Ohio ranks 4th in craft beer production as it adds breweries

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A trade group says Ohio is producing more craft beer than all but three other states as its number of craft breweries nears 300.The Akron Beacon Journal reports new statistics from the Colorado-based Brewers Association show Ohio production was estimated at nearly 1.4 million barrels last year, ranking it behind only Pennsylvania, California and Colorado.Those numbers get a boost from Ohio having three major breweries: Great Lakes in Cleveland, and Rhinegeist and Samuel