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Joshua Buck (from left), Ryan Roberts, malthouse manager, Jacob Buck and Jared Buck, are surrounded in August 2016 by 50-pound bags of malted barley ready to ship from their Maine Malt House in Mapleton to craft breweries in Maine and elsewhere. (Courtesy/Kathryn Olmstead)

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