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Pridgin Family Brewery joins growing list of small-town Arkansas beermakers Brian Sorensen One of the peculiarities of the Arkansas beer industry is its split personality. The largest breweries by volume are located in Northwest Arkansas and the Little Rock metro, the two most populated parts of the state. Yet many of the newest breweries are in cities and towns with more modest census counts. It is an urban-rural divide that’s hard not to notice.   New Arkansas breweries include Point Remove Brewing Co. in Morrilton (with an estimated population of 6,645), Ouach...

Times Record At Pridgin Family Brewery in Scranton, each family member has a role to play. Everyone takes a turn as a bartender. The youngest brother and a brother-in-law make the beer. The sisters tackle taproom operations and scheduling.  The staff is one big family, literally. They all pitch in to help at 1328 Rodeo Arena Road. Brewing started as a hobby for the family when David Pridgin, Jr., the youngest brother, and Heath Spillers, a brother-in-law, started making their own beer.  “After a little while we felt like we were making good enough beer that we could sell beer,” David P...