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Louisiana native opens the first brewery in the United Arab Emirates

Craft brewery

February 20, 2025 — Louisiana native Chad McGehee has loved living, working and raising his family in the United Arab Emirates. But soon after he arrived in the “middle of the Middle East,” he realized the place was missing one important thing: fresh craft beer.

He decided to do something about it.

In 2018, McGehee resigned from his finance and operations job at IBM to learn the brewing business.

 

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