Union Craft Brewing: Baltimore, Cask Ninja, IPAs

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Union Craft Brewing: Baltimore, Cask Ninja, IPAs

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Oct 22, 2018

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Kevin Blodger, Co-Founder & Director of Brewing Operations and Lynn Pronobis Operations Manager & Cask Ninja from Union Craft Brewing in Baltimore come down to DC to chat. We get really nerdy on cask flavor development, pine for the days of "regular IPAs", and discuss some exciting developments for Union.

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Oct 22, 2018

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