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Quentin Willard, the owner of Fort Smith Brewing Company, is planning on opening a microbrewery in downtown Van Buren. The brewery will be named Pointer Place and Willard is hoping to open in mid-May.
Willard is a Van Buren native and graduated from Van Buren High School. Before his career in brewing, Willard attended the United States Military Academy and graduated as a 2nd Lt. Field Artillery Officer in 2007.
Willard is currently waiting on permits from the state before he can begin setting up the Van Buren brewery. Pointer Place will be the first of its kind in Van Buren and located at 621 Main St. in Van Buren.
Beyond The Darkness Beer Week taps into Southwest Washington stouts, porters, barley wines By Rachel Pinsky for The Columbian
Published: February 12, 2021, 6:00am
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Typically, Valentine’s Day is celebrated by sipping bubbly and nibbling chocolates. This year isn’t typical. Why not spread the holiday of long-stemmed red roses and corny greeting cards into almost a full week of drinking something chocolatey and boozy? In this spirit, Northbank Brewers Alliance, Final Draft Taphouse, Visit Vancouver USA and ZZeppelin are offering the six-day Beyond The Darkness Beer Week beginning Monday.
The Fairness for Craft Beverage Producers Act corrects what U.S. Rep. Jason Crow’s office described as an “oversight” that made craft breweries ineligible for the maximum loan amount and also
The week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day is usually a festive one for Left Hand Brewing. Not only is the taproom at 1265 Boston Avenue in Longmont packed with green-clad revelers, but the brewery sells thousands of kegs of its Milk Stout Nitro to bars and restaurants across Colorado and in others states, many of which have adopted the dark, creamy ale as the perfect American craft replacement for the still-iconic Guinness.
But the luck of the Irish wasn’t with Left Hand on Saint Paddy’s Day 2020. That’s the same day Governor Jared Polis ordered restaurants, breweries and bars across the state to stop serving dine-in customers in an effort to slow the spread of the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, there were no pub crawls, no half-and-halfs, no green-costume contests, no Left Hand swag and no Milk Stout Nitro or any other beer served on draft.
Positive Change Is Brewing in Colorado’s Craft Beer Industry
WeldWerks Brewing Co. and Station 26 Brewing Co. are taking steps to bring diversity to their trade “from the inside out.”Courtney Holden •
February 10, 2021
America’s brewing industry is not known for its diversity. In fact, “data reveals that all major demographic groups are underrepresented in the industry with the exception of men who happen to be white,” says
Jake Goodman, chief marketing officer for Greeley’s WeldWerks Brewing Co., is blunter: “For the longest time, the craft beer industry has been a bastion of bearded white dudes in flannels,” he says, referring to a 2018 study from the Brewers Association that found that 76.2 percent of non-manager production staff and 89 percent of brewers in the craft beer industry are white. “The lack of racial diversity is still incredibly stark.”