Shreveport brewery names beer for local deploying Guard unit

[The Patriot]

After spending three long weeks training for an upcoming deployment overseas, the Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 39th Military Police Company, 773rd MP Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group were ready to go home to their families and wind down with a cool beverage. Fortunately for them, Shreveport’s Red River Brewing Company came to the rescue with a specially brewed beer and hosted a family day for the unit at their brewery, March 16.“This is why we’re in business. As the poet Ice Cube put it, ‘today was a good day’ for us,” said Jared Beville, a co-owner of the brewery in downtown Shreveport. “To be able to work within our muse to create a beer for the unit is one of the coolest things that we’ve done so far.


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