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The Associated Press has put together a slide-show of six cities breweries helped transform. Among them: Seattle and its thriving Ballard brew hub. Says Hale's Ales manager Phil O'Brien, "What used to be fishing shops are little restaurants — what used to be hardware stores are now coffee shops." Other cities on this list include Brooklyn, Kansas City, Boston, Cleveland and San Fran. [AP via MyBallard]
