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Packaging labels and design, not to mention materials, all play a part in helping the product become appealing to consumers. Sales in the alcohol segment are increasing, especially now as [...]

Amcor has adapted its design technology to develop the first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for pasteurized beer in Brazil. The company designed custom 600 ml containers for beverage maker New [...]

There are literally thousands of consumer goods brands to choose from when a consumer walks down the aisles in a supermarket. When the consumer sees dozens of ketchups, for example, [...]

Miller Lite is going retro. The brand, which launched in 1975 as the first successful mainstream light beer, will be packaged from Jan. 1 to March 15 in its original [...]

Yes, We Can!* Think canned beer is cheap and crappy? Not anymore. Regional craft brews are now available in easy-to-ship aluminum cans, meaning you can crack them no matter where [...]

Anheuser-Busch is revamping the packaging and formula for its Michelob Lager with teardrop-shaped bottles and a recipe containing 100% [...]

CHICAGO -- Anheuser-Busch will double its capacity for aluminum bottle packaging by the fall and will debut a silver metal bottle version of Budweiser Select in some markets starting next [...]

Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries is updating the packaging for its Marston's Pedigree premium ale as it seeks to reverse a drinking trend away from ale toward lager. Bottles and cans [...]

Carling has updated its 500ml cans and other packaging to carry the responsible drinking message 'Enjoy Carling.Take it [...]

Miller Brewing Co. has rolled out new packaging for its Icehouse beer -- the first packaging redesign since the brand's introduction in 1994. The new look uses the brand's Plank [...]

Nisa-Today's has revamped its two top own label beers. Stryke Lager, a 3% abv brew which has been on the market for 10 years and its premium counterpart Stryke 5 [...]

Heineken USA announced the return of its popular, all-in-one party solution Beers of Mexico variety pack. This spring, limited-edition Dos Equis Azul --a blend of signature golden wheat lager and [...]

In conjunction with a refresh of its on-draft branding, Goose Island Beer Co. launched new packaging for its Goose Four Star Pils nationwide. The name and design for Goose Four [...]

Philipsburg Brewing Company's Maddy Mason knows Montanans work hard and play hard in Big Sky Country. That's a big reason Philipsburg Brewing chose to package one of its most popular [...]

FROM ITS BREWPUB IN CORONADO, CALIF., AND THREE PRODUCTION FACILITIES in Coronado, San Diego and Imperial Beach, Calif., Coronado Brewing Co. (CBC) belies its laid-back island attitude by shattering weekly [...]

Launching three new premium beers, Beck's new attractive bottle will be one a consumer will want to be seen with. Constantia Flexibles (cflex.com) Labels Division supported the relaunch with rotrogravure [...]

Finch's Beer Co. chose a 16-ounce can from Rexam to package more of its craft beers. Its Sobek & Set, Fascist Pig and Thread less brews are set to join [...]

BEVERAGES OFFER the greatest profit opportunities of any category for most operators. But all too often, lax practices and poorly chosen, or improperly used, equipment minimizes that profit potential. Most [...]

BODDINGTONS DRAUGHT BARREL From: Interbrew Hot on the heels of the Stella Artois Draught Barrel, Interbrew is launching its Boddingtons ale in the same format next month. The five-litre barrel [...]

M and G and Interbrew are marketing beer in PET with monolayer barriers to Russia and Eastern Europe.

Interbrew has lifted the lid on how Aussie amber nectar Castlemaine XXXX will look under the brewing giant's stewardship. The self-proclaimed `World's Local Brewer' finally took charge of the ailing [...]

To help homebrewers and microbrewers get their beer production started, EJ Beverage, a division of Eldon James Corp., offers a draft line conversion kit with PVC-free and antimicrobial tubing. The [...]

Ponysaurus Brewing Co., Durham, N.C., took six of its beers from kegs to 22-ounce, paper-wrapped bottles in select markets earlier this year. The paper wrap helps to protect the beers [...]

For the launch of its Homestead Double Barrel Bourbon and entry into the bourbon category, Homestead American Whiskey partnered with Saxco International LLC to create packaging for the new product. [...]

1983 was a good year for primary beverage packaging, with soft drink sales up 3.2% and beer up .5%. PET battle sales were up 9.9%, cans up 6.8%. Only glass was off, primarily because of recyclable aluminum can inroads in mandatory deposit states. Aseptic packaging was seen as at least 5 years from having an impact on the total market.

Germany's Krombacher Brewery is launching new off-trade packaging across the three products exported to the UK: Krombacher Pils, Germany's most popular Pils; Krombacher Dark and Krombacher Weizen. Julian Penny from [...]

Monadnock Paper Mils Inc. Bennington, NH, USA Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., manufacturer of technical/specialty and premium printing and packaging papers, has announced the availability of an uncoated product designed specifically [...]

The drinks can is already popular in the take-home beer and cider market in the UK, but craft beer brewers are also starting to recognise its benefits. The Camden Town [...]

In conjunction with the launch of the Star bottle for its Heineken and Heineken Light brands, Heineken USA also introduced new secondary packaging for the brands' six-, 12-, 18-and 24-packs. [...]

Supporting its motto, 'Everybody loves big cans,' Moat Mountain Brewing Co. launched its Bone Shaker Brown Ale in 24-ounce Rexam cans. The brown ale is the company's second beer to [...]

Visy, an Australian packaging, manufacturing and recycling company, has partnered with Byron Bay Brewery to develop a new PET beer bottle. The proprietary PET bottle technology is said to extend [...]

Boulder Beer Co. released its summer seasonal Hoopla Pale Ale in six-packs of 12-ounce cans. Hoopla Ale was created last year through a collaboration by the Colorado-based Boulder Beer brewers [...]

Craft brewers tend to be considerably more creative in their package design than the big national brands, and Boulder, CO-based Avery Brewing Co. is no exception--as the company's website demonstrates [...]

If you haven't got a widget, forget it. Mary Lewis looks at how this new technology has affected the packaging design of three of the 'new' canned bitter brands After [...]

Bomb Lager, a new craft beer from Bomb Beer, has launched in Rexam 12-ounce cans. Bomb Lager is committed to building a brand that embodies artistic expression and creativity, as [...]