Source: Jim Morrill, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/4/17

John Marrino opened Charlotte’s first and now largest craft brewery in 2009. But to expand, he’s going up against an industry that has brewed its own success with campaign contributions. Last year the stainless steel tanks at Marrino’s Olde Mecklenburg Brewery produced more than 21,000 barrels of beer.

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