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The Chicago contingent initiated the brewing and the gravitational effect of its suchness did the rest. We all loved the beer but the mission was larger than the ordinary joy of a hoppy-sweet quaff. It was driven unseen by an urge to communicate with people, to find our diasporidic tribe, and to connect with other souls adrift on a culture that had lost its center and spun its inhabitants to the four winds to wander lost and bereft with a longing to re-enter the light. Beer, we have learned, has always been a good lubricant for social intercourse! The Lagunitas Brewing Co. was not so much an act of ordinary ‘foundling’ as it was willed into being by the unspoken desire of supportive beer-lovers in Northern California after which they continued to nurture their creativity and urged us forward to fulfill the unifying needs of that same beer-loving diaspora from coast to coast and beyond.
A. Smith Bowman Distillery is a Fredericksburg, VA-based company in the Manufacturing sector.
Daou vineyards is a Paso Robles, CA-based company in the Manufacturing sector.
Brewery Ommegang is a Cooperstown, NY-based company in the Manufacturing sector.
Rivendell Winery is a New Paltz, NY-based company in the Manufacturing sector.