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D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., Pottsville, Pa., announced a collaboration with DraftKings, a digital sports entertainment and gaming company known for its industry-leading daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting products. The agreement marks the brewery's first-ever fantasy sports collaboration and merges the love of sports and beer through year-round events, contests and great prizes.

Healthy beverage choices are influencing the U.S. beer market as non-alcohol beer continues to post strong sales numbers.

Import beers have long been known for their dollar sales contributions to the U.S. beer market due to its higher price point; however, volume sales are projected to be on the rise for the beer segment as well.

With growth outpacing all other beer segments, flavored malt beverages have been the success story of the beer market thanks to the strong performance of hard seltzers.

The U.S. beer market remains in a state of flux as consumers move away from historical strongholds for more premium offerings. As a result, domestic beer sees its super-premium sector outpacing the segment.

With the reduction of on-premise options, craft beer saw off-premise hold up the category as it navigated impacts of the pandemic.

Although hard ciders account for a small portion of the overall beer market, the segment has weathered the challenges of the pandemic thanks to its off-premise presence.

Radeberger Gruppe USA, an importer of brands of its parent company Radeberger Gruppe, entered a multi-year agreement with legendary race team Andretti Autosport to showcase its popular non-alcohol Clausthaler brand. 

Founded in 1828, D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. has transitioned from a small family operation to a nationally recognized brand that produces more than 2 million barrels of beer. The now sixth generation family owned and operated company is expanding distribution to Texas through a joint venture with Molson Coors Brewing Co.