The variety pack mixes flavors like Tropical, Ginger Lemonade, Raspberry Lime, and Sour Watermelon, each carrying 5 mg THC and 4 mg CBD per 12-ounce can. Effects are approachable, and the can tastes like something you'd order again.
At 40 to 100 calories, depending on the flavor, it also lands lighter than most canned cocktails. Onset is around 15 minutes, thanks to nanoemulsified THC, roughly the same window as a hard seltzer hitting the bloodstream.
Most Versatile: 5 mg Ellora THC-Infused Spirit Alternative
Photography courtesy of Crescent Canna
If you're more of a cocktail person than a can-cracker, Ellora 5 mg THC-Infused Spirit Alternative is for you. It's a still, spirit-style pour rather than a carbonated drink, blending citrus, blue agave, and floral botanical notes. You can sip it neat, on the rocks, or mixed into a mocktail.
The 5 mg version is Ellora's most approachable tier, roughly equivalent to a light cocktail. It blends especially well in sour-style drinks, a Southside riff with mint and lemon, or a ranch-water brew with sparkling water and lime. Because it works undiluted or mixed, it's the one bottle on this list that can last an entire evening instead of just one drink.
Best Vibes: 10 mg Crescent 9 THC Seltzer Variety Pack
Photography courtesy of Crescent Canna
For a night with friends where you want the effects to be more pronounced, the 10 mg Crescent 9 THC Seltzer Variety Pack is the sweet spot. This is one of Crescent Canna's best-selling potencies, and 10 mg has become close to the industry standard dose for people who have some THC beverage experience.
The pack rotates through Raspberry Lime, Sour Watermelon, Grape Lemonade, and Ginger Lemonade, so a single case doesn't get repetitive. If you're newer to 10 mg, start with half a can and see how you feel before finishing it. It's a solid stand-in for a cocktail or a couple of hard seltzers at a party, a movie night, or a game-day gathering, without the multidrink commitment.
Best Caffeinated Option: Citron Café Noir by Mockly
Most alcohol alternatives skip caffeine, and that makes Citron Café Noir by Mockly stand out. Mockly is a New Orleans-born, mixologist-crafted, nonalcoholic libation brand, and Citron Café Noir is its cold brew-based pour. It blends cocoa and fennel with a bright burst of lemon into something crafted for fancy stemmed glasses.
It was among the Best New Non-Alcoholic Ready to Drink Cocktails at BevNET's 2025 Spirits Awards, and the natural caffeine base from the cold brew gives it a lift most seltzers and mocktails on this list don't have. Each 8.4-ounce can is sized more like a cocktail than a soda, and it's zero proof, so there's no dose or tolerance to think through. Save it for an occasion when you want a little pick-me-up alongside the ritual.
Best Everyday Swap: Health-Ade Kombucha
Not every night out calls for a THC drink or a mocktail, and that's where Health-Ade Kombucha earns a spot. It's a fermented tea prepared with organic black and green tea, real fruit juice, and live active cultures. With flavors like Pink Lady Apple, Ginger Lemon, and Bubbly Rose, it reads as a proper drink rather than a health-food consolation prize.
Like all commercial kombucha, it carries trace alcohol from fermentation that's kept under the legal 0.5% threshold for a nonalcoholic beverage, which is worth knowing if you're avoiding alcohol completely. It's an easy one to keep stocked for the nights you want something with a little tang and fizz but no concerns around dosing or tolerance.
Finding Your Own Favorite
None of these drinks are trying to be a perfect copy of alcohol, and that's the point. Each one is solving a different dilemma: flavor, versatility, social energy, caffeine, portability.
Try a few, pay attention to the way your body responds to each potency, and build your own rotation the same way you'd compile a beer or cocktail playlist. The alcohol-alternative aisle is getting more crowded, but these are the ones we keep coming back to.
Bier heeft geen verjaardag. Dus hebben we er zelf eentje bedacht.
Oké, dat hebben wij niet gedaan. Maar International Beer Day bestaat wel degelijk en wij vinden dat een uitstekende reden om je biervoorraad vandaag wat extra liefde te geven.
Daarom betaal je vandaag geen verzendkosten op je bestelling. Want laten we eerlijk zijn: geld uitgeven aan bier voelt een stuk beter dan geld uitgeven aan verzending.
Maar daar houden we niet op.
Gratis Untappd opener bij 6 losse bieren
Voor de echte bierjagers hebben we nog iets extra's.
Bestel 6 losse bieren en ontvang een gratis Untappd opener/sleutelhanger bij je bestelling. Handig voor onderweg, aan je sleutelbos, of om eindelijk dat ene aansteker-open-trucje met pensioen te sturen.
Maximaal 1 Untappd opener/sleutelhanger per klant, zolang de voorraad strekt.
Waarom International Beer Day eigenlijk best een mooie feestdag is
Wat ooit begon als een klein initiatief van een paar bierliefhebbers groeide uit tot een wereldwijd moment waarop mensen samen proosten op bier, brouwers en alles wat de biercultuur zo leuk maakt.
Nieuwe stijlen ontdekken. Oude favorieten opnieuw drinken. Dat ene blikje openmaken dat al weken in de koelkast ligt omdat je wachtte op "het juiste moment".
Dat moment is vandaag.
Tijd om je koelkast gelukkig te maken
✅ Gratis verzending op je bestelling ✅ Gratis Untappd opener bij 6 losse bieren ✅ Een perfect excuus om nieuwe bieren te ontdekken ✅ Slechts één keer per jaar International Beer Day
Dus trek een blik open, hef het glas op brouwers overal ter wereld en zorg dat je koelkast niet leeg het weekend in gaat.
👉 Vier International Beer Day en profiteer vandaag van gratis verzending. 🍻
Graphic courtesy of Derek Campos, Senior Graphic Designer, Next Glass
🌎 Hoppy International Beer Day!
🍺 Beer is the common thread that connects us worldwide, bringing people together in a unique way.
🤝 And beer has played a significant role in shaping countless of our most cherished memories. If there is one thing we've learned along the way: Beer is best when shared with others.
🍻Join us in recognizing remarkable breweries worldwide by unlocking the fresh 2026 International Beer Day Badge! Let's celebrate this special occasion together!
🔒 How to earn: Simply check in any one (1) beer style between August 7th and August 17th, and you'll earn this year's iconic badge.
Summer is made for backyard hangs, sizzling grills, and ice-cold beer. Whether you're hosting a weekend cookout or relaxing with a cold one after a long day in the sun, there's nothing like the dog days of summer.
Celebrate the season with the Backyard Gear Giveaway! We've teamed up with Bestway USA, DSS Games, GCI Outdoor, recteq and RovR Products, our friends who know how to do backyard season right, to give one lucky winner everything they need for good times, great conversations, and unforgettable pours.
We're talking a hot tub, a grill, a cooler ready to be stocked, comfy seating, drinking games, and a year of Untappd Insiders, a stacked prize pack worth nearly $2,500. All you have to do is enter. We'll handle the rest.
So get ready to make some memories this season. From August 1 through September 30, enter the Backyard Gear Giveaway for your shot to win, and don't forget to check in your favorite backyard beers along the way. No purchase necessary!
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