Memorial Day is the one day of the year when America stops to remember its fallen men and women who heroically served in our Armed Forces.

It also marks the unofficial start of summer – a time for cookouts – and friends and family getting together over food and drinks. So you’re gonna need beer…And here are some great new craft beer variety packs that are making buying in bulk cool again!

New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Hoppy Variety Pack

Unlike many craft beer 12- packs that feature 3 core beers along with one offering that’s usually an exclusive, New Belgium’s collection features an exciting mix of throwback recipes and  new experimental releases. A hophead’s delight!

• Voodoo Ranger Invincible Blood Orange IPA ( 8% ABV): Exclusively available in this summertime compilation beer delivers bold tropical aromas and crisp citrus fruit flavors sourced from Mosaic and Amarillo hops. It finishes with a clean, dry, and balanced bitterness.
• Voodoo Ranger 1985 Mango IPA  (6.7% ABV):  first released in 2022, this tropical fruit-infused India Pale Ale delivers big mango, pineapple and papaya aromatics that New Belgium suggests “takes you back to the future of hazy IPAs.”
• Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA (7.5% ABV): This unfiltered, hazy American IPA wraps bright citrusy notes and passionfruit aromas into a remarkably smooth, velvety mouthfeel.
• Voodoo Ranger Sweet Ride Juicy IPA (6.5% ABV): One of the newer additions to the mix, featuring a fruit-forward, incredibly drinkable body that leans heavily into sweet, tropical punch notes.

2026 Tröegs Perpetual Exploration Summer Variety Pack

Over the past 26-years, Hershey PA-based Tröegs Independent Craft Brewing has grown from two brothers to 250 people, but it remains very much a family business a small-brewery DNA. And its Tröegs Perpetual Exploration Summer Variety Pack features  a diverse mix of year-round staples, seasonal favorites that’s perfect for Memorial Day celebrations.

• This seasonal assortment features three cans each of the following four beers:
• Perpetual IPA: The top-selling craft beer in Pennsylvania, this bold 7.5% ABV Imperial Pale Ale cycles through a HopBack vessel and heavy dry-hopping to deliver intense flavors of sticky citrus rind, pine balm, and subtle grain.
• Sunshine Pilsner: A bright, refreshingly clean American craft pilsner built on a complex balance of two-row barley, zesty Saaz hops, and lager yeast, offering tasting notes of bright citrus, flowering herbs, and honeyed biscuit.
• Field Study Summer IPA: The featured seasonal 6.2% ABV beer, dry-hopped to offer approachable, low-bitterness fruit notes of ripe grapefruit, mango, pear, and melon using a portion of locally grown Pennsylvania malt.
• Pennsylvania Lager: A wildly popular 5.0% ABV crisp, thirst-quenching lager that makes its debut in 12-ounce cans for the first time ever, exclusively found inside this specific variety pack

(Courtesy Great Lakes Brewing)

Great Lakes Year-Round Variety Pack

Designed by this Cleveland, Ohio brewery to offer a “greatest hits” lineup rather than experimental or highly seasonal innovations, the pack provides a balanced mix of light, hoppy, malty, and dark beer styles that appeal to a wide variety of palates.

Each 12-pack contains three 12 oz. cans of the following four “tried and true” varieties:

• Dortmunder Gold Lager (5.8% ABV): The brewery’s original flagship award-winning lager, known for its iconic balance of sweet malt and crisp, dry hop flavors.
• Midwest IPA (7.0% ABV): An everyday drinking, highly approachable American IPA brewed with a smooth malt character and an aromatic blend of Triumph, Cascade, Strata, and Citra hops.
• Eliot Ness Amber Lager (6.1% ABV): A smooth, medium-bodied Vienna-style lager with a rich, malty flavor profile.
• Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (6.0% ABV): A robust, highly decorated porter brewed with rich roasted barley that brings out distinct notes of bittersweet chocolate and coffee.