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Cheers: How a Tight Knit Group of Fun-Loving Friends Motivates a Beer Pioneer

The founder of Harpoon beer explains how it is the experiences with friends and loved ones that inspired him to open his brewery.
Source: Courtesy of Adam Bailey | Original photograph by Jack Markell
Courtesy of Adam Bailey | Original photograph by Jack Markell

Back in 1987, we were doing our first bottling run. I had left banking to start a craft brewery, which at that time was unheard of. Not only did we have to make , we also had to get people

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