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Budweiser has a new incentive for getting a COVID vaccine. (Photo: Budweiser)<\/span><\/p>\n Budweiser is the latest brand to raise awareness for the COVID-19 vaccines by\u00a0offering free beer to those who get vaccinated.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Anheuser-Busch beer brand has brought back its popular\u00a0Budweiser Clydesdales and a puppy for the commercial called “Reunited with Buds,”\u00a0which posted to YouTube Thursday and is scheduled to run on national television April 26, the company told USA TODAY.<\/p>\n Set to the tune of Queen\u2019s hit \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Me Now,\u201d the\u00a0ad \u201ccelebrates our favorite bars as they start to reopen and reminds people to safely return to them once they have been vaccinated,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n To help encourage more to get vaccinated, there’s also a contest with 10,000 free beers up for grabs.<\/p>\n Save better, spend better:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Money tips and advice delivered right to your inbox. Sign up here<\/span><\/p>\n Now through May 16, or while supplies last, U.S. residents 21 and older can enter the “Reunite with Buds” giveaway at\u00a0ABeerOnBud.com with proof of vaccination.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, there are a couple of caveats. Alabama, California and Texas residents are excluded from signing up, according to the\u00a0fine print. Also, to enter for a chance to win a $5\u00a0virtual debit card that can be used to purchase one Budweiser beer, you need to be a new or existing My Cooler Rewards member.<\/p>\n Vaccine freebies: <\/strong>Free Krispy Kreme donuts, Samuel Adams beer on tap with COVID-19 vaccine, plus laminate vaccination cards for free<\/span><\/p>\n Beer dog tester: <\/strong>Busch wants to pay your pooch $20,000 to try its dog beer \u2013 here’s how to enter<\/span><\/p>\n Proof of vaccination can be shown in three ways: a photo of your “I Got Vaccinated” sticker; uploading a photo of your “band aid;” or uploading a selfie showing that you’ve been vaccinated at a vaccinated location.<\/p>\n Monica Rustgi, Budweiser vice president of marketing, said in a statement to USA TODAY, that the brand was “helping pave the path for friends to safely reunite at bars and restaurants in person\u201d by raising awareness.<\/p>\n \u201cAs one of America\u2019s biggest brands, we felt it was important to take a stand on this issue and encourage people to get a vaccine so we can all gather together again,” Rustgi said.<\/p>\n Samuel Adams also is giving free beer as part of its\u00a0#ShotForSam vaccine incentive program.<\/p>\n Anheuser-Busch’s Busch Beer announced this week is looking to hire a dog for $20,000 to taste test\u00a0its new canine-friendly brew.<\/p>\n