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Yuengling Updates Packaging for Oktoberfest Seasonal Beer

D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery, continues to celebrate its milestone 190th anniversary with the debut of a brand new design and packaging for their beloved Oktoberfest beer.

Anheuser-Busch InBev Doesn’t Make Qualifying Offer for Craft Brew Alliance

Anheuser-Busch InBev Doesn’t Make Qualifying Offer for Craft Brew Alliance

The deadline for Anheuser-Busch InBev to make a qualifying offer to acquire the remaining stake of Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) came and went today without an offer. The world’s largest beer manufacturer, which already owns 31.3 percent of the smaller Portland, Oregon-headquartered craft beer maker, had until today, August 23, to either make an offer for the remaining stake in the company at a minimum of $24.50 per share (about $328 million) or pay a $20 million fee.

Boston Beer Company is Taking Truly Hard Seltzer on Tap to Bars and Restaurants

Boston Beer Company is Taking Truly Hard Seltzer on Tap to Bars and Restaurants

Truly Hard Seltzer-maker Boston Beer Company announced today the nationwide launch of “Truly on Tap,” a new product that the company is calling ”one of the first hard seltzers available on draft” across the country. Boston Beer founder Jim Koch first teased the product, then called “Pure” — a name that competing brand White Claw also announced for a similar product — in January as an alternative for vodka soda drinkers in bars and restaurants.

Oskar Blues’ Death by Coconut Returns for Fall 2019

Oskar Blues Brewery announces the return of a seasonal cult favorite, Death by Coconut Irish Porter, a morbidly malty brew that matches flavors of bittersweet cacao with creamy coconut.

Stony Creek Brewery Lays Off Brewmaster, Sales Director and Key Account Manager

Stony Creek Brewery Lays Off Brewmaster, Sales Director and Key Account Manager

Three key members of Stony Creek Brewery’s team were laid off this week. Stony Creek director of operations Manny Rodriguez confirmed to Brewbound that brewmaster Andy Schwartz, director of sales Jamal Robinson and key account manager Spencer Niebuhr are no longer employed by the company.