Initiative seeks to unify and advance women who work in the beer industry
October 7, 2021
The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) officially launched the Building Relationships and Empowering Women (BREW) initiative at its 84th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas. Through the BREW initiative, NBWA is committed to offering a robust forum for women leaders to grow professionally within the beer industry. This initiative has been long in the works, with the official launch put on hold by the COVID pandemic.
Event marks 1st in-person gathering for association members since pandemic’s onset
October 5, 2021
The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) kicked off its 84th Annual Convention and Trade Show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Held annually, the convention brings beer distributors together from across the country to discuss the future of the industry. This year’s event marks the first time NBWA members will be able to assemble in person since the onset of the pandemic.
Truly LA slated to open in 2022 in downtown Los Angeles
October 1, 2021
Truly’s new seltzer taproom will offer drinkers and culture seekers innovative flavors that push traditional seltzer boundaries, as well as a menu of light bites. Truly LA, also will feature live entertainment from up-and-coming musicians, comedians and artists, the company says.
In celebration of National Drink Beer Day, Budweiser, a brand of Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, is looking for fans, no matter their gender, to serve as the King of Bud and win $50,000.
Deschutes Brewery, Portland, Ore., announced its collaboration with Dovetail Workwear, also based in Portland, to help further the mission of encouraging women to enter and succeed in non-traditional occupations, it says.
Winner to receive cash payout equivalent of one 12-pack a week for 60 years
September 28, 2021
This holiday season, Heineken, a brand of White Plains, N.Y.-based Heineken USA, is spreading cheer over holiday beers by offering consumers a chance to win a lifetime supply of Heineken beer.
Limited-edition release coincides with Scary Delicious Tour
September 27, 2021
D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., Pottsville, Pa., announced the return of its beer collaboration with Hershey's. The Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter will be available in bottles and on draft beginning late-September, just in time to mark the official start of this year's Halloween season.
Ballast Point is celebrating the kick-off to fall with the launch of its flagship Victory at Sea Imperial Porter, now available in four-packs of 16-ounce cans and on draft.
American rapper and singer Travis Scott and his beverage venture CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer invited fans on an epic nationwide hunt for 100 signed cans of CACTI that unlocked two tickets to the sold-out 2021 Astroworld Festival headlined by the Diamond Certified artist.
Dos Equis welcomed the return of college football with even more reasons to jump up, high-five and cheer every week by giving fans a “Dos of game day.”