Celebrate Memorial Day with These Union-Made Beers
Planning a Memorial Day celebration? Did you know you can show your patriotism when you BUY beer? So many beers, ales (and even root beers) are made by your fellow union members at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM); the International Brother of Teamsters (IBT); the United Autoworkers (UAW); the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)!
Check out our list of these union made beers, ales and root beers (Barq's, Blumers or Old Philadelphia). Be sure to show your patriotism with your pocketbook this Memorial Day—and all summer long! Enjoy responsibly!
Beer Name | Union |
1845 Pils | IBT |
Alexander Keiths | IAM |
Anheuser-Busch | IBT/IAM |
Axehead | IBT |
Bass Ale | IAM |
Beck's | IAM |
Black Eye Ale | IBT |
Black Hawk Stout | IBT |
Blue Heron Pale Ale | IBT |
Blue Moon | IUOE/IBT |
Boxer Ice, Lager and Light | IBT |
Bud Dry | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Extra | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Ice | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Ice Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Light | IAM/UFCW/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Light Golden Wheat | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Light Lime | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Light Lime Ritas | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Light Platinum | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Bud Silver | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser | IBT/IAM |
Budweiser 66 | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser Brew Masters Private Reserve | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser Non-Alcoholic | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser Select | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser Select 55 | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Budweiser/Bud Light Chelada | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Burger | IUE-CWA |
Burger Light | IUE-CWA |
Busch | IAM/IBT |
Butte Creek IPA (organic) | IBT |
Butte Creek Pale Ale (organic) | IBT |
Butte Creek Pilsner (organic) | IBT |
Butte Creek Porter (organic) | IBT |
Camo Black Ice | IUE-CWA |
Camo Ice | IUE-CWA |
Carmel Wheat Beer | IBT |
Clear Creek Ice | IBT |
Coors | IBT |
Coors Light | IUOE/IBT |
Czechvar | IAM |
Double Dread Imperial Red Ale | IAM |
Dundee | IBT |
Dundee English-Style Ale | IBT |
Dundee Festival Ale | IBT |
Dundee India Pale Ale | IBT |
Dundee Irish Red Lager | IBT |
Dundee Kolsh-Style Ale | IBT |
Dundee Nut Brown Ale | IBT |
Dundee Oktoberfest | IBT |
Dundee Pale Ale | IBT |
Dundee Pale Bock Lager | IBT |
Dundee Pilsner | IBT |
Dundee Porter | IBT |
Dundee Stout | IBT |
Dundee Summer Wheat Beer | IBT |
Duquesne | IUE-CWA |
Duquesne Light | IUE-CWA |
Earthquake | IUE-CWA |
Eye of the Hawk Select Ale | IBT |
Flor de Jamaica | IAM |
Genesee | IBT |
Genesee 12 Horse Ale | IBT |
Genesee Cream Ale | IBT |
Genesee Ice | IBT |
Genesee N.A. (non-alcoholic) | IBT |
Genny Light | IBT |
Goose Island | IBT |
Grain Belt Premium (Schell's) | USW |
Green Valley Brewing Company | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Hamm's | UAW/IAM |
Hamm's Draft | UAW |
Hamm's Light | UAW |
Henry Weinhards Belgian Style Wheat | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhards Blonde | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhards Classic Dark | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhards Hefeweizen | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhards IPA | IUOE/IBT |
Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve | IUOE/IBT |
Hoegaarden | IAM |
Honey Amber Rose | IBT |
Huber Rock | IBT |
Huber Premium | IBT |
Hudy Delight | IUE-CWA |
Hudy 14K | IUE-CWA |
Humboldt Haze Imperial What IPA | IAM |
Hurricane | IUOE/IBT |
Icehouse | UAW/IAM |
Iron City | IUE-CWA |
Iron City Light | IUE-CWA |
Jamaica Red Ale | IAM |
Jamaica Sunset IPA | IAM |
John Barleycorn Barleywine | IAM |
Johnny Appleseed | IUOE/IBT |
Keystone Light | IAM/IUOE |
Killians | IUOE/IBT |
King Cobra | IUOE/IBT |
Kingfisher Premium Lager | IBT |
Kirin | IAM |
Labatt's Blue | IUOE |
Labatt's Blue Light | IUOE |
Landshark Lager | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Latrobe | IUE-CWA |
Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale | IBT |
Leffe Blond | IAM |
Leinenkugel's | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Amber Light | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Berry Weiss | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Big Butt Doppelbock | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Creamy Dark Lager | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Honey Weiss | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Light | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Oktoberfest | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Original | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Red Lager | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Leinies Summer Shandy | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
Lionshead | IUOE |
Lionshead Light | IUOE |
Mad River | IAM |
Mendocino | IBT |
Mendocino Black IPA | IBT |
Mendocino Honey Amber Rose | IBT |
Mendocino Imperial IPA | IBT |
Mendocino Imperial Barley Wine Ale | IBT |
Mendocino Imperial Stout | IBT |
Mendocino Oatmeal Stout | IBT |
Mendocino Pumpkin Ale | IBT |
Mendocino Saratoga IPA | IBT |
Mendocino Saratoga Lager | IBT |
Mendocino White Ale | IBT |
MGD 64 | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Bavarian Wheat | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Golden Draft | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Golden Draft Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Honey Lager | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Pale Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Porter | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Pumpkin Spice Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Ultra | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Ultra Amber | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Mickey’s | IUOE/IBT |
Mickey's Ice | IUOE/IBT |
Mickey's Malt | IUOE/IBT |
Miller | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller Genuine Draft | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller Genuine Draft Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller High Life | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller High Life Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller Lite | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller Lite Ice | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Miller Fortune | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Milwaukee Lager | IUE-CWA |
Milwaukee Light | IUE-CWA |
Milwaukee Special Reserve | IUE-CWA |
Milwaukee's Best | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Milwaukee's Best Ice | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Milwaukee's Best Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Minhas Oktoberfest | IBT |
Molson | IUOE/IBT |
Molson Canadian | IUOE/IBT |
Molson Dry | IUOE/IBT |
Molson M | IUOE/IBT |
Moosehead | IBT |
Mountain Crest Classic Lager | IBT |
Natural | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Natural Ice | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Natural Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
O'Doul's (non alcoholic) | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
Old German | IUE-CWA |
Olde English 800 | IUOE/IBT |
Pabst | UAW |
Pennsylvania Style Lager | IUE-CWA |
Pennsylvania Style Ice | IUE-CWA |
Pennsylvania Style Light | IUE-CWA |
Peregrine Pilsner | IBT |
Perfect 10 | IBT |
Raptor Red Lager | IBT |
Red Dog | UAW/IUOE |
Red Stripe | IUE-CWA |
Red Tail Ale | IBT |
Rhinelander Export Lager | |
Rolling Rock | IAM |
Sam Adams Boston Lager | IBT, IUOE, SEIU |
Saranac | IBT |
Schell's | USW |
Schlitz | UAW |
Serious Madness Black Ale | IAM |
Sharp's (non alcoholic) | UAW/IAM |
Shock Top | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
SouthPaw Light | IUOE |
Sparks Malt | IUOE/IBT |
Staropramen | IAM |
Steel Reserve | IUOE/IBT |
Steelhead Double IPA | IAM |
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale | IAM |
Steelhead Extra Stout | IAM |
Steelhead Fine Ale | IAM |
Steelhead Porter | IAM |
Stegmaier | IUOE |
Stegmaier Amber Ale | IUOE |
Stegmaier Gold | IUOE |
Stegmaier IPA | IUOE |
Stegmaier Oktoberfest | IUOE |
Stegmaier Pale Ale | IUOE |
Stegmaier Porter | IUOE |
Stegmaier Summer Stocks Pils | IUOE |
Stegmaier White Ale | IUOE |
Stegmaier Winter Warmer | IUOE |
Stella Artois | IAM |
Stoneys Gold Crown | IUE-CWA |
Stoneys Lager and Light | IUE-CWA |
Swiss Amber | IBT |
Talon Extra Select Double IPA | IBT |
Third Shift (MillerCoors) | IBT |
Thunderbolt | IBT |
Tilt | IUOE/IBT |
White Hawk Select IPA | IBT |
If we're missing any on this list, let us know at info@unionprivilege.org.
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