BrandBuilder program showcases weekly, special occasion menu pairings
Alcohol brands including Bacardi, Jackson Family Wines and Francis Ford Coppola Winery are partnering with digital meal planning service eMeals, Birmingham, Ala., to build online and digitally influenced grocery revenues. Strategies include menu pairings that place branded wine, beer and spirits recommendations as options on the weekly eMeals shopping list.
Longmont, Colo.-based Oskar Blues Brewery announced rebranded packaging for its entire lineup of canned craft beers, marking the first changes to the look of the lineup in more than 15 years.
Holidaily Brewing Co. released its winter seasonal brew, Beulah Red Ale. Named after Beulah Red Marble, quarried in Beulah, Colo., the ale’s color is reminiscent of a mountain sunset, the company says.
Tenth and Blake Beer Co., the U.S. craft division of Chicago-based Molson Coors Beverage Co., announced an agreement to acquire Detroit-based Atwater Brewery.
Domestic beer brand will help cover adoption fees for 1,000 participants
Coors Light, a brand of Chicago-based Molson Coors Brewing Co., is encouraging consumers to skip the cheesy Valentine's traditions and spend the day with a fur-ever friend. The domestic beer brand will even help pay fees for 1,000 dogs adopted between 12 p.m. CT on Feb. 4 and 11:59:59 p.m. CT on Feb. 21.
Bud Light, Ball Corp., Centerplate team up for sustainability initiative
Centerplate, Stamford, Conn.; Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo.; and Bud Light, a brand of St. Louis-based Anheuser Busch, announced an agreement to bring Ball's infinitely recyclable aluminum cups to guests at Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
Craft brewery able to add size thanks to new canning equipment
The new cans are made possible thanks to a new CFT rotary canning line in Urban South’s packaging department, which allows the canning equipment to easily switch between filling cans of different sizes.
Craft brewer also releases limited-edition Mountain Berry
The brewers at Samuel Adams, a brand of Boston-based The Boston Beer Co., plan to spice up the winter season with a new, brighter and smoother Cold Snap recipe, it says. The new Cold Snap showcases the brew’s signature blend of 10 exotic spices, fruits and florals: orange zest, vanilla, lemon zest, coriander, rose hips, hibiscus, plum, grains of paradise, anise and tamarind, the company adds.