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Dec 2019
32m 45s

Beer’s the Thing: Jumping in with LeAnn ...

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After years in the Navy, LeAnn Darland knew a lot about a lot. But she didn’t know a lot about beer except that there was an opportunity. With a co-founder she’d only known for months, LeAnn started Tallea Beer Company determined to provide something that was sorely missing.

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