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Owners of American Taphouse in Gilbert are hoping to tap into the North Dakota oil boom. They closed the brewpub on Gilbert Road just south of Warner Road on July 2 and plan to reopen it next year near Watford City in McKenzie County, one of the centers of North Dakota’s oil production. American Taphouse will be in a commercial-development complex that will include residential, business and retail space. North Dakota leads the nation in rate of job growth, spurred by access to the Bakken formation, whose boom is five times as large as the oil boom of the 1980s, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Arizona is expected to post the second-highest rate of job growth among states in 2014, according to Moody’s Analytics. Details: americanth.com.
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Tempe-based Arizona Distilling Co. bested nearly 100 gins from around the world and was awarded silver for its Desert Dry Gin at the Spirit Masters series, organized by London-based Spirits Business Magazine. The Spirit Masters series judges one liquor at a time, the next up being whiskey in July. Each spirit is judged by blind taste testing and ranked not against other brands but against a global standard of quality. Silver, gold and master awards are given. “Our goal has always been to showcase Arizona and highlight something that is unique about it,” co-owner Rodney Hu said in a written statement. Earlier in the spring, the microdistillery won two medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, which had 1,474 spirits from 63 countries judged in 89 classifications. The Desert Dry Gin won the silver, and the Desert Durum Wheat Whiskey won bronze. The company also produces Copper
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