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Heineken to Add Slim Can Packaging

Heineken® is entering the fast-growing slim can market and updating the style of Heineken® Original, while still delivering the same great taste that consumers love. The refreshed cans will debut with an initial March 2021 launch throughout the state of Florida.

Tumwater’s Triceratops Brewing Releases Barrel-Aged Breakfast Brown

Triceratops Brewing is kicking off the month of February with a limited release that will have flapjack fans falling in love. Barrel-Aged Breakfast Brown, a brand new release from the family-owned brewery, is the third beer from Triceratops to have spent time in whiskey barrels since Imperial Hawthorne Coffee Milk Stout appeared in 2017.

Colorado Brewers Guild Announces Firkin February Fundraiser

The Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG), a nonprofit trade organization for independent craft breweries in the State of Craft Beer, is announcing member breweries that are participating in Firkin February. 

Tröegs Introduces Joyous IPA to its Hop Cycle Series

Tröegs Independent Brewing announces the release of its new IPA for spring, Joyous. The beer joins the brewery’s popular Hop Cycle line-up of seasonally rotating IPAs. The muse for Joyous is a fresh and bright yeast strain called Hothead Kveik.

Urban South Brewery Launches Distribution in Mississippi

Urban South Brewery, the largest craft brewery in New Orleans, is thrilled to announce that it will begin distributing a selection of its innovative beers in Mississippi this month.

Yuengling Raging Eagle Mango Beer Launches in C-Stores

Yuengling Raging Eagle Mango Beer Launches in C-Stores

D.G. Yuengling & Son is attempting to relate to younger legal drinking age consumers with a new single-serve offering that will initially be sold in convenience stores. Raging Eagle Mango Beer lands in c-stores today.

Washington D.C.’s First 100% Self-Pour Taphouse to Open this Spring

“99 bottles of beer on the wall” may be an age old saying, but for 24-year-old Jason Cherry, it is the inspiration for 99 self-pour taps in Tap99, a new taphouse and restaurant located directly across the street from the Nationals Park main gates. 

Summit’s Mixed Pack IPA Edition and Twenty-One IPA Return For 2021

After a year characterized by change, Summit Brewing Company is beginning 2021 with welcomed regularity. Summit Twenty-One IPA and Summit Mixed Pack IPA Edition will be returning as the spring seasonal and spring variety pack respectively.

WWE’s Rey Mysterio Named Victoria Brand Ambassador as Part of Sponsorship Deal

WWE’s Rey Mysterio Named Victoria Brand Ambassador as Part of Sponsorship Deal

WWE star Rey Mysterio is the new brand ambassador for Constellation Brands’ Victoria Beer brand. Mysterio, regarded in the pro wrestling world as one of the greatest luchadors of all time, kicked off the partnership Sunday night during the wrestling circuit’s first major event of the year, the Royal Rumble.