The Craft Beer Marketing Awards has announced plans to expand into new categories for its third year. Full details are below.

New York, NY – The Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMAS) has announced that its 2022 Awards Program is now open and accepting beer–related marketing and design entries from around the globe (including hard seltzer, cider, and mead). 

The deadline for “Early Bird” entries is October 29, 2021. Entries are being accepted from October 30, 2021 and will be accepted through January 14, 2022.

Founded in 2019, the CBMAS is the only awards competition in the world to celebrate the very best of craft beer marketing and design. The CBMAS has developed to accepting entries from around the globe, presenting a marketing trends seminar at this years’ Craft Brewers Conference, recognizing influential beer industry insiders with CBMAS “People of the Year” Award and started a podcast, Marketing on Tap, sponsored by EGC Group, available on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Podcasts and iHeartRadio. 

The CBMAS honors the individuals and teams involved in building these amazing beverage brands. Breweries, their agencies, artists, and marketing partners are all invited to enter their best work.  

Natural Light has changed its name to Natural Fright for Halloween. Full details are below.

Why did the ghost go to a bar?

… For the boos!

And for those looking to celebrate this month, Natural Light is dressing up for Halloween with limited-edition, spooky season packaging.

Throughout October, Natty fans will open their doors to host epic Halloween parties in cities across the country. Natural Fright Halloween cans are guaranteed bring the fright to any party this All-Hallows’ Eve, featuring ghostly figurines in a black white and, of course, orange. You can find the select packaging nationwide in 12oz 12pks, 18pks and 30pks starting this week, while supplies last.

StillFire Brewing in Suwanee, Georgia has announced the special release for its second anniversary: Thoroughly Good Bourbon Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale. Full details are below.

C'mon?! Really think we’d celebrate our second anniversary without a super special beer release?! Get ready folks because our brewers have created an incredible limited anniversary release that will blow your mind! We took our Great American Beer Fest medal-winning Kilt Chamberlain and aged it for 18 months in bourbon barrels. The result is a delectable Scotch Ale clocking in at 13.6% ABV with a complex nose of white oak, vanilla, rich caramel malt, sweet alcohol, dark fruit and a wee bit of peat smoke. The sweet, complex malt will explode on your palate, presenting a wide array of flavors worthy of its new name: Thoroughly Good! Each bottle comes numbered (there will be only 300 available!!) in a commemorative wooden box with the StillFire logo burned into it. Trust us, this is one beer release you don’t want to miss! Reserve yours now for pick-up at our anniversary party (Oct. 16th) now!

Flying Dog Brewery in Baltimore, Maryland has announced new releases for the month of October including Freezin' Season Winter Ale, Dark Berry Sour and Field Notes Pale Ale (only available in Maryland). Full details are below.

When the sun has long since disappeared and goosebumps have become a permanent state of being on your skin, Freezin’ Season is the perfect companion for blanket-covered night on the couch - Freezin' Season.

A crisp and clean pale ale brewed using hops harvested at University of Maryland’s Agricultural Experiment Station. - Field Notes

21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco, California has announced that its GABF Silver Medal-winning holiday seasonal Fireside Chat has returned for the holidays. Full details are below.

San Francisco, Calif. -- 21st Amendment Brewery rings in the 2021 holiday season with their beloved winter spiced ale, Fireside Chat (7.9% ABV, 12 oz. cans in 6-Packs, Draft). Christmas comes a little early every year with the much-anticipated mid-October 2021 nationwide release of Fireside Chat to retailers, bars, and restaurants in 33 states. A flagship beer recipe of 21st Amendment's San Francisco brewpub that's evolved into an annual limited-edition winter warmer favorite, Fireside Chat is the perfect sipper at the Thanksgiving dinner table or while nestled up fireside with loved ones during the December holidays.