
Abita Brewing co-founder, Jim Patton, passes away at 59
Jim Patton, a pioneer in the American craft beer brewing movement and a founder of Abita Brewing Co. and Zea Rotisserie & Brewery, died Oct. 23 in Miami, where he was helping to start a new brewery. He was 59. Patton died suddenly of unknown causes, said his wife of 42 years, Kathleen "Catch" Patton.
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Breweries: Abita Brewing