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Ace Hardware, Holzlager Brewing Co., microbrewery, ShadowView Brewing

For months the guys at Holzlager Brewing Co. have been teasing potential customers with an opening date. “We’re getting close,” President Mario Cortez said last week as he and brewmaster […]

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Ace Hardware, Holzlager Brewing Co., microbrewery, ShadowView Brewing

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Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.

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