Just in time for National Root Beer Float Day (Aug. 6) Small Town Brewery, Wauconda, Ill., and Graeter's Ice Cream, Cincinnati, have teamed up to create the ultimate "adult" float featuring the brewer's Not Your Father's Root Beer and Graeter's craft ice creams.

Harkening back to its history, Pabst Brewing Co. launched Old Tankard Ale nationwide. 

Leuven, Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) released a statement announcing that it has revised the final terms of its offer to acquire the entire issued, and to-be issued, share capital of SABMiller plc, London.  

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Denver, announced that it has made a number of new leadership appointments that will take effect upon the close of its acquisition of Chicago-based MillerCoors, which is expected before the end of the year, it says.

London-based SABMiller plc announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has given its clearance for the proposed combination of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), Leuven, Belgium, and SABMiller. 

WG Brewing introduced two new hard sodas in select markets. 

The Washington, D.C.-based Beer Institute announced a new initiative to encourage its member companies to display specific consumer information on their products, packaging or websites. 

Schlafly Beer, St. Louis, introduced the Hop Trial SMaSH Pack, an experimental new variety pack featuring four distinct hops.