3 Floyd recently won four International Crushie Awards for excellence in craft beer marketing.
The Münster-based craft brewery won Best Can Label Design for Age of Otters IPA, Best Can Label Design/Usage of Illustrations for Lunar Throne Hazy IPA, and Best Character Variety Pack. Award for Can Label Design, Best On-Premise Branding/Mural or Art Installation by WarPigs USA Wicker Park Brewery Mural by Phineas X and Monumental Art.
Another winner from the Chicagoland metropolitan area at the 2024 Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMA) was Chicago-based Stout Collective, which won the Best Brand Refresh award for its Corporate Ladder Brewing Company branding campaign.
The award ceremony was held recently in Melville, New York.
CBMAS co-founder Jim McCune said: “We were extremely impressed by the sheer creativity, innovation and marketing talent displayed in this year's entries in all categories.” “His more than 600 industry expert judges from around the world did the best job for us.”
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Craft beverages such as beer, seltzer, ready-to-drink cocktails, non-alcoholic, cider and mead won. The Craft Beer Marketing Awards presented 227 awards to breweries, designers and marketing agencies from around the world.
Pennsylvania received 23 Crusey Awards, followed by California with 18, Florida with 16, Texas with 13 and Washington with 12. Breweries from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Scotland and Ukraine also received the Crucy Award. MOVA Brewing Co., a brewery based in Dnipro, Ukraine, won the Platinum Crushie in the Best Marketing Materials/Original Video Content category.
Guy Fieri and Two Roads Brewing Company of Stratford, Conn., won three Crucie Awards last year for their new Flavortown Spiked Fruit Punch.
Jackie DiBella Curry, co-founder of the CBMAs, announced that in 2025, the award will be renamed the Craft Beverage Marketing Awards.
Beer Geeks, one of the area's first, best-loved, and most influential craft beer bars, has closed after more than a decade and been reimagined as a new concept.
The 88-year-old landmark castle-shaped White Castle in Whiting will be replaced with a newer, larger and more modern White Castle Restaurant.
A longtime downtown Crown Point staple has poured its last drink.
The long-standing Westforth Sporting Gun Shop is closing its doors.
The Silver Line Building Products plant at 16801 Exchange Ave. will be permanently closed.
Bluefest in the Highlands will mark the end of what is being called the “end of an era.”
David's Bridal has filed for bankruptcy and could close all of its stores unless a buyer emerges.
The 88-year-old Whiting White Castle will be remembered with exhibits at museums in two different states.
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For years, this “billionaires club” met every morning in a corner booth of the 88-year-old White Castle at Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street in downtown Whiting. The landmark restaurant served its last sliders on Tuesday.
One of northwest Indiana's most popular and longest-running hobby shops is looking for a buyer after its longtime owner passes away.
J&L This N That Consignment Shop, a popular thrift store, has closed after several years in downtown Whiting.
Calumet Fisheries, an establishment in the Calumet neighborhood on Chicago's south end, is temporarily closed after failing a city health inspection.
Just days after reopening after being shut down by city health inspectors, the Calumet fishery was hit by a massive fire.
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is located in Valparaiso.
Beer Geeks in Highland was rebranded as B-Side Bar & Lounge and then closed within a few months.
Struggling retailer Bed Bath & Beyond will permanently close its Valparaiso store as it closes more stores across the country as it seeks to restructure its business and downsize its store footprint in an effort to rescue its struggling retailer. .
People's Bank has closed its downtown Hammond branch.
Viking Artisan Ales will soon be pouring its last craft beers at its Merrillville taproom.
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, located at one of northwest Indiana's most famous freeway interchanges, is closing after 15 years in business.
Walmart is closing its large store in Homewood.
The Chicago Auto Show, the largest car show in the United States, returns to McCormick Place on Saturday and will run through February 19th.
