Patrick Cowan

The legal wrangling that resulted from last year’s meltdown of Blue Canoe Brewing, the Little Rock craft brewer that was one of the pioneers in central Arkansas’ craft beer scene, is still brewing. read more >

A federal judge recently sided with an insurance company against a Crawford County man who said he had amassed nearly $600,000 worth of furnishings in less than five years between bankruptcy and a catastrophic house fire. read more >

Blue Canoe Brewing, the nanobrewery in east Little Rock with the taproom, is no more. A founder’s lawsuit gives some hints into the troubles that doomed the five-year-old dream that began on Kickstarter. read more >

Blue Canoe Brewing Co. is poised to open a beer garden and expanded brewery at 1637 E. 15 St. in Little Rock sometime this month, says its co-owner, Patrick Cowan. read more >

A couple of Arkansas entrepreneurs who recently reached their business funding goals through Kickstarter say the crowdfunding platform may be even better at generating interest — and potential customers — than it is at raising money. read more >