Pridgin Family Brewery joins growing list of small-town Arkansas beermakers Brian Sorensen
One of the peculiarities of the Arkansas beer industry is its split personality. The largest breweries by volume are located in Northwest Arkansas and the Little Rock metro, the two most populated parts of the state. Yet many of the newest breweries are in cities and towns with more modest census counts. It is an urban-rural divide that’s hard not to notice.
New Arkansas breweries include Point Remove Brewing Co. in Morrilton (with an estimated population of 6,645), Ouachita Brewery in Mena (pop. 5,490) and Native Dog Brewing Co. in Camden (pop. 10,749).