Narragansett’s Latest Beer Honors the USS Massachusetts

The brewery’s latest beer, a pale ale, hits shelves today honoring some Massachusetts history.

Lately, Narragansett has been altering its 125-year-old brand with a couple of series of beers named and designed for various elements of Rhode Island lore.

You will quickly recognize the USS Massachusetts on the label of 'Big Mamie Indestructible American Pale Ale'. The armored warship is the centerpiece of the Fleet Museum at Battleship Cove in Fall River and is impossible to miss.

‘Gansett president Mark Hellendrung told the Herald News the archival image of Big Mamie on the new cans is the same image the company used on collection boxes it placed in liquor stores 50 years ago. Hellendrung said he wanted to preserve a piece of local history and he has "come to learn that my wife’s grandfather served in the US Pacific Fleet with Big Mamie in WWII, and this release is our way of honoring him and every brave American who has fought for our country.”

The crisp, bright beer is available through the winter all around New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Portland, Oregon and Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Narragansett is hosting the official release party for the new brew on the Fall River waterfront on Veterans Day.