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Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Atwater Brewery Atwater Brewery announced Whango, its mango wheat fruit ale and most popular seasonal, is returning to market for the first time in two years. “We were gearing up to release Whango about a year ago in March 2020,” said Mark Rieth, Atwater Brewery president. “But then COVID disrupted our plans, just as it disrupted so much of our daily lives. Atwater was proud to be able to quickly pivot to hand sanitizer production, much of which we donated to first responders, health care workers and others on the COVID front lines. “Now, howeve...

DETROIT — Whango, Atwater’s mango wheat fruit ale and the brewer’s most popular seasonal, is returning to market for the first time in two years, and just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. “We were gearing up to release Whango about a year ago, in March, 2020,” said Mark Rieth, Atwater Brewery president. “But then COVID disrupted our plans, just as it disrupted so much of our daily lives. Atwater was proud to be able to quickly pivot to hand sanitizer production, much of which we donated to first responders, health care workers and others on the COVID front lines.

Atwater Brewery is bringing back its most popular seasonal beer. One year after canceling its spring Whango release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Detroit-based brewery announced the mango wheat ale is returning next week, with a special tapping slated for St. Patrick's Day and new-look cans going into distribution. Mark Rieth, founder and president of Atwater Brewery, said Atwater was gearing up for Whango's release a year ago at this time but, with the pandemic beginning and businesses shutting down to quarantine, Atwater went in a different direction. "Atwater was proud to be able to qu...

Detroit's Atwater Brewery to launch in Chicago Molson Coors' craft beer division acquired brewery last year Ally Marotti Detroit’s Atwater Brewery is bringing its beers to Chicago. The craft beer company was acquired last year by Tenth and Blake Beer Co., the U.S. craft division of Molson Coors, for an undisclosed amount. Atwater is among the top 10 craft brewers by volume and sales in Michigan. Chicago, and eventually the rest of Illinois, will be an important market for Atwater, said Mark Rieth, who first invested in the brewery in 2002 and bought it in 2005. Detroit transplants in Chic...