CEOs of the Year: Wesley Keegan

Owning a brewery might sound glamorous on the surface.

But the day-to-day operations involved with such a craft beer business are time-consuming and labor-intensive. When a virus is raging, the challenge to keep a brewery churning out ales and porters becomes doubly difficult.

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