Raise a glass for california craft beer – literally
Celebrate California Pint Day on Friday, July 17, 2026 — the kickoff to California Craft Beer Week! California Pint Day is a way for craft beer fans to give back, by showing up, raising a glass, and sharing the moment with the people around them. Each year will feature a new, custom-designed glass that celebrates the art, culture, and creativity of California’s craft beer community.
This year, in honor of California hosting the FIFA World Cup, we’re raising a glass to the global game with a special soccer-themed design!
Participating breweries across the state will release the second annual limited-edition California Pint Glass, available to the public the same weekend as the World Cup Finals. It’s the perfect way to celebrate, whether you’re cheering on your team or just enjoying the weekend with your friends and family.
Stop in, grab a pint, and collect your glass while they last!
GET YOUR BREWERY SIGNed UP!
California Pint Day Returns During World Beer Cup Finals!
This statewide celebration features a limited-edition collectible glass and is a fun opportunity for craft beer fans to support their local breweries while collecting a unique piece of glassware. Proceeds benefit the California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA), helping protect and promote the California craft beer industry.
Signing up is easy, just order your glasses and a $2 donation per glass is automatically made to the CCBA, with no follow up needed! Then sell the glasses in your taproom and brewpubs during California Craft Beer Week and be part of the statewide celebration!
The ordering window closes Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.
2025 Pint Day Testimonial California Pint Day was a great opportunity to support the CCBA and engage our community with a new event. It’s essentially turnkey and the co-promotion from the CCBA media channels really resulted in a great turnout and exposure for our brewery and California craft beer.
2025 Pint Day Testimonial The first California Pint Day was a huge success for us at Russian River! We sold out of the custom Pint Day glasses by end of day and had customers asking for them all weekend long. I will definitely be ordering twice as many glasses this year. California Pint Day is a fun and very easy way to support the California craft beer industry and the CCBA!
-Natalie Cilurzo, Co-Owner/President, Russian River Brewing Company
2025 Pint Day Testimonial Societe was thrilled to take part in the first California Pint Day. We ordered close to 500 pints and sold out by 5pm. Customers were coming in on Friday (the pint day) and we had to tell them we unfortunately ran out. If I could do it all over again, I would order at least twice as much.
-Doug Constantiner, Owner, Societe Brewing Company
Go Beyond the Glass! Make a Bigger Impact! The California Pint Day Pledge is an opportunity for breweries to take their commitment one step further. By making the pledge, you’re promising to donate 5% of the days total food & beverage sales to the CCBA, helping amplify the programs’ impact while directly supporting the advocacy, education, and community-building efforts that keep California craft beer thriving. Invest in the continued success of CCBA’s industry support and California’s craft beer community as a whole!
The 2026 California Pint Day glass was designed by Kilian McMann, owner, designer, and illustrator for the Sacramento-based design company, Great Raven Design Co. Here are a few words from the artist himself!
I was stoked to score another Pint Day Glass design with the CCBA, this time headed full tilt into the World Cup theme! I dribbled–I mean scribbled–some sketches out, shot over my ideas, and they said to run with it! My goal was to create some kick ass artwork that fans would enjoy, and I had a ball doing it. Cheers!
-Kilian McMann, Great Raven Design Co.
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Join the celebration and make this inaugural tradition one to remember! Share your photos, stories, and experiences from California Craft Beer Week with your California Pint Day glass on social media.
Snap a photo of your limited-edition glass with friends
Post on social media and share your outing
Use #CAPintDay and tag us at @CACraftBrewers for a chance to be featured!
California Craft Beer Week is produced by the California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) to celebrate and promote the California craft beer industry through local events, special releases, food, music, and more.
