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was installed there the next year - providing capacity to bottle seasonal beers. In 2014, just one year later, Great Basin bottled its millionth beer. Great Basin saw increases in business every year during its first 20 years in operation. Taps & Tanks no longer serves the public due to new
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location was opened in 2010 with the expectation that its added capacity would satisfy demand for the next five years. Great Basin began regular bottling operations in 2011 (holiday releases had previously been available for several years, but on the scale of a few hundred bottles a year) and
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1136:"Great Basin Brewing Co. Celebrates 30 Years"
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802:List of breweries in Nevada
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1479:Culture of Reno, Nevada
356:Awards and recognitions
209:Great Basin Brewing Co.
201:greatbasinbrewingco.com
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797:Alcohol laws of Nevada
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964:Reno Gazette-Journal
789:United States portal
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518:Leave No Trace Lager
402:Extra Special Bitter
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627:Stone Mother Märzen
146:Northern California
106:Number of locations
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578:Rosemary Rye Patch
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1069:18 February
1017:13 November
1011:KRNV News 4
775:Food portal
747:Beer portal
597:Slam Dunkel
531:Nevada Gold
348:in artisan
344:along with
336:Use in food
326:barrel aged
318:beer styles
133:Area served
1423:Categories
1393:39°32′06″N
1273:6 November
1251:6 November
1171:2024-04-29
1146:2024-04-29
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818:References
455:-flavored
384:wheat beer
308:, Nevada.
156:Key people
94:Sparks, NV
55:Restaurant
707:Wheat ale
692:amber ale
617:Rauchbier
471:Hazy IPA
453:Chocolate
289:Buckbean'
256:tap rooms
192:Tom Young
78:Tom Young
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1229:14 April
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733:See also
587:rye beer
585:-spiced
583:Rosemary
436:-spiced
434:Jalapeño
276:brewpubs
248:Growlers
219:. It is
165:Products
115:brewpubs
43:Industry
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863:19 June
837:7 April
690:-style
688:Altbier
673:Witbier
438:pilsner
410:Silver
372:Honors
342:mashing
268:brewers
262:History
229:bottled
213:brewery
197:Website
182:barrels
72:Founder
64:Founded
37:Private
1185:on tap
632:Märzen
602:Dunkel
550:Sweet
536:Kölsch
504:Porter
382:Fruit
369:Style
306:Minden
302:Carson
221:Nevada
184:(2013)
180:7,932
141:Nevada
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508:2012
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457:stout
406:2001
366:Name
350:bread
312:Beers
225:beers
211:is a
189:Owner
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