There's a great story over at the Arkansas Times website and also in their printed issue about Arkansas' own Diamond Bear brewery. Here's a teaser and link to the full story at the bottom:
Crafting Suds
Diamond Bear grows along with tastes for real beer.
by Sam Eifling
It's the end of a long day for Russ Melton, tire salesman. He enters his brewery, Diamond Bear, at Fourth and Cross streets still wearing his Michelin button-down and apologizing for being late — "spent 45 minutes with a guy on some silly tire questions" — but happy to talk beer, his hobby and obsession. This fall will mark a decade of brewing in this one-time car dealership where Melton, his wife, Sue, and three employees have built up Diamond Bear, Arkansas's largest stand-alone brewery, into a regional distributor and maker of award-winning craft beers.
Read the full article here
