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Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., the San Diego-headquartered owner of Ballast Point, announced it is moving forward with a retail expansion of the 25-year-old craft brewery into Northern California. Ballast Point San Francisco is expected to open by the end of the year and will join the craft brewery's five Southern California locations in San Diego, Anaheim and Long Beach.

Deschutes Brewery announced the newest release of Squeezy Rider West Coast India Pale Ale (IPA).

Twelve5 Beverage Co., Neenah, Wis., released its new REBEL Hard Coffee variety eight-pack featuring hard latte favorites such as the Mocha Hard Latte and Vanilla Hard Latte flavors, as well as two new hard coffee drinks: the Maple Pecan Hard Latte and Salted Caramel Hard Latte.

Truly Hard Seltzer, a brand of The Boston Beer Co., launched Truly Extra Hard Seltzer, a hard seltzer with an 8 percent alcohol by volume. 

To support New York-based Diageo North America’s growth strategy in the ready-to-drink (RTD) category, the company announced plans to expand its manufacturing footprint and install two can lines at a new facility in Plainfield, Ill. With an investment of approximately $80 million, the site will have the capacity to produce more than 25 million cases of RTDs a year, including Smirnoff seltzers and the newly launched spirits-based RTD cocktails from Crown Royal and Ketel One Botanicals.

Mighty Swell released its new Tropic Variety 12-pack. The pack features three new tropical flavors ― Mango Raspberry, Pineapple and Blood Orange ― along with its ever-popular Grapefruit.

Twelve5 Beverage Co. released its new and limited-edition REBEL Hard Coffee springtime ready-to-drink (RTD) hard lattes: Hard Bourbon Caramel Latte and Hard Irish Cream Latte.

Newton, Mass.-based Spindrift sparkling water introduces Spindrift Spiked, a lightly carbonated hard sparkling water made with only real ingredients, no synthetic natural flavors, sweeteners or additives, it says.

Tolago LLC released its flagship product: Tolago Hard Seltzer. 

Dos Equis is sponsoring a 3-on-3 college basketball tournament within the March Madness tournament to enhance their connection to college sports and millennial fans.