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"Andrew Fowler, managing partner of Hawthorne’s LA Ale Works, told me LA is one of the hardest markets to do business in because of real estate and brewing footprints; he cited a 300 percent jump in the brewery’s gas bill and warned that rising utility and overhead costs make brewing feel punitive, while also noting the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild has grown from about ten members a decade ago to nearly 100 today." - Farley Elliott