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A trade group says Ohio is producing more craft beer than all but three other states as its number of craft breweries nears 300.The Akron Beacon Journal鈥
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There鈥檚 a tradition at Cleveland鈥檚 Great Lakes Brewing Company. Each day around 4 o鈥檆lock, employees gather in the brewpub for a complimentary 鈥渟hift beer.鈥 It鈥檚 a chance to celebrate the fruits of their labor. Soon though, the employees at the 30-year-old company will be getting a new perk, probably worth a lot more than a free drink. By the end of this year, it鈥檒l be one of the latest companies to form an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP. Basically, it goes like this: work at a company for a while and eventually own it. Or at least a nice chunk of it.