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Fat Head's gets government loan

By Rick Published: December 14, 2011

Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon in North Olmsted is getting a nearly $500,000 loan from Cuyahoga County to open its production brewery in Middleburg Heights, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. The brewpub has been looking to expand into bottling and growing its distribution. The newspaper reported that Fat Head's had an offer from Allegheny County to open its production brewery in Pennsylvania. (The original Fat Head's, which isn't a brewery, is located in Pittsburgh.) But the Cuyahoga deal was better. "They definitely put a sweeter deal on the table," brewer and co-owner Matt Cole told the Plain Dealer. "And we felt it was important to keep two breweries pretty close together." Fat Head's plans to continue brewing on its brewpub system. To read the full story, click here.

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