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By Popular Demand: Tilray Beverages Makes Popsicle Hard Firecracker a Permanent Flavor

Tilray Brands Permanently Adds Popular Popsicle Hard Firecracker Flavor to Its Year-Round Portfolio

By Leila Farooq
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Tilray Brands, Inc. announced that due to strong consumer demand, its Popsicle Hard Firecracker flavor, originally a limited-edition seasonal product, will become a permanent offering in the Popsicle Hard malt beverage lineup. This move reflects the brand's strategy to leverage nostalgia-driven flavors to capture growth in the adult flavored beverage market across the U.S.

By Popular Demand: Tilray Beverages Makes Popsicle Hard Firecracker a Permanent Flavor
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Key Points

  • Popsicle Hard Firecracker, inspired by a classic red, white, and blue popsicle flavor combo, is becoming a permanent year-round flavor due to overwhelming positive consumer response.
  • The product targets the 21+ adult beverage market with a 5% ABV, complementing existing flavors like Hard Cherry, Hard Grape, and Hard Orange, enhancing Tilray's presence in the flavored malt beverage sector.
  • Tilray is positioning itself as a leading lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with an expanding portfolio in cannabis, beverages, and wellness sectors, operating across North America and globally.


NEW YORK, Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), a leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company, in partnership with The Magnum Ice Cream Company, today announced that Popsicle Hard Firecracker will transition to a permanent, year-round flavor in the Popsicle Hard portfolio, following an overwhelmingly positive response from consumers.

Originally introduced as a limited-edition seasonal flavor, Firecracker quickly became a fan favorite. Inspired by one of Popsicle’s most recognizable frozen treats, the flavor captures the classic red, white and blue combination of cherry, lemon-lime and blue raspberry notes. Following its successful debut, Popsicle Hard is adding Firecracker to its permanent lineup, giving U.S. consumers 21+ year-round access to the fruity, refreshing flavor they know and love, with a 5% ABV twist.

“Popsicle Hard Firecracker has quickly proven the power of pairing an iconic, nostalgia-driven flavor with the growing consumer demand for fun, flavor-forward adult beverages,” said Carrie Shafir, VP of Brand at Tilray Beverages. “The response to our limited-edition launch showed us that Firecracker had become more than a seasonal offering, it had earned a permanent place in the Popsicle Hard portfolio. By adding it year-round, we’re giving 21+ consumers more opportunities to enjoy a flavor they know, love, and clearly want more of.”

Firecracker joins the existing year-round Popsicle Hard flavors including Hard Cherry, Hard Grape and Hard Orange, with each flavor capturing the taste and joy of Popsicle. Popsicle Hard is available at retail stores nationwide.

To learn more about Popsicle Hard flavored malt beverages, please visit: www.popsiclehard.com or on Instagram @drinkpopsiclehard.

About The Magnum Ice Cream Company
We are the world’s largest ice cream company, headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Home to four of the world’s five largest ice cream brands, with a global team of 16,500 employees, operating thirty factories, 12 R&D centres and a fleet of three million freezer cabinets, we generated €7.9 billion in revenue in 2025. From Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s to Cornetto, Popsicle and the Heartbrand, our ice cream portfolio delights consumers in 80 markets around the world. For more information, visit www.corporate.magnumicecream.com

About Tilray Brands
Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), is a leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America that is leading as a transformative force at the nexus of cannabis, beverage, wellness, and entertainment, elevating lives through moments of connection. Tilray’s mission is to be a leading premium lifestyle company with a house of brands and innovative products that inspire joy and create memorable experiences. Tilray’s unprecedented platform supports over 40 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and craft beverages.

For more information on how we are elevating lives through moments of connection, visit Tilray.com and follow @Tilray on all social platforms.

Forward-Looking Statements
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For further information, please contact:

Media: [email protected]
Investors: [email protected]

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e4a63443-4408-47ad-ac24-cc3edc7c9bce


Risks

  • Consumer trends can shift, and the popularity of flavored malt beverages may fluctuate, potentially impacting future sales of the Popsicle Hard Firecracker flavor.
  • Regulatory risks concerning alcohol and cannabis-related products could affect product distribution and marketing strategies within the U.S. and other markets.
  • Competition in the adult flavored beverage market is intense, and other companies may introduce similar nostalgic or innovative products, posing challenges to market share growth.

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