Updated 4/1 (6:45pm EST) – Russian River Deviation is available at Bottleworks beginning today. It. will. not. last. long.

It’s official. Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout is now available in select California locations including South Bay Drugs & Liquor in Imperial Beach. Port Moon Lit Sessions is also available.

If you are in San Diego today, consider going to the huge bottle release event at Alesmith. Bottles go on sale shortly after lunch but you may want to get there in the morning. People have been discussing the details on both the Beer Advocate and RateBeer forums so that will probably be your best source of information.

Pelican Brewery, based in Pacific City, Oregon, posted up a notice late Sunday that it is now shipping beer to customers. Pelican had a very successful showing at the recent Australian International Beer Awards. Their most notable beers include Pelican Stormwatcher’s Winterfest Barley wine, Pelican Tsunami Stout (foreign export stout), and the Pelican India Pale Ale. Shipping prices quoted on the site appear to be steep but you may be able contact the brewery and neogotiate terms based on how much you’re ordering. Beers for sale are not listed so you’d be advised to contact the brewery anyway, especially to ensure that Pelican can ship to your state.

Finally, Lew Bryson posted this morning that he’s done blogging, “Seen Through a Glass.” This is one of a few beer blogs out there for which I try to read every post. Bryson may still write for another project of his, Portfolio.com (not clear at this time). Bryson got a job with a PR firm and is excited about the new opportunity. Congrats and best of luck. (Nice spin on April Fools, Lew!)