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Urban South Brewery Celebrates Pride Month

Urban South Brewery is celebrating the New Orleans community and all of its genders, identities and orientations this Pride month.

Ball Corporation: Aluminum Cans Will Remain on Allocation into Summer

Ball Corporation: Aluminum Cans Will Remain on Allocation into Summer

Ball Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, will continue to allocate inventory to customers and import cans from overseas due to short supply throughout this summer, executive vice president and chief financial officer Scott C. Morrison said yesterday during a public session of the Deutsche Bank Global Basic Materials Conference. “In the Northern Hemisphere, both in Europe and U.S. we’ll be on allocation again this summer,” he said. “We’re coming into this summer in North America extremely tight on inventory.”

Brewbound Podcast: Love Conquers Ale

Brewbound Podcast: Love Conquers Ale

Carissa Sweigart, Boston Beer’s leader of diversity, equity and inclusion, and Shelley Smith, brewing innovation manager, join the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the 2021 release, the origins of the beer, the company’s overall philanthropic efforts, and the conversations currently ongoing at the brewery in the wake of industry-wide allegations of misconduct and misogyny.

42 North Announces 2021 Tap Trekker Event Schedule

42 North Brewing Company is hitting the road all summer long with a full-schedule of events at regional parks and outdoor venues throughout New York State.

Love Conquers Ale: Samuel Adams and New Belgium Partner with GLAAD

Two of the leading American craft brewers, Samuel Adams and New Belgium Brewing, announced they are partnering for Pride to help spread a message of hope, love and inclusion through beer – something that has brought people together for centuries.

Last Call for Northwest Cider Club Cider Styles Summer Release

Northwest Cider Association, a member-driven nonprofit supportingcidermakers in OR, WA, MT, ID & British Columbia, announces last call for subscriptions to theNorthwest Cider Club for their summer release. NW Cider Club offers hand-selected boxes featuring some of the region’s best and most coveted ciders, curated by cider experts.

Hard Seltzer Report: Wholesalers More Conservative on Seltzers; Segment Slows; Optimism Remains

Hard Seltzer Report: Wholesalers More Conservative on Seltzers; Segment Slows; Optimism Remains

More than 75% of beer wholesalers said the summer selling season is off to “a strong start,” as Memorial Day trends either met or exceeded expectations, Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog found in her latest “Beverage Bytes survey” of about 40 distributors covering 145,000 retail outlets (about a quarter of the total U.S. outlets that sell alcoholic beverages).