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Local News - Local News - February 14, 2013
Inland Northwest brews craft beer industry
Small breweries emerge as specialty beverage draws fans

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Iron Goat Brewing co-owner Greg Brandt says the brewery has started selling more kegs to Spokane-area pubs.
Iron Goat Brewing co-owner Greg Brandt says the brewery has started selling more kegs to Spokane-area pubs.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
As microbreweries grab a bigger market share from major U.S. beer manufacturers, nearly a dozen Inland Northwest craft brewers have hopped into the beverage business, mainly in the past year.

"Seattle and Portland have very well-developed craft beer markets," says Brian Guthrie, co-owner of the Ramblin' Road Craft Brewery LLC that launched this past December at 730 N. Columbus in Spokane. "We want to put Spokane on the beer map."

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