Youngstown's Penguin City Brewing Company will honor YSU Football this year with a new limited-edition label.
This year’s design commemorates the 80th anniversary of Youngstown State Football and will be available for sale throughout the Mahoning Valley.
“We are so happy to continue our partnership with YSU athletics, especially through these difficult times. It means a lot to us to be able to honor YSU and the Valley with these limited-edition cans. We are tough like our city, and we will continue to push forward,” says Aspasia Lyras-Bernacki, owner of Penguin City Brewing.
The design is a silver label with matte print on a 16oz Penguin Light can with the Youngstown State’s “Y” featured prominently on the front of all Penguin City Light Beers.
“We knew we wanted to do something special for this year’s YSU release”, says Michael Pontikos, brand manager of Penguin City, “so we collaborated with fellow Youngstown native Jesse Reed, a partner at Order Design in New York City. I called Jesse up, asked him if he’d want to do the label design, and well, he NAILED IT!”
Penguin City Light Beer will now be home to the YSU Tribute Labels.
“Penguin Light beer and the new label are a great match. Lower alcohol, calories and carbs goes well with cheering your team on with friends and family," said Richard Bernacki, owner of Penguin City.
Since the lockdown, Penguin City had to cut its staff in half and were distributing only to grocery stores and party shops.
They are getting back to the regular schedule now that everything is starting to open back up.
.“We are grateful for all the support and to be able to keep making beer and promote our great city," said Lyras-Bernacki.