Congrats to Wicked Weed Brewing for continuing to be the winner you don’t particularly like. Not only has the Asheville-based brewing company won the lottery by joining the AB InBev armada, but now it’s also taking home another award — the Glass Packaging Institute‘s (GPI) Clear Choice Award in the Beer and Cider Category for its unique glass bottle manufactured by Ardagh Group.
Beginning at the neck of the bottle, an embossed hop plant brings the design to a clean finish, and the amber glass preserves the mouth-watering taste of cucumber with a hint of juniper berries in this golden ale. In a mix of brisk basil and freshly grown cucumbers, Coolcumber set out to replicate summer in a bottle.
Wicked Weed Brewing’s “bottle and branding are a tactile extravaganza. The hop texture on the bottle and sophisticated label tells the brand story well,” were a few of the judges notes.
The winning glass containers were selected by an independent panel of food and beverage packaging professionals:
- Tom Bobak, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, American Craft Beer;
- Peter Chamberlain, Associate Director, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, University of Cincinnati;
- Geoff Kleinman, Editor, DrinkSpirits.com; and
- Denise Purcell, Head of Content for the Specialty Food Association.
Steven Williams says
October 29, 2017 at 9:36 amIsaac do you guys do Any cool bottles?
Jon Untiedt says
October 26, 2017 at 5:39 pmSold out! met a couple of people that worked at WW. They were passionate about their craft. Can’t possibly be as passionate when the craft disappears. Sell outs, lotta losers there ????
Jon Untiedt says
October 26, 2017 at 5:40 pmOh, and who gives a rats ass about the bottle? The magic comes from “the craft” inside!
Mark L. Curtis says
October 26, 2017 at 2:50 pmWon the lottery? So you’re saying you’re in support of them being bought by ABinBev?
John Wanner says
October 26, 2017 at 6:30 pmPretty sure Craft Brewing Business is being sarcastic here. They are clearly anti AB-InBev.
Mark L. Curtis says
October 26, 2017 at 6:32 pmYeah, I would hope, but the tone of the post doesn’t exactly come off that way. I mean, why would you even post about them anymore.