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Small Change Brewing
This week we feature Small Change Brewing Company. We learn about the husband-and-wife team of Mike Patterson and Emily Vides. Small Change has evolved out of a decade of home brewing, a few jobs at Boston-area breweries, and a love of all things beer and brewing.
Make sure to stay up to date with them at their website https://www.smallchangebrewing.com and on all social media!
Cheers!
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Shirts On Tap is the original monthly box club for craft beer fans! Every month they team up with a local brewery, collaborate on a sweet custom shirt design, and send it to their members along with coupons, stickers, a brewery bio, and more! With breweries featured in 6 U.S. beer cities and more cities on the way soon, you’ll have no shortage of options each month. The featured breweries are announced at the beginning of the month and you then get to customize everything about your shirt – choose from 6 different styles, a wide range of sizes, and you even get to choose whether you want the design big on front or big on back! Plus it’s only 18 bucks a month. You know that annoying roommate you’ve been wanting to kick out forever? Time to make it happen and take over all that extra closet space! Sign up today at shirtsontap.com and use promo code BREWROOTS to get $5 off your first box. And remember: drink better beer, wear better shirts.
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