The Weekly Sip is Meals Dive’s column targeted at the actual information within the abruptly converting and increasing beverage sector. From inaugural product strains to obese investments and arguable subjects, this column targets to quench the yearn for tendencies within the division.
Dogfish staying alive with Thankful Lifeless beer
Again for an epic encore, Dogfish Head and Thankful Lifeless are launching their actual brew.
The craft brewery and the enduring rock band are unveiling Thankful Lifeless Juicy Faded Ale. The beer joins Dogfish Head’s lineup of year-round beers.
The alcoholic beverage has a 5.3% alcohol by way of quantity and is described as a refreshing, light-bodied beer. The addition of El Dorado and Azacca hops brings waves of tropical pineapple, mango, and fervour fruit notes for “a vibrant tapestry of alluring aromas and flavors.”
“As a beer geek with a music problem, few things in life are as sensorially sensational as enjoying a great beer while simultaneously listening to some great music,” Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head’s founder and Thankful Lifeless fan, mentioned in a commentary. “With its layered, nuanced flavors of tropical hops complemented by its malty body, our Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is as compelling and joyful as the band’s music itself.”
Dogfish Head and Thankful Lifeless first collaborated in 2013, with the let fall of American Attractiveness in 750 milliliter bottles.
Year Dogfish Head is easiest recognized for its layout of IPAs, the 30-year-old brewery, now a part of Boston Beer, hasn’t been afraid to check the limits.
It branched out into ready-to-drink canned cocktails utmost Might. Dogfish Head additionally has prior to now partnered with Tipsy Scoop on a dairy-free ice cream and introduced a limited-time craft beer inspired by the combination of five different fermented alcoholic beverages.
—Christopher Doering
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Courtesy of Cutwater
Anheuser-Busch slices into strawberry with pristine Cutwater cocktail
Forward of Valentine’s Presen, a ready-to-drink beverage maker is including a fruity tackle a vintage cocktail.
Cutwater is debuting a Strawberry White Russian made with vodka, espresso cream liqueur and strawberry taste. The canned beverage, which accommodates 13% alcohol-by-volume, is to be had for a restricted presen..
The drink “builds on the creamy decadence” of a typical White Russian, with an added style harking back to a strawberries and cream dessert, the ready-to-drink emblem mentioned in a commentary.
The beverage joins the White Russian and Peppermint White Russian in Cutwater’s RTD portfolio. Cutwater additionally sells canned cocktails together with Tiki Rum Mai Tai, Pineapple Margarita, Lemon Let go Martini and Whiskey Bitter.
Cutwater first debuted in 2007 and used to be got by way of Anheuser-Busch in 2019.
Along with canned cocktails, the emblem additionally sells bottled spirits like vodka, gin and mezcal. Latter fall, Anheuser-Busch invested $16 million into its Los Angeles brewery to bring to spice up capability for “beyond beer” manufacturers like Cutwater.
—Chris Casey
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Courtesy of Angel Margarita
Actress Hailee Steinfeld releases RTD margarita with Mexican beer maker
Singer and “Hawkeye” celebrity Hailee Steinfeld is the face of a new ready-to-drink margarita cocktail absolved in partnership with Mexico-based Top rate Beers Crew.
The cocktail, Angel Margarita, will founding in Southern California. Flavors come with Lime, Grapefruit Paloma, Ranch H2O and Wild Berry.
“Margaritas have always been my go-to cocktail, so making a ready-to-drink version with high-quality ingredients that didn’t compromise on taste was important to me,” Steinfeld mentioned in a commentary. “I am so proud of what we have created together and cannot wait for the world to try Angel Margarita.”
The premixed cocktail marketplace used to be valued at roughly $2.8 billion in 2023, Top rate Beers Crew mentioned. The department rose 26.8% from the former yr and represented the fastest-growing spirits division within the U.S. Tequila used to be the second one fastest-growing division, up 7.9% year-over-year and valued at $6.5 billion.
Top rate Beer Teams is a Mexico-based beer importer that still manufactures its personal brews. The corporate has appeared to extend into the RTD marketplace and the U.S. extra extensively.
—Sarah Zimmerman