The published programme covers 2026
The organiser's site carried the 2026 edition on 17 October 2026. The date line reads February 20 to March 1, 2026, and the FAQ repeats that window. The route below follows the ten day guides for that run, with the year attached to each clock.
Ten day guides, 332 listings
The organiser publishes one guide per date, from Day 1 on Friday 20 February to Day 10 on Sunday 1 March. The ten guides carry 332 listings. Of those, 313 carry a date and a start time.
The dated load per day runs 28, 44, 32, 17, 21, 30, 34, 34, 49 and 24. Saturday 28 February carries the heaviest load. Monday 23 February carries the lightest.
First starts run from 9am on 21 and 22 February to 11:30am midweek. Last starts run from 4pm on the closing Sunday to 10pm on the opening Friday.
Day 1, Friday 20 February: San Francisco
Foghorn Taproom runs three San Francisco addresses and 18 listings across eight days. Its Balboa room opens at 11:30am with a Ghost Town tap takeover.
Richmond Republic Draught House pours The Story of 21st Century IPA in 6 Pints at noon. The flight covers all six official collaboration beers. The venue carries a listing on all ten days.
Headyworks in Livermore runs an East vs West IIPA Showdown at 2pm the same afternoon. Treat the two stops as separate trips. BART does not serve Livermore. The Dublin/Pleasanton station is the closest, and Wheels Route 30R connects it to the Livermore Transit Center at 2500 Railroad Avenue for $2.50 a single ride.
Day 2, Saturday 21 February: the Fest on the roof
SFBW Fest holds the ticketed slot at Salesforce Park. The day guide starts it at 1:30pm. A ticket covers unlimited tastings, live entertainment and a reusable tasting glass. Beer service needs a ticket and a guest aged 21 or over. The park admits all ages, and the views and free live entertainment need no ticket. Rain moves the event indoors at the same venue.
The park opens at 6am and closes at 8pm from November 1 to April 30. That close caps a February afternoon on the roof.
Visit Santa Rosa runs a free craft beer shuttle at noon on both Saturdays, 21 and 28 February, tied to a ten-day passport. The 28th carries no Fest, so the second run suits a group that holds Fest tickets for the 21st.
Days 3 and 4, 22 and 23 February: the East Bay by BART
Sunday 22 February carries 32 dated listings, and 15 of them sit in the East Bay. Trumer Brewery in Berkeley opens at 10am with a Kölsch service. Triple Rock marks 40 years at noon. Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda runs at 2pm.
Monday 23 February carries 17 listings. The Monk's Kettle in Rockridge opens the day at 11:30am with a beer and cookie pairing. Temescal Brewing holds a meet-the-brewers session at 5pm.
BART serves both days. Embarcadero and Montgomery stations sit one block north of the Transit Center on Market Street.
Days 5 and 6, 24 and 25 February: the city
Tuesday 24 February carries 21 listings, nine of them in San Francisco. Wednesday 25 February carries 14 San Francisco listings. Richmond Republic runs a triple IPA flight and hot wing contest at noon on the 25th. Liquid Gold opens the Coast chapter of its Cali Cruisin series at 3pm. Balboa, Irving and Divisadero each carry their own Foghorn listings.
Day 7, Thursday 26 February: the North Bay
Old Caz Beer in Rohnert Park carries a listing on all ten days. On the 26th it runs The Thermal Drift Experience with Barebottle at 4pm. The Monk's Kettle in Terra Linda runs a Trappist Thursday at 11:30am.
Golden Gate Transit runs Routes 172 and 172X from Santa Rosa to San Francisco. SMART runs from Larkspur to Santa Rosa Downtown and Sonoma County Airport. Golden Gate Ferry runs Larkspur to San Francisco.
Day 8, Friday 27 February: the Coast
Five Coast listings carry the 27th. Steel Bonnet in Scotts Valley runs at 4pm, Discretion in Soquel at 5:30pm, and Lupulo in Santa Cruz at 6pm. BART carries no station in Santa Cruz County, so the Coast leg needs a car or a coach.
Days 9 and 10, 28 February and 1 March: the close
Saturday 28 February carries 49 dated listings, the heaviest single day, and seven of them sit on the Coast. Headyworks runs Nightfall Hifi at 2pm in Livermore.
Sunday 1 March is an East Bay day. Of its 24 listings, 14 sit there. Paulista in Oakland opens at 10am with Michelada Madness. The Hop Grenade in Concord runs the Brewery of the Year finals at noon. The last published start of the run is 4pm.
Pricing and the booking window
Each listing carries its own price. The organiser's FAQ states that many are pay as you go, and that some need an admission fee or an advance reservation. Activities are posted about a month in advance. Host submissions for the 2026 run closed at end of day Wednesday 18 February.
A group plan built now has a published shape to follow. The 2027 day guides have no publication date yet.